Early 80's Kyosho Rocky 4WD

[Lowgear]

He'll have to wait until he amasses 30 posts as we just put a new rule into effect of no PM usage for new members. Unfortunately, people creating accounts just to hassle other members with zero intention of actually ever using the board has gotten out of hand.

And so in the interest of getting to 30 posts(!), let me see if I can pick a few brains to figure out what I have here. I saw just one ad on ebay for a Rocky - actually it's for a pair of Rockys - and the seller is asking $1089. Is there something quite so special about this model? It looks to me you can buy a new kit (of equivalent quality???) for $300-$500 or so. Thanks for any time spent replying. I'd love to know more about what I have. In fact, this one was a gift so I didn't pick it out myself.

I forgot to mention that you can also make a donation of any monetary amount to skip the line.

[HS-YZ250]

Thanks for all this! To be sure, I'm not hoping to retire should I find a buyer! Just curious to learn about it. This one has been sitting in a box in the basement for 40 years. I enjoyed building it then probably only ran it outside a half dozen times at most, including last weekend to see if it still worked! Mostly, I don't think I had the patience for recharging times!

Yes, that was the seller in Japan that I referenced earlier.

Thanks again!!!

Regarding recharging: today's batteries have so much more capacity than they did in 1986. You can get NiMH packs the same sub c format that are 5000mAh, vs 1200/1400 back in the day. And chargers are a lot smarter. I've found I've gotten a little bored of running around my driveway before I ran out of battery.

[Makers]

He'll have to wait until he amasses 30 posts as we just put a new rule into effect of no PM usage for new members. Unfortunately, people creating accounts just to hassle other members with zero intention of actually ever using the board has gotten out of hand.

And so in the interest of getting to 30 posts(!), let me see if I can pick a few brains to figure out what I have here. I saw just one ad on ebay for a Rocky - actually it's for a pair of Rockys - and the seller is asking $1089. Is there something quite so special about this model? It looks to me you can buy a new kit (of equivalent quality???) for $300-$500 or so. Thanks for any time spent replying. I'd love to know more about what I have. In fact, this one was a gift so I didn't pick it out myself.

I forgot to mention that you can also make a donation of any monetary value and skip the line.

I just found out my rare Rocky is actually just a "basher". I don't think I'll be digging very deep to skip the line!

[Makers]

Thanks for all this! To be sure, I'm not hoping to retire should I find a buyer! Just curious to learn about it. This one has been sitting in a box in the basement for 40 years. I enjoyed building it then probably only ran it outside a half dozen times at most, including last weekend to see if it still worked! Mostly, I don't think I had the patience for recharging times!

Yes, that was the seller in Japan that I referenced earlier.

Thanks again!!!

Regarding recharging: today's batteries have so much more capacity than they did in 1986. You can get NiMH packs the same sub c format that are 5000mAh, vs 1200/1400 back in the day. And chargers are a lot smarter. I've found I've gotten a little bored of running around my driveway before I ran out of battery.

Exactly. I bought a second 1200mAh pack at the time. If I recall correctly, that might've gotten me a total of about 10 minutes of enjoyment before it was time to pack it up!

[HS-YZ250]

If you decide to put money into it, Kyosho recently started a retro styled Le Mans brushless motor series. Not cheap, but pretty sharp. I've been putting them in all my retro Kyosho builds on principle.

LE MANS 480 GOLD Brushless Motor 21.5T

LE MANS 240S Brushless Motor 19.5T

LE MANS 480T Brushless21.5T w/480S

LE MANS 240S ESC

[Makers]

If you decide to put money into it, Kyosho recently started a retro styled Le Mans brushless motor series. Not cheap, but pretty sharp. I've been putting them in all my retro Kyosho builds on principle.

Thanks, though I'm not planning to upgrade this one. At this point I'm just trying thin out some of what I've collected over the years!

[Frankentruck]

He'll have to wait until he amasses 30 posts as we just put a new rule into effect of no PM usage for new members. Unfortunately, people creating accounts just to hassle other members with zero intention of actually ever using the board has gotten out of hand.

And so in the interest of getting to 30 posts(!), let me see if I can pick a few brains to figure out what I have here. I saw just one ad on ebay for a Rocky - actually it's for a pair of Rockys - and the seller is asking $1089. Is there something quite so special about this model? It looks to me you can buy a new kit (of equivalent quality???) for $300-$500 or so. Thanks for any time spent replying. I'd love to know more about what I have. In fact, this one was a gift so I didn't pick it out myself.

I forgot to mention that you can also make a donation of any monetary value and skip the line.

I just found out my rare Rocky is actually just a "basher". I don't think I'll be digging very deep to skip the line!

Other than it supporting the best RC forum on the planet, making a donation this month also gets you entered for this drawing:

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?p=565490#p565490