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stulec52 wrote:

J.M. wrote:Please oh please Mr Kyosho, I'd very much LURVE for the Optima to be rereleased also. The Optima would outsell any of their other cars easily!

Mid maybe, but original Optima??
Nah, I don't think it'd be that popular.
and really, chain driven car today??

Original Optima is iconic and will be very popular. With regards to chain drive.. If Kyosho took the time to address the Scorpions weakness and design a slipper as well.. Well let's just say they will be very creative with the optima.

I anticipate that if Kyosho re-released the Optima, they would make it belt drive and also give it some form of slipper.
I hope they didn't somehow decide to make it shaft I would cringe at that thought

Maybe they will re-release the Mid and make it dual belt

I agree that the original Optima is an Iconic car and a very strong candidate for re-release
The other one my money is on is the Ultima and seeing as there is a fair amount of parts sharing in the gearbox between these two any upgrades to the Optima box could be easily carried over to the Ultima

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I wonder if offering the Optima as a belt drive is straying too far from the original design, even if it's absolutely a better idea for performance & maintenance? The chain drive would be fine if it didn't loosen up so easily. Maybe a chain of stronger steel and a better way to adjust the tension so that it stays put would be ideal, yet keeping the chain-drive "feel" of the car...the Optima definitely had a unique sound.

The chain is the biggest draw for me. In not saying I would not buy one if they did a belt version, but i wouldn't be as excited. The chain cars can survive- look at the Dominators, Radiants, etc. They were still kicking belt drive arse in their heyday. With a modern brushless tho...hard to say if a ladder chain would survive. I would expect to see a belt

I bet a chain would stretch like nobody's business with brushless...unless they beefed up the chain.

If Kyosho were to rere the Optima I can only imagine that the belt conversion could replace the chain system or at the very least be one of the first upgrades for this car.
From memory I upgraded my original racer with the Stinger belt conversion set.

I thought the Stinger belt was 254xl.

aip47-2008 wrote:I thought the Stinger belt was 254xl.

The one I have is...

aip47-2008 wrote:I thought the Stinger belt was 254xl.

The LHS I purchased my kit from sold me the alloy pulleys in the kit I got. Perhaps they swapped the belt out and told me it was for my Optima. Or was there an Optima conversion kit that had those alloy pulleys?
I certainly never got that little lexan cover with it.
Cost me $100 back then.

Wow, I can't believe how inexpensive they're going to be selling them for. You would think it would have cost them a lot just to make the molds and whatnot again. Hell, I might even buy one and I'm more or less anti re-release.

Lowgear wrote:Hell, I might even buy one and I'm more or less anti re-release.

Hell, I might even buy one and I'm more or less anti-Kyosho....



Alex

Incredible_Serious wrote:

Lowgear wrote:Hell, I might even buy one and I'm more or less anti re-release.

Hell, I might even buy one and I'm more or less anti-Kyosho....



Alex

Oh, and cheap..... don't forget I'm cheap.......



Alex

I am stoked about this re-release. Has anyone heard an "Official" release date yet?

The new Scorpion is scheduled to be released in the late June to July timeframe

TM Ru22311 wrote:I am stoked about this re-release. Has anyone heard an "Official" release date yet?