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What is a Fixed Gear Adapter? Well, it can help keep your motor locked firmly in place so it doesn’t move when landing from big jumps or after a hard crash. They also lock in perfect gear mesh so that you don’t have to worry about setting it. Two pretty big upsides wouldn’t you say? Our friends over at Traxxas have [...]
Pro-Line keeps on putting out cool new scale gear, their latest piece is the PL-T Clear Interior. Designed to fit Toyota rock crawling bodies (#3466 & #3481) the PL-T interior can really up the scale factor on your rig. Here are some of its highlights- * Replicates a mid-1980’s to early 90’s interior * Comes in clear so you can add your [...]
New from Graupner is an Embroidered Ball Cap. With Graupner coming on strong in the North American market, now you can show your support of the hobby by wearing one of their hats. My buddy John “Team Scream” Cravotta recently won at the JConcepts Turf Nationals using Graupner gear and our staff has been using the X-8E, along with some [...]
We’ve been hearing for a while that Pro-Line has something HUGE on the way. Now, with the release of the video shown below, it looks like they are starting to tease what is going to be a giant new product announcement. The teaser video shows the words – precision, powerful, extreme, durable, performance, FAST!!! While no other details are being released [...]
Add a beefy statement to your Mojave II with a CCHand Kangaroo Front Bumper from RC4WD. The Kangaroo front bumper is available with or without lights, plus you can get one finished in black or in silver. The bumper itself has been hand welded and is made from CNC machined billet aluminum and stainless steel. * Weight- 7.05oz * Length- 7.21″ * Height- [...]
To help get you on the line even faster for your local VTA racing class, PROTOform has announced Pre-Mounted VTA Tires. Fully approved for USVTA racing, these not only look good, but can also give your car more grip. * Pre-mounted for your convenience * Available with white or black wheels * Sold in pairs * Suitable for prepared asphalt, carpet, or parking lots * [...]
Do you hate to paint bodies as much as Cubby does? If so, the folks at Pro-Line make it easy for you to put a hot new body on your Traxxas X-Maxx. Just announced by Pro-Line is a Pre-Painted & Pre-Cut 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Body. This highly detailed body will instantly give your X-Maxx a tough looking face-lift while [...]
“Charger Problems OK Cubby, I am having a problem charging the battery that came with my truck. It is a 3000 NIMH and my charger doesn’t want to charge it. It tries, but after a couple minutes it says the charge is over, even though the pack is nowhere near full. Do I throw away the pack or do I need [...]
New and hot from Pro-Line are Class 1 Hyrax 1.9″ tires. The Hyrax have been designed to give your rock crawler or scaler maximum tire performance. * 4.19” OD x 1.4” width * Class 1 legal * Detailed side wall * Stepped blocks and multiple sipes The tires are priced at $28, they have a part number of #10142-14, and full details are available over [...]
Have you ever picked up a pack and wondered if it is full, at storage voltage, or completely empty? With the new Battery Indicator Plugs from Traxxas, you won’t have to wonder about that anymore. The plugs are designed to fit Traxxas connectors and come in three different colors. One color is used for fully charged, one for storage, and [...]
Are you ready for the indoor carpet/astro racing season? To help keep your short course truck glued to the track, JConcepts has announced new sets of Swaggers & Pin Downs. These were made to fit standard SCT wheels and were designed to give your truck more traction on those high bite surfaces. The front Swaggers SCT tires use a multitude of [...]
Newly announced by Tamiya is a limited edition Blue Metallic version of the Neo Scorcher. The Neo Scorcher comes on Tamiya’s easy to build, and to drive, TT-02B base platform. * Chrome plated wheels * Body and wing pre-painted in a deep blue metallic * Shaft driven 4wd * 540 sized tuned brushed motor * Sealed gearboxes * Double wishbone suspension MSRP for the Neo Scorcher is [...]
Are you into the Formula 1 scene? If so, have a look at the upcoming F104 Pro II from Tamiya. The Pro II version of the F104 comes with a new chassis, upgrade parts, and its all new body was modeled after real 2017 F1 cars. * Front independent coil spring suspension * FRP double deck chassis * Semi-pneumatic synthetic rubber tires * [...]
Are you ready to race indoors this winter? You can be with the new YR-X12A from Yokomo. The latest 1/12th scale race machine from Yokomo features numerous revisions to make it an even faster carpet rocket. * Designed for high grip surfaces * Aluminum chassis * Aluminum lower braces * Lower center of gravity You can hit up This Link to check out the official [...]
Always looking to improve, ARRMA made a bunch of updates to the 2018 edition of the Talion BLX Truggy. The ’18 gets a lower new body, a lower wing mount, lower towers, new wheels/tires, as well as some beefed up plastic parts. The previous edition of the Talion was well known for being an epic bash machine, is the 2018 [...]