Takara Tomy Drift Light Package Nissan Skyline R34

When I first saw that a small remote control car capable of drifting would be available soon, I immediately thought it was worth checking out. Afterall, it is small, about 1:26 scale and costs less than RM 150.

So recently I bought the Takara Tomy (Takara merged/marry/combine with Tomy) Drift Light Package Nissan Skyline R34. Basically it is the small version of the Drift Package where the car is 1:10 and the budget and track required is much much bigger.

Bought mine from the same place as tkt, Litt Tak shop at Level 6 Sg. Wang.

The car I bought is the Yellow R34 Skyline. There is also red AE86, white with Carbon fibre bonnet RX-7 and blue Nissan 180zx. I would like a Subaru Imprezza, but the next best thing would be a skyline.


In total it needs 5 AAA batteries; 3 for the car and 2 for the controller. I would prefer it uses 2 AAs since AAs are more common and an even number would make buying batteries easier, since batteries always come in even numbers.


The back of the box showing its key feature. Too bad its in Japanese and I got absolutely no clue what it being written


The overall content of the box. There is a manual (100000% in Japanese but with informative pictures), an insert showing the other drift cars, decals for the car, the car body in a protective cardboard compartment, the chassis, the wheels and drivetrain package, the controller and other stuff. Oh, they give you 3 sets of wing mirrors just in case you drift too close to something or crash (where you will for the 1st time). I am impressed by the fact that the packaging is extremely neat and they use minimal plastic bags and cellophane tape to wrap the bags. Like 1 plastic bag can have 2 compartments to store 2 different items and still need 1 cellophane tap to wrap. And they wrap it extremely small too so save space in the box.



The size of the drift light package compared to its bigger brother. As you can see it is wayy smaller than the big one (and waayyyyyyy smaller than the real thing)


If you have assembled a Tamiya 4wd car before, then you know what to kinda expect, simple snap into plastic pieces. However unlike a Tamiya car you will need a philip head screw driver to unscrew the plastic holding the batteries. Also you do need to make sure the contact points of the motors are proper since the first time I played the steering didn't work (motor contact points not properly touching).

Once you get it up and running it can really drift, and best of all, you dun really need a big room. I have seem ppl drifting on a conference table!

I have yet to place the stickers on the car, but the car body even without the decals it looks GOOD. The paintwork is better than my BT-19 (uneven blue) and BT-20 even.

Short trip to Bentong, Pahang

On the 12th of August made a trip to Kuantan to hand over some a Bomba submission for a project in Pahang. Since the project is quite a large project, a 10 storey condo at the top of Bukit Tinggi, Bentong, Pahang, the Bomba submission is to Bomba HQ in Kuantan. Would prefer it to be in Bentong since it is nearer KL, but oh well.

Getting to Kuantan is easy using the East west tolled Highway, but the sheer distance and length of time needed to get there is too long.

On the way back from Kuantan stopped by the local authority office in Bentong to ask a few questions. Also went around town to see how it has developed since I was last there. You see, my family stayed in Bentong since before I was born and came to Subang Jaya after when I was standard 1. So standard 1 I was in Bentong, SRK Sg. Marong to be exact.

How has it changed?

Alot actually as well as same things remain. The road system in town has changed that some roads are one way. The town padang is still there, the hospital is still there, SM Sulaiman has increased the number of blocks (I used to play in their field since my mom was a teacher there), the Shell and Esso stations are still there, the Majlis Perbandaran Bentong is still there, SRK Sg. Marong is still there in one corner and even the shop which made the upholstery for my Wira 14 years ago is still there (so my Wira DID venture to Bentong last time).

Got more buildings compared to last time, the market is still there but very neglected (no new paint), the cinema is still there but portions of it is for shops now, the 2 doctor clinic's are still there.

So ya, it was a trip down memory lane for me. A good 16-17 years since I left Bentong. Now as an adult I went back to town since I got a project in the area :P

Anyway, I took this picture on the way back.




Along this road there is a Chinese school, and some of the students there use bicycle to get to school. Compared to here we are all so pampared got driver/parents to fetch and send us to school in air-conditioned comfort. Also quite safe to cycle in a small town since not many cars.