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Nice job! Gosh that looks fantastic. And wow, that car sure brings back memories as it was my last buggy until 2007. I do hope that they stay in stock for awhile as I’m a bit knocked down and had to reign in the re-re disease for the time being. Stock up on front A arms. That’s what ultimately led to me abandoning my original.
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Anthroxoid started following Schumacher Cougar KD, Just finished my super sabre at last., Wtcc5s RC10T and and 4 others
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Just finished my super sabre at last.
Anthroxoid replied to Super ally's topic in Re-Release Discussions
This sounds like an excellent use of the Hotshot series chassis and transmission parts! -
Man that is going to cruise over anything. Nice job on the build so far. Something about the freaky long suspension travel on these is just so cool. Keep it up! And didn’t Jr, or maybe it was BK come out with a rebar pattern rear for these guys that hooks up on about anything? Curious to see what the Anaconda pattern looks like. .
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I hear ya. I’m tapped out and want all of them as well. I suppose the bombardment co es as AE for one gets on its footing and Yokomo seems to be taking the carpet bombing approach since they’re a bit behind on the scene. Hopefully gear will be in stock for a good while, then no pressure for the building pace.
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It’s looking fantastic. That’s awfully str ange that they couldn’t get their Stealth tranny accurately molded. Ipsounds like a revision needed ASAP for the less technically inclined builders out there as modding a gear race or three isn’t easy IMHO. Can’t wait to see your color scheme. This thing is going to just fly over everything with the rest of your family there. Very cool and thanks for the informative build log. —XOID edit:: wow! Looks fantastic. Nice touch with the REEDY decal! Brilliant.
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I can’t decide if they’ll go backwards or forwards in time with their next Re-Re. The Gallop would make a lot of sense for novelty and paring with these old Yokomo buggies like you’re thinking plus anything else that may briefly spring up (RC10 4WD conversion anybody?). I guess it’s slightly less likely due to fewer parts carryover from what they’ve already tooled, though who knows maybe the gallop drawings and jigs are sitting somewhere in a Kyosho Warehouse. Heh. We’ll, I think that after seeing these Yokomos gain traction with their crazy pricing, I’ll hold interest for a Works once they swap up the 870c parts for the updates that went into it. It feels like a really big first refined Yokomo design to me, so that’s worth a dollar. You’ve gotta love these old weird designs, tho, and see which corners where the hobby grew out of—trends tried then abandoned or updated, etc. so fun to experience. 😎 —XOID
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I think less neon, which hadn’t really caught on quite as loudly in the US until the 90s got a bit more underway, and the squared out body were the main market changing improvements that AE influenced. Some more carbon IIRC as well, and a hefty price tag due to the prize-winning design demand. It was light, let rocks into your drivetrain because nothing spells professional louder than injecting sand and pea gravel into your transmissions, and then of course we all dyed our wheels pink and chartreuse to make sure maximum funk was obtained anyways. One of our users recently posted a lovely Worlds version on their 870c and it caught my attention. I’d forgotten how Chonky the YZ-10 was but that Worlds body was neat—more flare towards the rear wheels and intriguing engine block like humps behind the cab and importantly—some radiused edges. All of them usually had good undertrays, too. Brittle suspension parts, though that was addressed later on. —XOID Crap, now I need this one again too. Bad time to have no toy budget. Hopefully we’ll see inventory carry for a while. And wow, real dirt tires again. Bravo! @kyosho do you see? DIRT tires on off-road ReRes! How strange!
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Aww crap, I still need some Javelins and an Optima Pro—at least one, but I’m kinda waiting with my pretend hobby money budget to spend on the Avante (a couple of times) since I’ve got the BS and a single OG Egress NIB, but no OG version of the Avante. When Kyosho does a run on their cars you can find their parts, and also get a glimpse of their upcoming ReRes by browsing Kyosho parts at RCMart, and to a lesser extent reading ti leaves at Tamico also works. Grab a set of suspension arms and gears if you’re just getting one model for play money restriction purposes. You’ll of course break a shock tower and run your gears and A arms for years if you don’t buy one but at least it’s a start! What I’ve found with spares is things such as a base model’s custom components will arrive before the release. A good example would be Optima Mid ‘87 flavor anodized parts were kicking around for months before the kit was announced. Sometimes you’ll also see Yeah Racing make a part for an upcoming model as well (then it’ll show up anodized for the kit in question color matched, etc) so there’s a nice way to feel around. Anyhow, the long wheelbase Optima Mids should appear soon since I blew all of my car money buying conversion chassis for those Mid kits that I was planning to trickle out of the boxes for the remainder 🫣 Try your luck with Horizon’s rebooted version of Tower Hobbies. It seems like a lot of folks who cared and built the industry in Champaign, IL are still kicking around. The $10 Super Saver fee for one year usually gets you oh, sixty, or maybe eighty bucks off of one ReRe purchase as well so that’s a no-brainer source compared to literally anything else available to US-based consumers. Sorry for you folks across the pond, but not sorry as you have the legendary excellence of Tamico! —XOID
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That’s a very handsome job! Always curious to learn what others are using for their CAD time on projects and found your screenshot with the rear suspension analysis interesting. Further on that custom fab note, what sort of print creates that ‘sand blasted’ looks to the resin? It reminds of nicely cast iron work. Very cool. —XOID PS—Yeah, give those red chines some detail! Maybe a sponsor decal or maybe a color accent?
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I’m subbing for the vicarious experience as well
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I’m very sorry to hear about being stopped by medical needs. I’m a bit in the same boat and haven’t finished my first of two summer Optima Mid builds and have left those reading my build log on the first one hanging. Whoops! Must remedy that…heh. Anyhow, get yourself taken care of first and remember that there are toys awaiting your return and that more toys likely follow those! Aloha, —XOID
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@Pylon80 it looks awesome except I’m so old that I cannot stand a clear wing! Sounds like you’re already making really good progress on driving technique re: jumping so congrats on the successful build and to more fun ahead. Appreciate the photos. I wonder if I could put a front gearbox into one of these? 😜 cheers, —XOID
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This is pretty great to see them paying attention to their market. It’ll really help keep the ReRe segment filled with good designs like this one as with my Kyosho obsession the ReRe parts will get batched out in pretty big numbers and then dry up, so a touch of hoarding extra crap is required. Now I’m tempted to get this thing and stick an appropriate Reedy into that rear motor cage. It drives so nicely for an old design, gah! What is a mother to do?
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Very interesting build. Keep it up—it’s always cool to see what the Schumacher crew ends up designing compared to the competition.
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The Champion That Wasn’t: Kyosho 1987 Worlds Optima Mid LWB Custom
Anthroxoid replied to Anthroxoid's topic in The Builds
It’s still not done! Sorry to say I’m not sure if I’ll have time to complete this one for a bit longer, though I’m very much looking forward to it and will share the shots as soon as I get there. Meanwhile I’ve gotten ahold of some other related items and have gone down a rabbit hole chasing after vintage 540s for this model’s twin brother build or maybe we should say, cousin perhaps more fittingly. Too many projects, and too much real life interference happening but soon!