{"id":7748,"date":"2026-01-25T09:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=7748"},"modified":"2026-01-25T10:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:21:16","slug":"rcpress-vid-kyosho-optima-vs-turbo-scorpion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=7748","title":{"rendered":"Clash of the Icons: Kyosho Turbo Scorpion vs. Optima \u2013 The Golden Age Throwdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0075-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7749\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0075-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0075-scaled.jpeg 1440w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0075-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0075-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0075-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0075-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0075-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0075-84x150.jpeg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>To understand the battle between the Kyosho Turbo Scorpion and the Kyosho Optima is to step into a time machine set for the mid-1980s, the absolute zenith of off-road RC buggy innovation. This wasn&#8217;t just a rivalry between two kits; it was a philosophical war for the soul of 4WD VS RWD offroad racing, a clash of aesthetics and engineering that defined an era and still makes collectors&#8217; hearts race today.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0077-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7750\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0077-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0077-scaled.jpeg 1440w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0077-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0077-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0077-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0077-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0077-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260125-WA0077-84x150.jpeg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RCPRESS vid Optima VS Scorpion \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G0jDTOyWR0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To understand the battle between the Kyosho Turbo Scorpion and the Kyosho Optima is to step into a time machine&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1-to-1-scale-videos","category-rc-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7757,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748\/revisions\/7757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}