I have one (in 100 pieces) in my closet. I had mine set up with a Twister Hurricane motor , and shoved a huge pinion gear on the motor giving it a ridiculously high gear ratio. It started off super slow , but I was able to clock about 50mph . Problem was that the tires would fly off the car lol 😆

I've got one. Tub was messed up.. turns out.. it's an exact replica of the grasshopper tub. All screw holes match up. So I'm restoring with a grasshopper chassis. I've decided to go full custom.

Great memories. The local hobby shop had one and my brother had gotten a Hornet the year before. So I bought this 100% from the box art. When box art sold things before internet and YT info. Initially I was dissapointed by its small size. But loved the huge tires. Was blown away by how easy it was to ride down the street on its back bumper. Later learned it was based on a wheelie chassis. Eventually drooled over the Blackfoot, USA1 and did get a HUGE real 4x4x4 Clod Buster. Which is nice. But lacks the agility and high speed play of the Bear Bear. CB feels like a lumbering heavy weight fighter that is heavy on its feet. BB jumps and flicks around eagerly.

i kinda like it for some reason, ive heard they break real easy though eh?

I still have mine....is there any where to get parts for the Big Bear? I'm fresh retired and need a hobby, so I ordered a fms 1/24 Chevy K5. It's been 30 yrs. But I look forward to getting into it again.

Stunning build Luke fantastic replica/tribute, you’ve done yourself proud there :)

Ow wow , i had a Raider when i was really young , for some reason it was’nt very fast

Luke! An excellent video, an excellent representation of the rc car, of course as you do all the time. You’ll have millions of views before you know it. I also noticed your affinity for Aristo-Craft products. I have a pretty cool motor, brand new in the box. I don’t know a lot about it but it looks pretty sweet. I can send some photos. It’s called the Power Plus 2614BE. It just looks so cool but I don’t have anything to match it up to. I would love to donate it to your collection if there’s ever a time you could use it. I’ll take care of the shipping. No pressure! Original directions and everything, brushes are installed. Take care and Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Cool Raider! Love the Kyosho Gold shocks and that motor. Great car!

Hunter looks better

Your Big Boss looks superb! I have owned a Double Dare since 1989 but I think it would be difficult to restore because the chrome parts are not great and finding new ones would not be easy. I also modified my truck because the stock suspension was so bad. I handmade some metal reinforcement plates for the suspension mounts and also for the throttle servo because the double-sided tape didn't hold it sufficiently. I now have 8x oil-filled shock absorbers and that improved it a lot. With 4WS, it is still hard to drive fast in a straight line though. You can see my Double Dare up-close on my channel, BlackSeaRC.

this was almost my first hobby grade RC car! Was doing yard work in high school and drooling at the products in the Tower Hobbies big catalog. And this was one of the less expensive offerings at the time and listed all the bells and whistles. But a classmate had one and broke it pretty quickly. But "adulthood" raised its head and expenses like "having a car" and "insurance" and "gas" ended that obsession for a few years. My cousins getting a new RC10 kit helped scratch the crash and bash itch too.

That was my very first RC. I raced it some and later converted it to a truck. Thanks for the video.

It looks fantastic. This and the ARR livery are both great looking kits. I really wish Kyosho would do some re-releases of the Raiders and some of their other plastic chassis kits. I would love to have them all but finding them in decent shape to restore is getting very hard and costly!

I guessed 13 mph, I put a 12t motor and lipo set up in mine and get 30mph!!!! Great vid!! Ralphie

sweet rig

I didn't know this car even existed! Great find and spectacular work as well. Thank you for the wonderful presentation

Nice one, Luke! I have a soft spot for old Kyoshos. I'd love to get an old machine and fix it up someday. I have no idea what prices are like for fixer-uppers these days, though. I would imagine the biggest problem is replacement parts, huh? Is it common for the plastic used in these vintage machines to go brittle over time? I took my old Kyosho stadium truck (Outlaw Rampage Pro) out a number of years ago, and just about every one of the white nylon ball cups shattered after the first run. Well, if I'm being honest, I ran into my buddy's leg and parts went everywhere. We laughed our asses off. My old truck was in pieces, and we were laughing so hard we couldn't breathe. But, I didn't actually hit him very hard...probably less than 5 mph. Good times!

Thanks for the shout out. Glad you got a Turbo Raider to add to your collection. It came out great and even more awesome that it came with original stickers. MCI stickers are orange and the original stickers for the turbo are more neon. Enjoyed the video.

I’d love one of these. Always loved the orange wheels and decals with the white

Thats an awesome piece of kit right there.

Always been a big Kyosho fan, so thanks for sharing as always. 👍

Awesome restauration Luke. You did a great job on this buggy.

Where I am at, I seem to remember it was upwards of twice the price of a normal raider...

This one looks cool!👌 I just recently restored normal Raider, probably the first version? Yours have "made in korea" at the bottom of the chassis, while just "japan" on mine.

As always Luke, you never disappoint

Cool car. I like the addition of the upgrades. The Aristocraft Koala! Wow, I can't believe you found one of those! In 87 I begged my dad for the Kangaroo. Come Christmas, sure enough, he got it for me. I was so stoked! Man i loved that car. I've got several Kangaroo's today, in various states of repair. It'll always have a special place in my heart.

Brilliant work Luke. The sound of a Raider at full flight is so iconic to me of the early 90s RC! This is the one that I would love to see Kyosho stick back into the market!

Looks great! I restored one not so long ago. Now you need a Raider ARR. Nothing screams 80s like those ARR decals. Nice work!

Great video Luke. Car turned out amazing. Never realized how many upgrades it came with.

Like a rhino, thunderbolt all bout same

Lobo ,super lobo ,tryck lobo, Pathfinder, mosquito all the same

Sears had ted 57 Chevy mustang 69 7.2 volt buddy had 57 ot was quick for what is was

Vintage car action back in 84-89 tower hobbies abd rc car action at breakfast and lunch time at school. Lol good tines

Had mrc road winner,road ripper jc peeny had it later called misller

Always liked mountaineer to from WV so yeah

Had on started putting it together got moved put n building and neighbor kid stole it or my aunt tookbit to secret Santa wheee she worked . One of two still almost new just few pieces open and rest factory wascwaiting on radio

That's a nice truck! I just won a auction on eBay for one of these. Just needs a radio, for $52. Always wanted one of these when they first came out. Now I got one to ad to my collection!

Go the Coyote!

I have this back in 1988. Ran it for awhile and it was fun. Then ayk racing went bust shortly.

Needs a good wd40 bath immediately. Lol

This was my very first RC when I was a young teenager. I loved it. I loved building it and playing with it and cleaning it. It was what brought me into the world of RC’s. Thank you for taking me down memory lane.

Nice! I just got mine 2 days ago. Didn't realize it was a bushing car so i have bearings on the way.

Your appreciation of the gift is very wholesome. The Toy Story RC car looks perfect! I'd like to do that with a Traxxas Bandit someday. Really cool channel.

Where did you buy this? Can I get one?

Is this original 1985 drivetrain? Seems fast for brush motor and nicd / nihm

Its been a year since your BBX video, how has it held up? Any chance of a 1 year plus review? That's if you still drive it regularly as there seems to be a lot of review and build videos, but no long term updates on it.

that's pretty fast for a 40-year-old rc car 🥰

That looks so much cooler than modern day rc cars 😅

What do you plan on using in terms of esc and motor?