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THE Cub Report, Version 12.07.09
The Top Ten RC Cars You Should Own Before You Die. 2009 is nearly over and done with, and as such, it’s that time of year when all sorts of lists get made. Top ten news makers of 2009, top ten songs of 2009, and well, in the case of your much loved yet often litigated Cub Reporter, The Top [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 11.29.09
Welcome to yet another wonderful edition of THE Cub Report, the opinion piece that keeps industry types constantly hitting the refresh button. 🙂 Did you see the press release on the latest offering from Axial? Hubba, hubba! Axials new truck is called the SCX10, and is perhaps the best looking truck released in years. It’s intended for the crawling crowd, [...]
THE Cub Report, Your Week In RC- 11.08.09 – Part 2 of 2
Hey all, this is part two of the bigger than usual Cub Report, since the last one was a good chunk with all the iHobby talk, this part is a little different subject matter, but still stuff I wanted to talk about, it was just too much for one report. Wow, I mean Seriously Wow! I don’t know who the [...]
THE Cub Report, Your Week In RC- 11.08.09 – Part 1 of 2
This week I guess I went a little long with all the industry quotes, so the boss man has asked that I break the report up into two parts… look for the second part to be posted in a day or so, it’s on some different topics than this part anyway. Last Cub Report, we crushed the record for hate [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 10.28.09
Another iHobby Expo has come and gone, and I was lucky enough to attend one industry day, and one consumer day. So here’s the scoop from the show. The biggest news? Ever heard of Zippy packs? Maybe you have, maybe you haven’t, but to boil it down for those that have not, Zippy/HobbyCity battery packs might very well mark a big [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 10.19.09
News on several new “minis” has broken as of late, is there really any interest left in the small scale trucks? Horizon has released info on two very interesting models, first the 1/24th scale Micro Rock Crawler, and secondly, the 1/18th Mini Desert Buggy. The Micro Crawler may just be a bit too micro, I mean, just how many core [...]
THE Cub Report, Version- Special Edition, Traxxas Slash 4×4
You know I couldn’t pass on posting something when such a big announcement happens! I’m sure the “Big Guy” is looking for the edit/delete key already since this isn’t my normal report. So read fast.. haha So lets continue shall we? For those of you that have been living under a rock the last 4 hours, here’s the essential scoop on the new [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 10.05.09
Long time no see, but welcome back to yet another edition of the industries most litigated opinion column, THE Cub Report. So what’s the scoop on some of the newest product releases? Well, let’s just dive right in. RPM is in the Big Squid RC Basher Approved hall of fame. They are one of the few companies that actually have their heads [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 09.22.09
Geezus have things been boring in the industry. Come on you guys, get to making some news out there or I’m really going to have start making things up! LOL It’s about that time, the time of the year in the temperate climates to make the switch from racing nitro 8th scale off road to running indoors on carpet. The [...]
The Cub Report, Version 09.15.09
See the teaser for Kyosho’s latest and greatest, no not their entry into the SC market, but for their DBX VE? Let’s say you take an 8th scale buggy and shrink it down a bit to use 10th scale speedo’s, motors and a single 2S battery. Then you put on a buggy body that any Trekkie would approve of, [...]
The Cub Report, 09-09-09
So Yamaha finally showed their all new 2010 YZ450F yesterday. New from the ground up, it features a radically different airbox/cylinder/carb setup than any previous production motocross bike. The amount of “pre-hype” for the bike was huge, as it should have been on such an innovative design. And while bike sales spiraled downward during the poor economy, the Yamaha 2010 [...]
THE Cub Report- 08.22.09
Well I’m back from a one week hiatus, after taking a much needed break from the depths of rc mongering. Rumors, rumors, rumors, don’t you love them? Rumor is Traxxas will be introducing an uber rock crawler at this falls I-Hobby show. Rumor has it that Associated B5/T5 platform is much closer than you think. Rumor has it that a forced apology from BigSquidRC [...]
THE Cub Report, 08.10.09
Ever notice how freak’n annoying race track announcers are when they keep begging for more marshals? It’s a 110 degrees heat index, the previous race only had 4 drivers, and the next race is a 30 minute gas main featuring 12 angry “sportsman” buggy drivers that insist on driving over their heads and crashing twice a lap. Would anyone in [...]
Your Cub Report, 08.02.09
I grew up on Hi-Torque magazines. I’ve been told half of what I write needs looking up on Wikipedia, so for you not in the know peeps, Hi-Torque is a magazine publisher based out of SoCal. Anyways, I was a huge motocross fan, and Hi-Torque publishes the iconic titles of Dirt Bike and Motocross Action magazines. Growing up in the [...]
THE Cub Report, 07.28.09
So how about that HPI Blitz? HPI becomes the fourth manufacture to jump into the short course market with their new Blitz, and it looks awesome. It’s seemingly molded off a race type platform, but comes with a sweet looking body, and even better looking rims and tires. The Savage was HPI’s last huge seller, the Blitz looks like it [...]
