After reading a snippet of this at Google Books, I got hooked. Its basically about the founding of the Tamiya model kit factory that is considered by many as one of the most successful model kit companies in the world today. I remember that Tamiya kits were the Holy Grail for me when I was a boy, they were expensive but you could be sure of the quality. Not to mention that when you talked about model paints, Tamiya was the only one available… hehehe

Yep, I’m definitely a sucker for success stories. It used to be when I was in a local bookstore I would always go for the war books, as I grew older I became more interested in the lives of successful self made individuals. Oh and I’m not talking about movie stars, there’s a ton of that in the bookstore *snicker*.

This sure brought back some memories, watching Tamiya RC Car product videos from the eighties. I remember a friend lending to me his video tape that had these. I’m not even sure if these can even be considered as commercials because they don’t look like the type that could be broadcast on tv’s short 30 second format. They look more like those type of videos that were displayed in Hobby Conventions.