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Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:31 pm

Hi Slalom, the 1:87 buggy I have is from Wiking in Germany

Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:22 am

My Tamiya sand rover

when it arrived

Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:16 pm

Hi, Slalom...

It's a German made "Wiking" It was made in the colors red, orange, silver, and beige. It's a copy of the Apal Jet from Belgium, like my one :) -->>

Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:58 pm

Thanks very much for the info guys!!!!

brad

Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:55 am

Dear buggy owners and collectors,

a friend of mine has invested a lot of time and money to release a 3D manufactured original Meyers Manx Buggy bodyset in 1/8 scale
It is designed to be fitted to the currently re-released RC kit of the famous Tamiya Sand Scorcher which come in 1/10 scale.

The body and accessories (motor and sidewinder exhaust soon to come) are on Sale in the Webshop at Shapeways, the online 3D print provider.

Take a look (and order if you have the cash) at the components of Knight Customs here:http://www.shapeways.com/shops/knightcustoms

All it takes is some skills to fill and sand and finally do a good paint job to have a scale replica of your original buggy.

Here some images from finished models and roof / Roll bar versions available:

Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:18 am

Very nice =D>

Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:17 am

That's really nice, but I don't think it's $500 nice.. I'd rather get a Black Mamba shifter for my REAL buggy.

Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:23 pm

Thanks for the plug Germanx?

And yes, I know, crazy expensive right?

Check out this earlier creation of a tweaked out manx.

Created for a special Comic Con Show in 2005. This is a very heavily modified Hotwheels Leadfoot Ratrod, that I turned into a Manx. Those wheels are Diecast :)

Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:02 pm

Your Manx is great! I'd love to get one(probably will). I've already got a Rough Rider/Sand Scorcher suspension on a metal chassis with billet motor and trans covers, alloy dummy engine, alloy bumpers, alloy roll bar, alloy rims, and Sand Blaster JR tires.

Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:25 pm

Thanks, there is 20% off right now, that offer runs out on the 20th.

You car sounds cool, can you post a pic?

James.

Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:34 pm

Toykid wrote: You car sounds cool, can you post a pic? James.

Here's a few of my chassis. I like your Manx a lot but I really like having alloy pieces if they're available(too bad you can't cast your body in alloy). I have an old Sand Rover body I'm stripping the paint off, but your Manx is a lot better. The aluminum chassis and replica Jackman Aluminum Star wheels and alloy engine cage are from Taiwan/Japan. The billet motor and trans cover were made by Awesome Alloy in the UK several years ago I believe, I got them on ebay. The alloy front bumper, rollbar and dummy engine were made in the UK (J-Man). I haven't put the white lettering on the tires yet.

Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:08 pm

The new AMT Elvis Manx! Thanks to Manxrod on beachbuggy.info for the pic.

I am SO getting one!

Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:13 pm

picked this up tonight at WallyWorld (WalMart)...

Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:04 am

I have recently found a Micro Machines Manx, which I have been looking for, for a long time :D

The exact scale of the Micro Machines is unknown, but in this pic you can see it compared to the beige Wiking (1:87), purple Hot Wheels (1:64), black 007 buggy (1:43) and white Majorette (1:32)

Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:26 am

The Revell Glitterbug by Dave Deal has been re-issued

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Revell-X-Monogram-Dave-Dea...0927424%26

Sat Oct 26, 2013 2:25 am

Sneak preview of the 2014 variation of the Hot Wheels Manx - note the new artwork on the card

Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:56 am

Nice :!:

It's available in Germany.
Seen on ebay.de

-->> http://www.ebay.de/itm/360774551662?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648

Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:13 am

The problem with collecting anything is WHERE does one draw the line? This new LEGO set called 'Olivia's Buggy' is now available, and to be honest I'm kinda tempted to get it.... :lol:

...and then there is this Peppa Pig Buggy at a local store as well :roll:

Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:26 am

Perhaps not strictly a buggy, but I would like to share my lucky (albeit pricey) BidorBuy find of the year! A 1:24 Type 166 Schwimmwagen sheet metal model by Gonio, made in Czechoslovakia in 1992. Absolutely everything is sheet metal, except the rubber tyres and windscreen. Not a single rivet or screw is used to assemble it, everything folds into each other.

I don't have a lot of information on the Gonio company, but I once heard that the metal used for their models were recycled from decommissioned Soviet military tanks?

The Type 166 Schwimmwagen, an amphibious military vehicle used by Nazi Germany in WW2, is my all-time favourite car EVER! A fibreglass VW-based dune buggy is unfortunately the closest I'll ever come to owning one. I believe the shape of the Schwimmwagen had a huge influence in the design of the original Meyers Manx buggy.

Next to a HW Meyers Manx for size comparison

Sat Nov 09, 2013 8:01 am

New Meyers Manx Kick-Out-S.S. Die-Cast 1:1 Scale!