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For a limited time all new Losi Night Crawler B-n-D kits will include an extra complete set of Losi’s high performance Comp Claws tires.  On their own these tires would set you back $40, so this is a pretty decent deal by any standard.  No other info is available right now so just keep an [...]

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So let’s say you bought a HPI MT2 a while back, you thought you were the cool kid on the block.  But then all your friends decided to up and buy Slashes, Blitzes, and SC10s.  Now you’re left looking kind of like a tool.  So what could you do to save face?  How about buying [...]

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Tamiya‘s finally showing off a real picture of their new FF03 Pro chassis.  If you don’t know, the FF series are front motor, front wheel drive sedans.  The new FF03 is a completely redesigned chassis, going from the monocoque frame chassis of the ff02 back to a tub style chassis with the battery running down [...]

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The SC10 RTR is finally brushless. Team Associated has taken it’s popular short course truck and dropped in a XP/Reedy 3300kV brushless system, giving everybody a chance to experience the FUTURE.  And the future is good.  Nothing else is changed, it’s still got the officially licensed bodies, the XP3-SS 2.4 GHz radio, and all that [...]

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Hot Bodies has a cool new sedan.  The TCX is a very high-end race bred kit built to meet the exacting demands of hardcore racers.  It’s a LiPo/LiFe ready chassis that features 50/50 weight distribution, plenty of adjustment options in the suspension, and tons of great looking purple aluminum and carbon fiber.  As with most [...]

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Another new car making it’s debut at the Shizuoka show is Tamiya‘s latest vintage F1 car.  Modeled after the Wolf WR1, which started it’s career during the 1977 Forumla 1 season, Tamiya’s 1/1o scale version is a mash-up of their newer F104 chassis and their older, but still competitive F103 chassis.  Among some of the [...]

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Losi‘s entry level RTR rock crawler is now available with the Bind-N-Drive option.  If you own any of a number of Spektrum radios or got a Losi 2.4GHz pack in radio from another RTR then the Nightcrawler B-n-D might be a better fit for you.  As with all the other B-n-D cars from Losi, this [...]

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OFNA has taken their Hyper 10SC and given it a shot of nitro to make the (cleverly named) Hyper 10SC Nitro.  Just like it’s electric brother it’s a 1/10 scale, 4wd, short course truck.  The front and rear suspension were pretty much brought straight over from the electric version and there is a lot of parts [...]

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The Pro-Line blog is showing off a new set of wheels that they’re currently testing. The only info they give is that the new V2 Split Six wheels for 1/8 scale buggies are extremely light and are going to be the ‘Hot’ setup for buggies and short course trucks with the proper adapters. Looks like [...]

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Got a lot of money laying around? Send it to us! Or if you’re a total jerk and don’t want to send it to us, you could always spend it on Robitronic‘s latest. In collaboration with the KM Group they have a new nitro powered, very high-end, racing sedan. It’s got a ton of carbon fiber, [...]

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JConcepts is giving the new Kyosho Ultima SC some love today. They have announced that their very popular Illuzion Dare and Illuzion Manta bodies, which have been dressing up the Slash and SC10 since those heady early days of the short course class, are also a direct fit for Kyosho’s hot new entry in the [...]

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Fresh from those funky cats that gave us the exceedingly awesome 1/18 scale Scalpel pan car, Robitronic, comes the new ready-to-run EST- BL 2wd stadium truck. It’s aimed at beginners but don’t think for a minute that it’s gonna skimp on the features. The Robitronic EST- BL comes from the factory with pure, unadulterated brushless [...]

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Team Associated has a new truck in their big, officially licensed line of Lucas Oil Off-Road Series SC10 trucks.  The new truck is modeled after the LeDuc Bros’ Rockstar energy drink trucks.  It’s not just a gussied up new body though, AE has decided to include their brand-spankin’ new 2.4 GHz XP3-SS 3 channel radio [...]

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