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Nice. I've got a new built original (that will now plummet in value ) but it was built from spare parts trees, rather than a kit, so I will probably buy this re-release just for the unique silver box lid

Really? Ah well that is good news. I don't think I've ever heard of a shop getting so much stock of one kit in one go. I preordered mine from Modelsport so I wonder how many they are getting.

Pre-ordered one. First kit I've ever bought without even seeing the finished product. ...but I have a feeling they will be scarce, so took the plunge. The organisation for getting this thing out seems to be all over the place. Just knew it would be £500 for it too, despite the "cheap" RRP price in Yen. I will be amazed if this thing arrives by the end of the year too. Closer to the end of 2024 I reckon.

I have got one on order, but am finding the paint issue infuriating too. Kyosho have a track record of this though whereby they paint a buggy for the box-art using their own home-made colour. It's pretty galling to release this limited edition model with the stunning colour being a major part of the appeal, but then not make the exact colour available to buy. Could they not have just pre-painted it for us? I mean, they are giving ratios of paint to mix together, but is lexan paint even available in the old liquid-jar form anymore?

If you don’t get a response by email try their WhatsApp as they seem to respond better via that whenever I contact them. Not sure what has happened to them in recent years as they used to be superb at their comms but they have gone off the radar in recent years. I think Brexit damaged a lot of their sales to the UK so they focus on local customers more.

Have you tried Stella? Up until recently I have bought all of my Legendary Series from them as I was getting them for about 30% cheaper than the UK, but the Optima Mid I got from them only ended up being about £20 cheaper so I didnt bother contacting them about the two 60th anniversary kits.

Got the gold Fantom on pre-order so should be here soon. Had to buy the Le Mans gold motor for it too of course. I'm not going down the full Kogowa rabbit hole though, my wallet couldn't handle it.

How much is the price in Oz? I did think that this was an expensive kit, but then noticed that the standard Ultima over here in the UK is now £320 ...so not actually hugely cheaper. When did the Ultima get so expensive? I'm sure I only paid about £240 for mine when it first came out. Anyway, I've pre-ordered this new one too. A combination of FOMO, added to the fact that I've got all of the Legendary Series so far, so my OCD took over as I can't have one missing from the total collection. I think we will see one of the LWB Optima Mids next.

For crying out loud. I've just pre-ordered the 60th anniversary Fantom...and now they do this. Oh well, take my money, Kyosho.

I'd say a £10K collection is probably the norm on here, to be honest. I've got over 100 kits. In theory, about 20 of them are runners, but in reality I know that I will only ever drive about 10 of them. I accepted long ago that I am in this hobby for the modelling & collecting aspect of it, rather than being a real RC enthusiast.

Apparently a Japanese magazine leaked the info…. https://circusrc.com/2023/07/yokomo-yz-870c-super-dogfighter-1-10th-4wd-buggy-re-released/

I guess you weren't around in the late 80s then? It's an icon from that era.

Holy Moly....the YZ-870C is coming back? That is sensational news. How come there isn't a thread on here about it? Does nobody get excited about re-releases anymore?

He was very generous once again.

There's another video of it here from Tamiya HQ and at 58:26 you can see the underside......the battery plate looks the same to me. Wish they had took the body off so we can see exactly what changes they have made to the chassis and/or roll bar though. Have to say though, as a Hotshot obsessive, I am loving this release and think it looks great. And, with all of these new parts, it gives us the chance to customise our existing Hotshots, Supershots & original Hotshot 2s. Some of the parts, such as uprights etc can go on our Bigwigs and Boomerangs too.

Nope, they are completely different.

Well that's certainly different. Can't beat the original colour scheme though. I wonder if it will come with the unique silver box lid?

Nice! Been a long time coming this one has, even if it won’t be in original livery, decals etc. Curious to see what changes will be made, apart from the obvious decals. Plated wheels and chassis parts like the Wild One BHM? P.S. This is basically a re-release so should probably be in the re-re section of the forums.

Nope, they’ve only done the Metallic (which was actually more like a black chrome) Special, the Jun Watanabe and the Supreme. They did do a Grasshopper Black Edition though, as well as the recent Grasshopper 2 version too.

Wow, the video really over-sold it. Wrong choice of colours in pretty much every way. Even the uprights are underwhelming. The only real reason for getting one of these is the dampers, unless Tamiya are silly enough to release them as a spare part. Which they won’t. I do need a runner Avante 2001 though, so I still might get one of these.

Yeah, I am a sucker for the colour specials and I like the look of this one too so I will try to get one.I imagine it will be another disaster-zone release though, with loads of pre-orders not getting fulfilled. Completely baffling why they didn’t just do a 1/10 Junior Black Special though.

Yeah, is this a special edition version of the Hi-Caps? Or a new set of dampers altogether? Also, since it's not coming with the green wheels, you'd have to think that this isn't going to be just a 1/10 version of the Junior Black Special.

After initially hating it...and even mocking the looks of it here on the forums....I ended up buying one, the limited edition kit with painted body and the yellow chassis. Seeing some of them on YouTube swayed me....it's actually a very cool looking buggy from a lot of angles. I've also bought the limited edition, painted body Astute TD2. As you can probably tell, I really don't like painting bodies very much.

Will a Cougar 2 body fit on this without any mods? If so, I actually could be tempted as its a much better looking design than the Cougar 1.

They could barely give away the Worlds kits in the end. They were sitting in shops in the USA for a price that was equivalent to £130. There is no way AE will do another re-re of the RC10 in any of its forms IMO. Have a look in the re-release section of RC10talk.com. It's dead. Even the most dedicated fans of the buggy aren't interested in the re-released versions.