manny

I vote for the Optima if you're looking for the better performing rear motor 4wd. The re re Kyosho's just reek quality. The drive train with belt drive, gear diffs and lots of heavy metal gears is about as bulletproof as you would want. It's nicely updated and goes together almost like a modern car but still has a vintage "feel".

Thanks for the link, I love stuff that's old like me! Before the RC10 was released you had to piece a serious race car together. It didn't look cheap! I guess it was like having to piece together or scratch build a crawler in the early 2000's, now a competent crawler can be bought out of the box!

Trans Ams aren't really my cup of tea but that looks great! They may as well do a Camaro! LOL

They should have put it on the Evo chassis.

I would think anything would be better than the stock chassis. I made an upper plate to help reinforce my std chassis and it works fine and has a much smaller amount of flex to help absorb shocks.

I'll bet an Iron Man version with anodized red accents along with a gold tub would be popular..LOL

I was lucky enough to get the re release World's car back around 2013. It didn't sell very well back then but may not well sell now considering all the RC10 variations being produced. Fingers crossed that the predicted Masami edition will be more than a color swap! Maybe like the 4wd RC10 it will be another chassis that was never before released...hint, hint.....

I believe Jeff acknowledges MIP on his website...so thumbs up to him for that. There is such a thing as design convergence where the basic design for anything begins to follow certain conventions. For example, just about any FWD car today has the same layout as the original Mini. Most consumer 3d printers look the same as do most F1 cars. But if Associated straight out copied then that's not too cool!

If you could somehow get a blank undrilled RC10 chassis.....that would be a cool project.

The DHawk top shaft I bought for my World's car Stealth transmission was infinitely smoother than the stock Associated one... Don't get me wrong, I'm forever grateful to Associated for bringing back the RC10 and supporting it with parts and different versions. Just like in the 80's, aftermarket manufacturers are gonna jump on that gravy train...that's good for competition.

They mention the agreement in the 4wd RC10 video, but IIRC back in the 80's everybody in the racing community seemed to know about it.

In my opinion they're doing fine.. They just released a string of similar kits that probably have a high profit margin and they reinvested their profits in what looks to be a potential hit with vintage fans/ collectors.

I guess that's reasonable compared to the price of the Classic or Team kits. Does anyone know if the MIP conversion is a rumor or did our man, Eustace confirm it?

Why? I think it's all about the cool factor. I can't wait to get one! I think if the prototype kicked butt in the 80's, Associated would have produced it rather than partnering with Yokomo in 4wd. Unlike Losi, Associated (Thunder Tiger) knows how to make a righteous buck during the current retro rc golden age

I have my eye on the EVO. What I'm thinking about doing is applying the original livery to the body. I'm assuming they haven't made any significant changes to it and the original stickers will fit.