
Kyosho Turbo Optima 2019 First Details & Pictures *UPDATED*
A big thanks to Guillaume Fleury for getting these first real pictures of the Turbo Optima 2019! This article has been embargoed until the morning, […read more]
A big thanks to Guillaume Fleury for getting these first real pictures of the Turbo Optima 2019! This article has been embargoed until the morning, […read more]
The first “picture” of the Turbo Optima 2019 was today published by Kyosho Europe in connection with their preparations for the Nürnberg toy fair. When […read more]
The last week the vintage Kyosho community has been on fire regarding rumors of a late 2019 rerelease of the 1987 World Championship winning Kyosho […read more]
These videos are from an old Japanese VHS tape I found. Since Japan used their own NTSC TV-standard, different from both the US NTSC standard, […read more]
Back in March of 1988 Fumito Taki and Tamiya launched the over-engineered Avante 4WD buggy, a model both loved and hated worldwide. Today the original […read more]
There have been a lot of bumps in the road for the Kyosho Legendary Series of re-releases, starting with the shutdown of the Kingstar factory […read more]
Over the years I have done some rather difficult builds with lots of custom made parts, like the replicas of Atsuhiro Ohno’s Torpedo Optima from […read more]
The third IFMAR 1/10 scale off-road worlds marks, in many ways, the end of my interest in radio controlled cars. It was arranged a few […read more]
While my interest in radio controlled cars is somewhat limited to a period from the late 70’s (Tamiya Rough Rider) to the early 90’s (Kyosho […read more]
What does a picture of a roller coaster do here? What has been going up, down and in loops the last year or so? It […read more]
Kyosho moves out of their iconic building as a new chapter begins Executive Director of Kyosho Corporation, Hiroyoshi Ishikawa looks to the future as one […read more]
No news is good news they say, and for long we haven’t had any. Well I’ve got news, and it’s bad. At least for those […read more]
As reported back in September 2017 (http://vintage.dirt-burners.com/2017/09/09/exciting-times-for-vintage-kyosho-fans/) Kyosho have finally announced the release of the red and black cages for the re-released Javelin buggy. Like […read more]
By 1985 IFMAR the world governing body for radio controlled car racing finally had opened their eyes to the 1/10 scale electric off road scene. […read more]
After a couple of years with unofficial as well as the first ever official 1/10 scale off road world championships being held in the US, […read more]
This is part 2 of my Dirt Burners! Avante XL build. Make sure to check out part 1 as well. Before we begin, here’s a […read more]
When Tamiya introduced the four wheel drive Avante buggy back in March 1988, it was a clear sign that they intended to get back into […read more]
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