Hey guys if you are looking to add that little bit of scale flair to your dashboard then look no further. Team3six has a cool little CONTROL PANEL KIT that will work really well as dash bits on your scale build. The kit actually comes with 6 different styles of panels that can be used in any combination you can dream up. Just to add the finishing touches they include Red, Yellow and Green LED’s with the resistors already in place to speed up install time. They also toss in gauge decal kits in black and white as well as some button head screws to bring it all together.

The LiPo safe charging bag is a simple tool that many of us use multiple times a day and probably take for granted. Nearly every RC company on earth makes a bag of their own, but have you ever wondered where the idea came from? It was the brainchild of Mark Wood. He invented the thing. And he’s still making them. The Original LipoSack is made in the US of US sourced materials. You can find out the history of this seemingly minor, but potentially life saving invention at the LipoSack web site, and while you’re there be sure to check out their products.

Alumicraft RC aren’t the only ones making aluminum bodies for 1/5 scalers. Race Car Prototypes, which is a company known more for making full scale race car bodies, is releasing their own aluminum body, which you can see to the left right (sorry, I was writing this post while looking in a mirror) here. But the one that caught my eye is their rally body seen above. It appears to be based on a full scale body that they designed for All German Motorsports, it’s a BMW X6 trophy truck.

Check out the Race Car Prototypes web site, but don’t expect to find much info about these new products there.

Sunshine Systems, whom we first met back at IHobby 2011, are lighting up the place with their selection of RC ready LED light systems. New to the product line is a new connector thing that allows you to daisy chain together multiple strings of light systems. Go back to our IHobby archives and check out the review we did of these lights to see how they standup. Spoiler: we liked ‘em. Then check out the Sunshine Systems web site for more info.

VGRacing is at the show in full force, showing off their huge line of roll cages for all kinds of vehicles, including their somewhat new green cage for the Traxxas 1/10 Grave Digger, seen above at the left. Hit up the Roll Cage City web site for more info and then go to VGRacing.com to buy.

KO-Propo is showing off their lastest high-end Transmitter that they announced back in January. The EX-1 K.I.Y. is a completely customizable transmitter system with tons of interchangeable parts to create the transmitter you’ve always wanted. It’s kinda hard to comprehend just how customizable this thing is until you see just a small selection of all the parts laid out as in the picture above. There’s a couple more pics from the booth below. And for more info on the EX-1 K.I.Y. be sure to hit up the KO-Propo web site.

MaxAmps has put on their thinkin’ caps and done come up with a new way to connect yer plug to their pack. The new low resistance, internal plugs gives the lower resistance and better performance that only a single connection between your battery and speed control can offer, according to MaxAmps.  These new packs also offer a detachable balance lead and come in both 5450 mAh and 6500 mAh capacity. From the looks of things on the MaxAmps web site, it appears that these are only compatible with Traxxas high current connectors, and MaxAmps states that because of the massively long case, they will only fit into they are specifically designed for vehicles with longer battery trays, such as the Slash 4×4.  These new batteries are available now direct from MaxAmps.com starting at $129.99.

The Mickey Thompson iPhone case has a MSRP of $19.99, but RC4WD is selling it for a paltry $16.99. Hit up the RC4WD web site for more info.

Chris at Rogue Element Components is once again firing up the mill to produce another trick piece of machined alloy. This time it’s a car stand. The stand is machined out of 6061-T6 alloy and is left with a natural finish that can be easily polished to a shuper shine. It measures 5″ long by 1.4″ high, so it’s tall enough for most on-road and off-road racing cars.  Just don’t expect it to jack up your monster truck. But the best part of this whole deal is custom engraving. Anything you’ve ever wanted to say on a car stand can be said on this one, up to 12 characters. It also comes with some stick on felt to keep from scratching your furniture or car chassis.

As with all REC products this one is only available to those who preorder and pay a $5.00 deposit via PayPal by Friday, March 23rd. If you order one to four stands you can pick them up for $24.99, or you can buy in bulk and save! Order five or more and only pay $21.99. Shipping is included in the price.  Check out the REC newsletter for more info.

The Combo Quick Drive is available now in Europe through Schumacher for about £30. Unfortunately it’s not listed on the EDS website yet, so no word on cost or distribution here in the good ol’ US of A.  But I would venture a guess at somewhere around $50.