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  1. Now on Kyosho's website: https://rc.kyosho.com/en/30625.html/
  2. Exactly! And why did they do Unimogs on the IFS chassis? I think the new Suzuki Jimny would be a great choice. I hope they do one of those on the CC02.
  3. This looks great. I wonder if it will come with alternate battery mounting locations for shorty lipos like the re release Tomahawk and Optima/Javelin? I built both the re release Scorpion and Javelin and was super impressed with the quality of the kits, and for old buggy designs they run great too.
  4. I think these are all the electric buggies up to 1990, the years are approximate based on what I could find from various sources, if anybody has any more info please chime in: 1978 Eleck Peanuts – Kyosho’s first 1/10 scale electric buggy 1979 Wagen Baja 1982 Scorpion 1983 Beetle 1983 Tomahawk 1984 Progress 1985 Optima 1985 Turbo Scorpion 1985 Gallop 1985 Pegasus 1985 Icarus 1986 Javelin 1986 Turbo Optima 1986 Gallop MKII 1986 Rocky 1986 Optima Pro 1986 Salute 1986 Ultima 1987 Optima Mid 1987 Cosmo 1987 Turbo Optima Mid 1987 Turbo Ultima 1987 Maxxum FF 1988 Turbo Optima Mid SE 1988 Ultima Pro 1988 Turbo Rocky 1988 Raider 1988 Super Bomber 1988 Shadow 1988 Aero Streak 1989 Turbo Optima Mid Special 1989 Ultima Pro XL 1989 Optima Mid Custom 1989 Optima Mid Custom Special 1989 Turbo Raider 1989 Lazer ZX 1990 Ultima II 1990 Raider Pro
  5. These are the classic Kyosho electric buggies originally designed by Akira Kogawa according to what I could find online (years may be wrong): 1982 – Scorpion 1983 – Beetle 1983 – Tomahawk 1985 – Optima 1985 – Turbo Scorpion 1986 – Javelin 1986 – Turbo Optima 1986 – Optima Pro 1986 – Salute 1986 – Ultima 1987 – Optima Mid 1987 – Turbo Optima Mid 1987 – Turbo Ultima 1987 – Maxxum FF After the Maxxum FF Akira Kogawa left Kyosho but the next seven buggies are still evolutions of the classics: 1988 – Turbo Optima Mid SE 1988 – Ultima Pro 1989 – Ultima Pro XL 1989 – Turbo Optima Mid Special 1989 – Optima Mid Custom 1989 – Optima Mid Custom Special 1990 – Ultima II Theres also the Gallop, Progress, Icarus, Pegasus, Raider, Shadow and Aerostreak, all electric buggies that I believe were released in the 80s, but they were not designed by Akira Kogawa, who is currently the head of the Kyosho re-release program so I doubt we will ever see them re-released.
  6. This is interesting because up to this point Akira Kogawa's re-releases have all been in chronological order, but this time they are skipping the Optima Pro and the Salute to get to the Ultima. It makes sense to me because I think the Ultima is going to be a good seller and I don't think the Optima Pro and Salute were very popular and not much different than the Turbo Optima. After the original Ultima the Optima Mid was released; if the Ultima re-release is a good seller maybe the Mid re-release will be next and that would be so rad. I will buy at least two Ultimas if only to support Kyosho's re-release program if that means the Mid is next!
  7. Idaho

    Must have Kyosho?

    I’m building a Javelin right now and I already love it. I have a black body and wing on order, not a huge fan of the orange. I think the orange may put a lot of people off, it wasn’t until I saw it in other colors that I had to have one.
  8. I believe the green and yellow cages were the only options originally
  9. Manual is up at Kyosho Corp. website http://www.kyosho.com/jpn/support/instructionmanual/buggy/pdf/30618-T01_JAVELIN_IM.pdf Page 40 lists the body sets and prices in yen, 4200 for body set, 600 for wing. Also lists black and red body sets available in 2018.
  10. The Kyosho USA website has these listed as $229.99 US RTR. Being a fan of American trophy trucks I love how they took modern trophy truck suspension and adapted it to a simple two wheel drive rc chassis. The weight in the back should keep it from nosediving while jumping like my son's Losi Baja Rey. I think this will be a fun backyard basher that my kids will like too. The front arms look simular to the Camburg Kinetik truck arms
  11. Akira Kogawa at the All Japan Model and Hobby Show last week
  12. From the Kyosho Corporation facebook page
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