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The Dickie Porsche 911 Cabriolet is a 1:18 scale radio controlled car, manufactured by Taiyo, and released onto the German market in 1987.
Based on the original Taiyo Porsche 911 Cabriolet, this is the 'Dickie' branded version that was only sold within Germany (to our knowledge).
The interior of this Dickie Porsche 911 RC car is well done for its 80s vintage, and would make an excellent starting base for a real modeler to add even more realism. Taiyo / Dickie Model 8706 Porsche 911 Cabriolet - Nice!
Design
Based on the 1987 car of the same name, this RC Porsche is a very close likeness, apart from the white wheels which give it a fun, sporty appeal. The abundance of stickers isn't appealing to us though, and we'd prefer most were removed but that's easy enough to do.
Other styling elements like the porsche logo, rear wing, bumpers, seats, and soft cover are spot-on - Taiyo really did a great job with this one, and it works just as well as a still model sitting on a shelf as it does a working radio controlled 911.
Features and Performance
The pistol-grip controller should immediately tell you this is better than average - it's no 4xAA car! Though there are plenty of slower versions. But not this one!
The real 1987 Porsche 911 Cabriolet. Taiyo did well to capture this cars design and spirit into the Taiyo Porsche 911 Cabriolet.
As a small 1:18 scale car with 9.6V (8xAA) batteries crammed into its small chassis, I would expect this thing to rip! With a Top Speed of 25km/h (16mph) it's not the fastest car, but its much faster than your average toy R/C today.
In fact it matches the Tyco Turbo Ferrari F-40 which is a WILD wide, mostly thanks to acceleration and the slick tires which make burning around your living room, doing donuts and sliding around corners easy and fun.
Recommendation
Regular Taiyo versions of the 9.6V Turbo Porsche 911 and Tyco version are rare, and so local versions such as Metro (Australia) and Dickie (Germany) are even rarer.
That said, if you find one is available, we'd highly recommend you snap it up fast before another collector does.
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Prices in USD. NIB = New In box, MIB = Mint in Box, EC = Excellent Condition, VGC = Very Good Condition, GC+ = Good condition plus, GC = Good condition, PC = Poor Condition. With Controller = Car with controller. With Box = Box, Car, and Controller. We make all efforts to ensure data is accurate, but cannot guarantee it is.
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