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Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:15 pm
by RC10resto
No clue, but I do know that I am NOT a Kyosho expert
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:22 pm
by Coelacanth
RC10resto wrote:No clue, but I do know that I am NOT a Kyosho expert
Me neither, if you exclude the Optima series.
I'll have to check my Tower Hobbies catalog and Zebra Optima more closely, tonight or tomorrow night...now I have my doubts about those 3 parts on the right, but I know I have the top barbell-shaped piece in matching gold to the rest of the chassis.
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:35 pm
by ROH73
Those parts were included and should be under the front skid plate in the package. You can just see them in this pic:
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:49 pm
by Coelacanth
That package is a beautiful sight to behold.
Always loved the Kyosho gold color. The RC10 shock gold was more like a brassy beer, whereas the Kyosho gold was champagne.
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:17 pm
by ROH73
I like them
all: Kyosho's gold and the 17 shades of copper-gold that Associated had
.
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:53 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Why was this kit called a Celebration Set?
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:58 pm
by Coelacanth
Charlie don't surf wrote:Why was this kit called a Celebration Set?
It was a special edition commemmorating the xxxxxxth sale of an Optima...I can't recall the exact number--a million? Anyway, it says in the Tower Hobbies catalog I have, yet one more thing I'll want to check tonight!
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:16 pm
by rangerg
I think it was 100,000 Optimas sold.
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:46 am
by EvolutionRevolution
How much should one expect to pay?
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:13 am
by Charlie don't surf
EvolutionRevolution wrote:How much should one expect to pay?
This seems reasonable-
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=7465 of course, I am far from a Kyosho expert.
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:00 am
by Lowgear
The new unopened kits I've seen sell have gone from between $100 to $200. It generally seems to fluctuate in that range.
After the 100,000th Optima was sold, 10,000 limited edition gold Optimas were produced. Then during or after that, the celebration kits as shown above were made available.
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:57 am
by rangerg
So, any progress on the mystery? I'm restoring an Optima and I have these parts that I took off a runner. I have the extra parts discussed (see picture). So, do the extra parts mean the parts didn't come from the add-on gold kit, but from the Gold Optima?
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:15 pm
by Coelacanth
rangerg wrote:So, any progress on the mystery? I'm restoring an Optima and I have these parts that I took off a runner. I have the extra parts discussed (see picture). So, do the extra parts mean the parts didn't come from the add-on gold kit, but from the Gold Optima?
I'm pretty sure the parts came from the kit, because I don't know anybody who actually bought one of the gold special edition Optimas. Those were pretty rare.
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:23 pm
by ROH73
Both the Gold Celebration Edition Optima kit and the Option House Celebration Chassis Kit have the same number of gold parts.
Also, neither of them included the gold rear motor guard, gold side guards, gold shocks, gold universals, etc.
Re: Gold celebration chassis set....
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:24 pm
by RC10resto
Those parts were included and should be under the front skid plate in the package. You can just see them in this pic: