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Futaba i-4PK
It looks like Futaba wasn’t happy having an awesome radio that does ‘almost everything’. The new i-4PK WILL do Everything! The super smarty pants folks over at Futaba have integrated the best radio with the best phone creating the world first Transphoner! It does make sense, I mean the iPhone can do just about anything! Surf the [...]
Traxxas and HPI Go Big(er)!
Not that long ago, we talked about the 3Z Scale 1:3 Scale Ride on Monster Truck! Well, it looks like Traxxas wants to show that size does matter with their 1:1 Scale ‘Ride In’ RC Monster Truck! ‘Why would you want to ride on something, when it’s much safer if you just Ride In it!’ Makes sense to [...]
THE Cub Report Version 04.01.09
After weeks of total boredom within the industry, it was only a matter of time till things picked up. Seems ROAR has made a couple giant strides in the right direction. Word out of the ROAR camp is that two major announcements are about to be made. The first being they are close to sealing a tv package with the autosports [...]
THE Cub Report, 03.20.09, Version- Bernie Ecclestone Has The…
Hello, hello, welcome to yet another edition of the famed and feared Cub Report, the rc industry’s only truly wfo opinion column. Battle of the big league sponsorships. Did AE get pwned by Traxxas again? Well, the state of 1:1 short course racing is actually pretty fubar at the moment. CORR, who really put short course racing on the map [...]
THE Cub Report, Version- National Awareness 03.14.09
Guess what? Another very slow news week. No cool new releases, no big industry news, and no more rumors of companies going out of business. Perhaps the most boring week, industry wide, for quite some time. Before I get into the main focus of this weeks Cub Report, I do have one thing for the WTF file- the “Bulldog RC Rider“. [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 02.27.09
So here is an interesting twist on this weeks Cub Report. Normally I’m here opening my big mouth and waiting to get a phone call from the Big Squid about how he can’t believe I would post that… well this week I got a little help. Seems someone under the name “R/C Ninja” sent Brian a little fuel for [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 02.20.09
For crying sakes, this has been one horrifically slow week in rc news. Ya, we got a half dozen press releases or so, but nothing that is certain to turn the planet upside down. Inside the industry, it’s still a muckfest. Simply amazing how every company you talk to says they are doing well, while they’ll freely tell you all their [...]
THE Cub Report’o, version 02.14.09
I’ve droned on and on about how the future of the rc print rags doesn’t look too bright. Further evidence to support this comes via the latest issue of RCCA. If the name of your magazine includes the words CAR Action, then why include a BOAT section? Page numbers are down, readership is down, advertisers are down, do they honestly [...]
THE Cub Report, 02.07.09
Did ya know ROAR will crown at least 23 national champions this year? Holy cow, that’s probably a higher number than the reincarnations of the Horizon/Losi Mico-T, Mini-T, and Mini-LST combined! (And nearly as high as the number of hate mails I get each week) Remember how that el’ cheapo 8th scale buggy won the IFMAR worlds last year? Well, [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 01.30.09
There was really only one big “news” story this week- the Associated SC10 electric short course truck. Here are some of the debates/issues/gossip raised by the first “Slash clone” to hit the market. 1. The hype was too much for the actual product. If you are gonna hype/tease something to death, it had damn well better be the second coming of [...]
Cub Report, THE Mini-Special Edition 01.25.09
If you listen to the national mainstream media, you’ll hear of more plant closing, cut-backs, and job lay-offs every day. Is the rc community immune to such things, as many “insiders” would have to you believe? Certainly not, as last Tuesday, Horizon laid off 15 workers. After talking with two members of the management staff at Horizon, they stressed that this [...]
THE Cub Report, 01.24.09, Version Ode to Chianelli
As everyone has already heard, perhaps the best known media man in our industry passed away this week- Chris Chianelli. Yes, I’ve got my stories about Chris (just like everyone else that has worked in this industry) and all of mine involve huge smiles and good times. He was a man of tremendous charisma, as it was always a pleasure [...]
Cub Report, Version 01.10.09, Keyser Soze Edition
Gotta love 2009 already. AMA Supercross is the first “big name” racing to kick off the new year, and their season opener last weekend in Anaheim was one for the ages. James Stewart could’a, would’a, should’a PWNED. But, after some brain fade and/or Yamabog, he took out arch rival Chad Reed (and eventually Kevin Windham), and finished the first round [...]
THE Cub Report, Version “Cub Awards” 2008
As I sit here writing the last of this years Cub Reports, I can’t help but to wonder what lies ahead in 2009. Will we see any of the big name manufactures close doors due to the economy? Will the sport continue to trend toward the “basher” side of the product lines? Will the Dream Team at Kyosho put out a [...]
The Cub Report, Version 12.07.08
Most American’s don’t follow Formula One racing, but, some huge news happened there this week. Honda, one of the more economically “healthy” of auto manufactures, abruptly pulled the plug on their F1 team. The news came completely out of the blue, with absolutely no warning, leaving the F1 world in utter shock. F1 is the most elite and prestigious [...]
