Mate, by far one of the best off road RC car's you will drive. Predictable, precise and very forgiving! My younger brother had one and it just got better with use. He upgraded to the belt drive, ball race and the newly discovered ESC's of the time. He also bought the Pro shell at the same time and the results were amazing. He was on just about on par with the XLS guys after those mods. This was whilst I (big brother), was at the back of the race with my Tamiya Super Sabre, with plastic bushings and a mechanical speed controller. To be fair, he had been going to the RC club a long time before I was and had saved his pocket money and worked hard for his collection. My interest in RC was ignited when I started driving (my own car) and took over from Dad to take him to the local club and race meetings. I only took him because Mam & Dad would give me petrol money😁. He used to keep his old race tyres and bald them to drift the Optima anywhere he could!! He absolutely loved that car bud! Great days, great buggy and fond memories!! Thanks for that man!! Great video as always Glenn!! Keep them coming!!

The sound of a chain driven Optima chassis :) My Javelin is still my main go to basher. Akira Kogawa and his team sure new how to design a chassis all those years ago. And it will still handle modern brushless setups all these years later.

The birth of Kyosho Legends? 😁

Both companies created beautiful vehicles, though their philosophies were different. Tamiya went more for fun, while Kyosho seemed to always be more "serious" and competition oriented. With Tamiya I feel like I always have kits that are designed well and look great. With Kyosho, you got great quality as well, but also a vehicle that once dialed in, felt like it could not only compete but also win races.

As I understand these vintage RC's from being a very young child. Kyosho, high-end Japanese racing stuff and Tamiya was a "RC Model" something that you built more than played with. So not surprised you enjoyed the Kyosho stuff.

Kyosho's are proper cars . The build and the performance. Blows tamiya out of the water. I like tamiya for fun. But kyosho just does everything better in my eyes 👌

Thanks Glenn. Kyosho and Tamiya are like chalk and cheese. I love them both. Gauranga :-)

Awesome running. That white + mint = 🤩

What a thing great video Glen quick put your tamiya legend t shirt back on 🤣😂

Definitely a good looking buggy

Beautiful to behold! Drives like its on rails. Unreal!

Lovely car. Kyosho has been my favorite RC brand since the early 80’s, although Tamiya is growing on me more and more. Thanks for a really nice video!

Looks awesome Glenn.

Awesome vids really enjoyed watching this series 👍. The colour of that is awesome and yea that unique sound with te chain drive is great 👍. Thanks Glenn

Ahh the Javelin is such a great looking buggy, nice first run.

I have the optima chain driven and turbo optima belt driven both great cars now I’m gonna have to get the javelin I never liked that orange color but that mint green wow what a change in look great video as usual

G'day Glenn that's a nice car aye. I thought you were going to put in the puddle god it handles great for an oldie dodged the puddle with precision. And lol you give your camera person a hard time lol she was having fun great video Glenn 👍👍

That sound...and off road, absolutely 👌 it'd make light work of that BMX track

Awesome. Now I want one 👍

for me the kyosho legend cars are best looking / build and to drive cars. Tamiya has to do its best to beat them, but they haven't yet.

I really like the look of this car. The tubular frame and overall shape of the car reminds me of a sand rails that you would see in the desert. AWESOME !!!

The javelin went like a missile on the gravel! 😃👍

Ran awesome! You know I am a Kyosho fan. Welcome to the darkside 😂

Nice work Glenn. Kyosho buggies are every Tamiya guys dirty little secret.

Awesome Glenn, wish I had 1!

Omg I need one I love cages cars wow 👌 love it ❤️

So happy you were able to make so many great videos with that 1 car package. The run looked like great fun.

It looks great sitting still, it looks better running on the pavement but it is epic looking in the dirt!!! I am so looking forward to a restock of these cars so I can get one! I also have a couple other from the the legendary series I want as well. I have the Tomahawk and the Turbo Scorpion and love both of them! I really want a 4wd one though! soon I hope. Thanks for taking it out and making a mess of it for us!!! It was fin watching it!

Couldn't agree with you more Glenn, such a great looking and capable buggy ... Camera lady also done a wonderful job to keep up with it 👍

it sounded smooth as hell and it looked like a ton of fun =)

Sorry Glenn l walked off in shock after that comment you said! Iol l am not surprised at its handling aftet all the Javelin is base on a 4wd god the Optima!😉👍 Great vid again buddy.

The Kyosho cars were always the go to option for racing , they just handle so well and that did look sweet. I could never afford an Optima but one's definetly on the cards now.

Looked awesome on the gravel Glenn great job 👏 be great to see it on some jumps getting some air don’t think I’ve seen you look so happy and excited until seeing you at the end of this one 🤩😀😀 love Kyosho

The Javelin is still an all time fave. Nice job Glenn

Great car! Love both Tamiya and Kyosho for different reasons. Awesome to see it running. 👍👍

Looks fantastic Glenn. I built the turbo Optima last year. It blew me away with the way it drove. ... Definitely puts all tamiya cars to shame ...👍

Thanks AGAIN for another test run video Glenn 😁

Wow that looks absolutely stunning Glenn, so much better than box art.

Looks great driving around. I know some people just want to shelve them and admire but they seem to step up a notch looks wise when they are in action. Loved it.

Had an optima mid? My dad and I built it many manymoons ago. Before that I had a kyosho progress. It never made much progress only being young. Would be class to see one again.

When I run my off-road cars it's always more fun running them on gravel and watch them slide and kick up dust. Your car was made to run on that surface.

Looks so good. My favorite build of yours. So minty.

Nice 👍 she runs sweet of road. Yeah that’s what I told myself as well, when I ran my Kyosho Ultima, over my Tamiya’s. I was blown away with the performance. but I love both kyosho and Tamiya equally. Sometimes an rc buggy or truck surprises us, regardless. But my DT03 is still my favourite runner, and it’s a Tamiya!!!

Got to admit, with the white rims I like the mint color now. Didn't think the white would make it pop so nice

Steph did an awesome job on the camera! Great work Steph!

Great video as always. I couldn't agree more with your thoughts on the Kyosho Legendary Series. I am, and always will be a huge Tamiya fan, but there is something so special about the Kyosho re-releases. Build enjoyment, quality, looks and performance too. 👍

It's beautiful. I put a 7-turn motor in mine. It works, but is hard to keep in a straight line.

My one hang up with kyosho is their drivers.However,pop a Tamiya driver in there as you've done and problem solved.Sweet car Glen!

Vary nice and smooth running. The chain drive is alot more quiet than I expected. Really neat.

Really nice Glen.. I like that mint green colour body cage.. I’m so far behind on your videos I didn’t even know that was a thing. You can’t deny the quality

Hi Glenn, The car looked liked it handled like a dream. I can understand why you think it one of your favourites even it it’s not Tamiya. 👍🏻👍🏻

Nice running video Glenn. This makes me want to build one and possibly run it. 😂. What a timeless machine…

Very smooth running machine 👍

Awesome video Glenn 👍. Watching that makes me want to run my original optima that I am currently restoring, the handling looks amazing!.

Kyosho buggies are racers right out of the box. Nothing extra needed to buy to get them to perform like they should.

Welcome to the dark side! (member since 1986)

I could see the front wheels were lifting on tight turns, is that because of the spacers in the shocks. My Javelins wheels stay planted on the ground with the standard shock set up, very pleased with mine.

What a transformation from tarmac to off road performance. Looks load of fun too! It could be great on the Tamiya Legends arena or your up coming "Racing park" !!! Anyhoo, a brilliant video to watch!!😃👍👍

Great running video. I’ve always loved tamiya the most, but I have purchased a javelin and optima mid which are as yet unbuilt. After seeing your enthusiasm for kyosho I’m looking forward to building my first kyosho 1/10th scale.

How did they choose orange for the box art and standard colour. This looks incredible. Kyosho knocking it out the park with all their Legend rere's. Thanks for sharing chap. :)

I Love my Kyoshos, looks like we've got another convert. 😁 Great video as always Glenn. I have a Scorpion, Ultima and Optima. One day I'll have a Javelin.

Great video cool car👌👌

Wow, it looked great and handled beautifully, nice!! ANd Kyosho becoming your favourite over Tamiya? BLASPHEMY!!😂😂😂

Lovely to see it Running Glenn 😎

Glenn great video. Just got a.javelin to go with my optima. They truly are fantastic especially when you factor in the age of the design. I prefer these rear motor 4x4s to the mid motors. They handle like a 2wd with more grip

Suspension oil seemed a little on the soft side first but it's apparently doing a good job on the smaller faster bumps on that gravel surface

The javelin is a great buggy to run. Mega fun on grass and dirt surfaces ( that’s where they were designed to be used) a complete pain to clean afterwards the dirt gets every where. Optima pro body and undertray help keep the dirt out. I run a 16x2 mega motor in my Java and it’s proper quick. My Cat with 13.5 brushless motor struggles to keep up. A Glenn Barclay Salute build now that sounds epic.

Great vid Glenn 👍

That was a heck of a run no doubt you were enjoying it! You nearly pissed off your camera lady though 😄 I agree those wheels tires don’t look bad at all on the car 👍

That looked like a great day out, and damn the Kyosho does handle well. I to thought it was a little bit slow on the tarmac but it totally made up for that on the dirt👌. 👍👊

I have always been a tamiya fanboy, my ultimate was of course the Avante which 30 odd years later i finally own. i LOVE this car. However, I bought and built my first Kyosho this year, the optima mid, this is by far the best i have ever built, this is head and shoulders above tamiya in my opinion but there is no beating the Avante in pure nostalgia and good looks. i would like an egress to complete my boyhood dreams tamiya collection but i also now have my eye on more Kyosho builds. those optima wheels are my favourite and look so good on that Javelin.

Awesome car!!! The chain drive is what does it for me reminds me of my 1st optima and as for who I prefer I would have to say kyosho just for the performance you get is off the charts

i own one i love it, speed not everything you are right, handles great over jumps corrects itslef always,, also better than tamiya shhhhhhhhh lol

😍 So many cars I want, you are bad for my finances 🤦‍♂️

If that was say a rough rider or something like that it would have spent half the video on its roof . The camera work was great also shout out to who ever was filming

Now I have to build one after watching this video. It even handled great with unglued tires. Have you thought about switching over to a brushless system?

The car does seem to run quite well!

It’ll fly on short cut grass as well……my back garden is like that on clay and in the 35+ heat we have it’s a cracking surface for them. I did flip mine on the tarmac going full pelt then a sharp turn 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Load of fun

Your face when mentioning are they better than tamiya it was hurting you saying it but that kyosho was a dream on the gravel mate

Not a fan of tarmac and concrete I always run on dirt wherever I can the looser the better! So happy you ditched those yellow rims for the test run! 😁👍

As far as performance and quality, Tamiya isn’t in Kyosho’s league. They both have their place but at the same price point, got to go with Kyosho !

I have the same issue with the battery wires. All others are nicely tucked away since I'm using the original driver, but those battery wires are such a eyesore on such a beautiful car. As for speed... well they aren't 6S Arma bashers. I had mine with a 19turn motor on 3s lipo and it was ok. But now with the Kyosho Les Mans brushless 19.5T motor and ESC it's slow. But I don't care, I like the scale speed.

Looks great Glenn, I ran my Ultima for the first time last night (electrics are a hobbywing 1060 and a Kyosho Le Mans 490 with an old school 7.2v stick pack) it runs great but I did notice that the reverse is incredibly slow although to be fair it's not often I go backwards so isn't really an issue. I bought a set of black pepper pots from JC racing paired with schumacher mini pin tyres which look ace, I did have a panic moment when I noticed the steering wasn't working but discovered that there was a stone stuck under the steering linkage (I guess given the open body it's just something that i'll have to get used to 👍) Kyosho are definitely my new favourite. Paul

😂 😂 Kyosho legends channel from now on. 🤪

So fun

Great car, sadly back then the rc stuff was to expensive for me to go into any kind of competition, buy a competition car and have it outclassed 2 years later. Nice build though, the color is great with that car.

Love the Comment about the suspension! Drove my sand scorcher recently and it's old school VW type suspension is a joy to watch not performance but realistic! Check the video of my driver if you like. Man is love one of them! Cheers mate

Very nice car. It is not really slow as I think your setting is for dirt roads.

Glenn, go to amazon and buy a cheap set of wheels/tire combo for your running vids. For $ 20 or so dollars you can get a good set of 4 that looks decent gets good traction on most surfaces and last a long time. I use them a lot with fast and powerful brushless cars and they work very well. I dont know how to let you know the exact list though.

I found a good solution if you don't want to glue tyres. I was looking for a double sided tape to stick some body accessories on with but accidentally bought the bonding stuff they use to bond mobile phone screens in place , it's 1mm wide a 1 mm thick strong and is as tacky AF with a really strong bond which I can see being a really good temporary tyre bond. Would be extremely easy to put around the inside wheel bead and hold tyre to wheel, it'd take a good amount of abuse before failure. Would be perfect for light rc's with lower power levels.

I found the same with my Turbo Optima, it needs more power compared to other cars. Can only assume it’s the overhead of running both gearboxes with a belt/chain. Lovely lovely cars (PS I’m loving them more than Tamiya too 🤫)

Yes, I do like Kyosho kits. My favorite is the Scorpion. I do have other kits from Kyosho. I think the scorpion looks like a dune buggy. The bottom loading shocks do not work very good but Kyosho does make top loading shocks for the Scorpion. They work great. Thoughts?

Don't they have any RC tracks over there? Looks like a cool car to drive.

It's it stunning machine for sure. I love the green. Out of interest why didn't you go brushless in it? Reckon it could easily handle a brushless motor and a 2s Lipo.

'ave ye got used tae drivin' on the wrong side ae the road there? The tyres ae hauldin' oot weel. LOL Cheers!

I grew up with only the Tamiya option at my local store, but I had a Kyosho motor which was amazing and interested me into Kyosho. The Javelin always being my favourite looking vehicle. Javelin or Super Hot Shot would be my 2 all time favourite buggies. Which do you prefer? And of course the Tamiya drivers in the cockpit with their names 😍

Excellent quality, the Kyosho rerelease’s. You just want to collect them all 🤩

id like to see that with a tasty little brushless set up in it , do you think it would handle it ?

you can glue them glenn, do as i did back in the day. a triangle pattern dot of glue at the top on the outer and bottom on the inner and the opposing top and bottom left and right..... :D you never glue the entire rim to the tyre..

Hi, what’s the colour of this? It looks like the same colour as the new Kyosho optima mid worlds and to get the colour you need to mix paints to get the match with the wheels, that come already painted which seems like a bit of a nightmare.