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GH Racing – Aluminum Hex Wrench III
New from GH Racing is the Aluminum Hex Wrench III. It’s a one way nut hex wrench with two sides, open and close. It built for interchangeable sockets and comes with a 17mm and 23mm. You can also buy a 24mm if you happen to need that size as well. The handle can also be used as a flywheel wrench. [...]
Castle Creations Sidewinder v2 Shipping
Just a heads up on the fact that the Castle Creations new Sidewinder V2 is now shipping! For all those looking for a cheap brushless system, you can now find it on the Tower Hobbies Website for $99! This ESC/Motor combination is very similar to their Sidewinder SCT combo that we recently did a review of, so make [...]
Price is Right for RC and Ace of Cakes!
Yes folks, another great RC sighting On TV, but this was a two for one special! First on Ace of Cakes, our man Duff and his crew take what looks like a Traxxas 1/16th scale vehicle (the radio makes it obvious) and they build a cake around it to look like a tiny Porsche Boxster. Then they take it [...]
Unboxing the Electrix RC Ruckus
So we just got our Electrix RC Ruckus in the office for review. Seemed only appropriate to do our traditional unboxing photos. Quick first impression, the truck is geared towards the budget minded bashing crowd. It comes completely RTR with battery and it even has a extra set of radio crystals in case you end up on someone else’s [...]
- 2/8/2011
- 11:22 pm
- Electrix RC
Unboxing - By: Brian
Thunder Tiger MT4 G3 4WD Monster Truck
If there was any new truck coming of the Nuremberg Toy Fair that could make the basher in Bill jump for joy, it’s the picture of this new monster truck from Thunder Tiger. Seriously, to a basher, this sandwich cage says ‘Bring it On!’. It’s an electric, brushless, RTR monster truck called the MT4 G3, it’s due out in [...]
- 2/4/2011
- 11:11 pm
- Nuremberg
Thunder Tiger - By: Brian
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RC Helicopter Fireworks Attack
One of the coolest RC videos I have seen in a while! Lots of cool fireworks and video footage! Well done guys!Wrench, we have a new project!
ST Racing Concepts Covers the Losi XXX-SCT
Need some hop-up parts for your Losi XXX-SCT? Well ST Racing Concepts has you covered for sure! They have recently announced the following: Front Bulkhead, Front Skid Plate, Front C-Hub and Steering Knuckles, Front and rear shock bodies and collars, rear bulkhead, rear hub carriers, hex adapters, steering bellcrank, motor plate, rear lower shock stand offs, and front [...]
- 2/3/2011
- 10:54 pm
- Losi
ST Racing Concepts - By: Brian
ST Racing Concepts Option Parts for Kyosho Ultima
News from ST Racing Concepts is that they have some new Aluminum Steering Knuckles for the Kyosho Ultima SC, SC-R, RB5 and RT5. They now create the bearing holes after anodizing to insure the bearing tolerance is not affected. If you are looking to beef up your Kyosho Ultima with a little strength and bling, head over to [...]
- 2/3/2011
- 10:30 pm
- ST Racing Concepts
- By: Brian
Nuremberg Toy Fair- Traxxas Press Event
Our European field reporter, and good friend Igor P. is at the Nuremberg Toy Fair this week and hopefully be bringing us lots of great stories and news from the show! If you are out there, he’s the one with the Big Squid RC Shirt! Make sure to tell him hello! We have a lot of European readers so we [...]
How Much Snow?
As a few of you probably know, we are finally getting our share of snow here in the Midwest! As I started digging out the driveway I figure it would be time to measure.. we got exactly 2 HPI monster trucks and 1 Slash worth of snow! 🙂 Snow bashing tomorrow! WOOOO HOOOO! I know Adam the Intern has a snow [...]
New Venom Gambler Short Course Truck Video
So I was recently made aware of a new Venom Gambler Short Course Truck video posted over on Youtube! The video looks very well done, and I was excited to see the Gambler running around in the snow! Waterproof for the win! I’m glad to see Venom getting back on the RC map! Hopefully we’ll be testing one of these things [...]
- 2/1/2011
- 4:58 pm
- Venom Group
- By: Brian
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Tower Hobbies Turns 40!
A big Happy Anniversary to Tower Hobbies who celebrates 40 years of bringing hobbies to people all over the world! To celebrate they are giving away a Tower Hobbies Gift Certificate worth up to $1000! All you need to do is head over to the Tower Hobbies website and subscribe to their email newsletter for a chance to win! They [...]
Traxxas and Peter V. on CBS AMA Supercross
Today we saw our good friend Peter Vieira of Traxxas on CBS during their coverage of the AMA Supercross in Oakland California. Peter did a couple minute segment with Pro Motocross racer Nick Way. I don’t believe they mentioned what they were driving around on the track, but it looked like E-Revo’s. Keep up the great work Traxxas and Peter! [...]
Venom VMX 450 Dirt Bike Video
Recently we posted a REVIEW of the Venom VMX 450 1/4 scale dirt bike. We were really pleased with the bashing ability of this bike, as well as it’s ability to jump and go through snow! Here is a little video we put together of some of the bashing we were doing while working on our review.Hope you enjoy [...]
- 1/29/2011
- 4:36 pm
- Venom Group
video - By: Brian
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HPI Racing RS32 – 1/32 with Calsonic Skyline body
From the people that fueled the mini craze with their Mirco RS4’s, HPI is introducing the RS32! This is a 1/32 scale vehicle, it comes RTR with a 2.4Ghz radio, charger, battery, a few extra gears and anything else you may need. This first vehicle (I’m sure there are more styles on the way) comes with the Calsonic Nissan Skyline body. [...]
- 1/27/2011
- 10:09 pm
- HPI Racing
- By: Brian
