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The Backyard - The Local Hobby Shop is Still the Best Place …
Greetings all, happy Friday and welcome to the Backyard! This week I wanted to write something for the prospective noob who is thinking of getting into the hobby! So, you’ve decided to dive into the RC world — congrats! You’re about to discover the joy of speed, tinkering, and breaking tiny vehicles in spectacular fashion. But before you go all-in with [...]
The Backyard – Art of the Thrash
Hello everyone and Happy 4th of July to those of you readers in the States! The topic this week- the thrash. What is a thrash? Many racers will know! This is when you suffer breakage during a round/heat and face a time deadline (usually the next round) to have the vehicle repaired and back on track. Usually this involves some kind [...]
The Backyard – Beefing up my TLR LMT
Greetings all and welcome to The Backyard! A couple weeks back I took part in the annual BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House r/c race, and it came up on me so fast that I didn’t really write about any of my own personal r/c monster trucks that I competed with! I raced my Rotten Ol’ Apple Retro Clod Buster and my Rotten Apple [...]
- 6/27/2025
- 11:49 am
- JConcepts
Losi
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The Backyard – When to Sell, When to Keep
Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! As the temperature outside hovers around 90 degrees with 80%+ humidity, I am trying to think back to not so long ago when it was below freezing and I couldn’t wait for warmer days! I ain’t gonna complain! I dunno about you all, but as much as buying new vehicles is part of the [...]
The Backyard – BIGFOOT Open House Ruled
Hey everyone, Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! Last weekend BIGFOOT 4×4 held their 50th Anniversary Open House at their shop in Pacific, MO, and it was an absolute blast. There was action everywhere. An insane amount of full scale monster trucks showed up, whether it was modern race trucks (various BIGFOOT trucks, High Roller, and Gunslinger), or classic iron (various [...]
- 6/13/2025
- 5:15 pm
- The Backyard
- By: Doug
The Backyard - All Aboard for the 2025 BIGFOOT 4x4 Open Hous…
Happy Friday all and welcome to The Backyard! This weekend I’m dusting off my solid axle monster trucks and helping the Trigger King R/C guys put on a race at the annual BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House! The BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House, taking place at the team’s shop in Pacific, MO, is set to be an exciting event celebrating 50 years of the [...]
The Backyard – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
Greetings all and Happy Friday! Welcome to The Backyard! We started off 2025 with a freakin’ insane amount of releases. Nearly every week we had a big r/c kit announcement! Since early April though, it’s been a bit of a ghost town. Part of this is no doubt because a lot of stuff had just been announced by a lot of companies, [...]
The Backyard – Heading In To The Holiday Weekend
Greetings all, and Happy Friday! This weekend marks the unofficial start of Summer for those of us in the U.S. of A., and this is a wonderful time to get out there and bash/crawl! What’s ya boi gonna do? I plan to take my H10 Optic out to a local park and have me a good session on the rocks. I’ve [...]
The Backyard – King Haulin’ Update
Hey every, happy Friday! Welcome to The Backyard! A few weeks back I wrote about the start of a Tamiya King Hauler project. The truck is now done, so I wanted to share another update! Well, done isn’t the right word. This stage of the build is done, at least! I am ecstatic with how it’s turned out.If you want all of [...]
- 5/16/2025
- 12:23 pm
- Tamiya
The Backyard - By: Doug
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The Backyard – Coming Around on Carpet
Greetings all, Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! Earlier this week, the folks at Team Losi Racing unveiled their latest 2WD buggy, the 1/10 22 5.0 – released in two different configurations – one for Dirt/Clay and the other for Astroturf/Carpet. This is great news. I’m happy to see that despite some of parent company Horizon Hobby’s recent issues, Team Losi [...]
The Backyard - Never a Better Time to Support Your LHS Than …
Greetings all and Happy Friday, welcome to (a particularly cheerful) The Backyard! For those that follow the hobby industry, this week had some grim news – Horizon Hobby cancelled this year’s Horizon Hobby RC Fest, which was to be held June 6 and 7 near their hometown of Champaign, IL (Monticello, IL was the actual event site), was cancelled for budgetary [...]
The Backyard – Don’t Flay Your Local Race Director, Please
Greetings all- Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! Outdoor racing season is upon much of the US, with many of the cold winter climate regions having just kicked off or about to kick off their Spring/Summer seasons. It’s a time for excitement as many racers are knocking the dust off their racing vehicles, finalizing new builds, and getting the spare part [...]
The Backyard – The LMT 2.0 is Legit
Greetings all! Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend a Horizon Hobby Factory Tour stop, which took place at my local hobby shop- Mark Twain Hobby Center in St. Charles, MO. It was a lot of fun! The Horizon team had various vehicles on hand for hobbyists to try, and it was a great opportunity for both seasoned or prospective [...]
- 4/18/2025
- 4:17 pm
- Losi
The Backyard - By: Doug
The Backyard – King Haulin’
Happy Friday everyone, welcome to The Backyard! This is the first week since late January where a major r/c release hasn’t been announced, so it’s a good time to talk about what’s on my bench! After finishing my Vanquish H10 Optic build a few weeks ago, I decided it was time to try my hand at building another Tamiya semi truck. I [...]
- 4/11/2025
- 11:55 am
- Tamiya
The Backyard - By: Doug
The Backyard – The Losi LMT Gets a Firmware Update
Good day folks, and a Happy Friday to you! Welcome to the Backyard! This week is gonna be a throwback to my Monster Truck Madness days, because it’s all about a new monster! The Losi LMT 2.0 has been announced, and the Losi team has done a good job of making several significant updates to the platform. You can read the [...]
