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Down on the desk: Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 mouse

January 15, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

It took only 13 days to arrive from Japan to my desk: the BOSS Coffee Sprinter Trueno car mouse!

The tail lights really do work, the indicator lights do shine a bit (light comes from the optical led) and the shape is okayish to work with, especially since my hands are above average Dutch size and absolutely non-Japanese sized nor shaped. So currently I’m kind of drifting my AE86 mouse on my desk at work and work as a BOSS! ;)

Big thanks to 7Tune for offering them for sale and the “Like a BOSS” heart! I hope you guys enjoyed drinking the Coffee first or did you just empty it into the sink?

Fuck the 86: this Starlet is better!

December 12, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

Yesterday I posted up the Tercel AL11 I found on the street and Simon said it resembles the Starlet quite a lot. Yes it does, but it distinguishes itself with one thing, this is something the Tercel can’t do:

Apart from the Starlet I see about half of Toyota’s early 80s lineup: a lot of Levin and Trueno AE86 plus a Celica XX (called Celcia Supra outside Japan)

Direct link to video: Toyota Starlet drifting full lock

WTF: Panda Trueno Mouse!?

December 6, 2011 / banpei / 3 Comments

I’ve seen a lot of weird panda Trueno merchandise, but this mouse is about the weirdest of them all!

Yes it really does look like an accurate scale model with a big bonnet bulge. ;)

And yes it does have working indicator lights: Continue reading

Fuck the 86: this is the real deal!

December 5, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Yes I know: that’s a very blunt statement but as I see it there is a lot of truth in that. Apart from that it was meant to say I’m currently not hopping on the 86 bandwagon, not writing the same as thousands of bloggers out there and simply just stick to the real deal: AE86 deathrace in Hokkaido!

Incredible how wild these guys throw their hachis around the track. Insanely close guardrail slides with the occasional tip over the tirestack to keep the audience awake. Well, actually I don’t think they were sleeping at all: they are just cheering to them to go closer!

Don’t get me wrong: the 86 is definitely one of the best engineered cars and it has got beautiful styling, but it is not the AE86. It is not an entry level car, not a light weight FR and on top of it all: it is currently hyped.

Direct link to video: Drifting v1.03

WTF: Trampio Trueno AE86 replica?

October 11, 2011 / banpei / 3 Comments

This is a real WTF?! In my brains the words Trampio and Levin are connected like fire and smoke, so how come this Trueno is featuring the Trampio livery then?

First of all the Trampio Levin AE86 never featured the N2 flares since it never competed in the N2 series, so it can’t be the original.

Second of all there was no Trampio Trueno AE86, only the Levin… Continue reading

Hachi Rock 2011: The first pictures have arrived!

September 20, 2011 / banpei / 1 Comment

I have been searching on the interwebs since last sunday and patiently waiting for any photo of the best yearly meeting ever: Hachi Rock Festa!
The first photos arrived this morning when Chillin and Hachiroku posted up his trip to this meeting.

As you can see from the length of the line of AE86s he wasn’t the only one attending: Continue reading