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Ordered two of these from the UK last night, The Dead Pool project is moving forward again, thanks to @TxRx 8) May take a couple weeks to get them. That's very cool. Don't remember you saying anything fruitful about your message to Mid-America, and coming from L&L, wonder if it's Pinguin making...

In 1987 Kyosho released a 1/10 2wd electric off-road racing buggy called the Ultima, a model that would not only win them a World Title at the hands of Joel Johnson but live on through half a dozen future iterations. The foundation for the first Ultima was a slender formed aluminum chassis with pres...

Has anyone ever made one? Is it possible these days? I have not googled this for the sake of conversation. 8) Google really has killed conversation hasn't it... Who knew How I Met Your Mother would be so prophetic: MynINMTy7ss Probably the best scene from the entire series.... but, back on topic......

In 1987, fresh off of his IFMAR World Championship win, team driver Joel Johnson struck a pose in Kyosho's ad for the Ultima and Turbo Optima: Ultima : 1/10 2wd electric off-road racing buggy, debuted in 1987. Built on a narrow formed aluminum chassis with plastic upper deck and molded nylon compone...

Ok... not only is this my new favorite RC video... I think it may be the best video on youtube... period. IlcaWZ61T3w Kai City makes some decent videos but ☝️ is just epic. Turns out he's made 45 others. Never knew. Link to his playlist... some pretty good ones in there: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

In 1987 Kyosho released the Optima mid, a 1/10 4wd electric off-road racing buggy and the third design to wear the Optima badge. Not just a rebody like the Salute and Javelin, the new Optima was redesigned from the ground up, as its name suggests, to be a mid-motor racing machine. New from stem to s...

In 1987 Kyosho introduced a new model to their lineup, a 1/12 2wd gas powered truck they called the Racing Montero. Designed to replicate the full-size trucks competing in the Dakar rally Kyosho's Montero came with a highly detailed body covering its plastic tub chassis. Independent aluminum trailin...

Kyosho displaying a variety of the 12th scale electric on-road options they offered in this advertisement from 1987: Super Alta – 1/12 2wd electric on-road racer released in 1985. Molded plastic construction with vertical chassis plates. Coil sprung aluminum arm front suspension and adjustable tie r...

In 1988 Kyosho released the Turbo Ultima, a 1/10 2wd electric off-road racing buggy to follow up the previous year's Ultima buggy. As the Turbo Ultima was an evolution it used the same slender formed aluminum chassis, now hard anodized, and molded EX66 nylon component construction as the previous Ul...

In 1988 Kyosho unveiled the Raider as an entry level 1/10 2wd electric off-road buggy. The world of off-road racing was advancing and the technology developed for competition models was able to trickle down and provide greater performance capabilities to more economically priced kits. Kyosho took ad...

Kyosho advertising a slew of new vehicles from racing to realistic models, motorcycles, and even airplanes in 1988: Turbo Optima Mid SE: 1/10 4wd electric off-road racing buggy released in 1988. Slender, bronze anodized "Duralumin" flat plate main chassis, fiberglass upper deck, heavy duty...

The new one was in rough shape with a lot of oxidation on the metal parts. As well the trigger was sticky. Sticky like you pull the trigger back/push it forward and it's sluggish to return to center? If so, working the trigger back & forth for several minutes usually free's them up. May takes a...

If you just want the shocks to be silver... soaking the body's in sodium hydroxide (generally oven cleaner, though also drain cleaner) will remove the red anodizing.

In 1988 Kyosho sold motors and controllers and graphite chassis' oh my. Plus chargers and batteries and plenty other speed parts to buy:

In 1989 Kyosho brought a car called the Buick Stocker to market. A 1/12 electric on-road racer the little Buick was built on Kyosho's Super Alta platform originally released in 1985. It was constructed of molded plastic with vertical chassis plates connected by tapered horizontal plastic tubes. Coil...