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I need to get my $h!t together, and start saving, dangit! I wanted it to come back out, but don't have spare cash, and likely won't by march. Crap!!!!

Curious to know if it will have the upgraded belt drive......

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Where did you get this secret info from, and how reliable is it. If it legit, I may crap my pants.

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AHHHHH!!!! If you look at Tamiyas webpage, one of the top slides says "Whats next", and the silhouette is obiously an Optima!!! Holy Craptastic batman!

http://www.kyosho.com/eng/

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Hopefully this pic works................
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Cant afford a new in box roginal. Im good with a re re. Hopefully be like the other kyosho re, re and stay out since i havent seen any disc with the other ones.

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As I mentioned in the Scorpion re-re thread, I'm intrigued to find out how they addressed the original design's major design flaws...lack of proper slipper gear, chain or belt, shock towers and front undertray/bumper brace always bending/breaking, will they go with red or Kyosho Gold shocks (the teaser pic almost seems to show shock caps on the fronts)...or will they just leave the design as it was originally, flaws and warts and all...
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yellowdatsun wrote:AHHHHH!!!! If you look at Tamiyas webpage, one of the top slides says "Whats next", and the silhouette is obiously an Optima!!! Holy Craptastic batman!

http://www.kyosho.com/eng/
Guess they outsourced it then :mrgreen:
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DennisM wrote:
yellowdatsun wrote:AHHHHH!!!! If you look at Tamiyas webpage, one of the top slides says "Whats next", and the silhouette is obiously an Optima!!! Holy Craptastic batman!

http://www.kyosho.com/eng/
Guess they outsourced it then :mrgreen:
LOL! I'm pretty excited about this. I hope they makes some upgrades like they did to the Scorpion. Hopefully a slipper, bearings and some better shocks. Just make some red anodized velvets and call them red velvets. Mmm...
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My guess is that Kyosho will use the same shocks as you can find on the re-re Scorpion :)
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It´s heaaaavy - it´ll need something bigger than 8mm bore?
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Well this is excellent news. I've been waiting for this to happen. Glad they are actually going to do it.

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I hope it comes with a rubber motor cover!

Will they rerelease the racing clutch? :mrgreen:
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Rumor has it that it comes with the 2016 neoprene rubber motor cover and a 3 shoe centrifugal clutch opgrade 8)
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Chain or belt? I'm betting it'll be a chain, even though the belt was a huge benefit to performance & reliability.
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