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Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! This week, we are heading to the mailbag. My son loves a cheap Grave Digger r/c truck that he got years ago but wants a truck that he can drive around outside. What’s a decent outdoor RC monster truck that doesn’t break the bank? Is Tyco still around? – Brett P So first off, this question wasn’t e-mailed [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! Ya know, I’ve been racing solid axle retro monster trucks for 10 years now, and up until last weekend I had never won an actual race day event in that class. That finally changed last Sunday! And wouldn’t you know it, I wasn’t even driving my own truck, ha. I won the day’s Trigger King R/C Retro [...]
Hey everyone, Happy Thursday! Vintage re-releases are the hot topic as of late in the r/c industry, at least insofar as the racing community is concerned, what with all the classic buggies and stadium trucks being re-released (parts support around said vintage buggies is also a HUGE discussion, but that’s a can of worms I’m not opening here!). I was an r/c [...]
Hello everyone! Happy Thursday and Happy Independence Day to my fellow American readers! And what’s more American than a Sherman tank?The shot above is of my Heng Long M4A3 1/16 Sherman Tank Professional Edition! I still need to paint my drive sprockets/idler wheels and treads, but I went ahead and added the scale accessories and most of the decals! The tank [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! With Summer arriving here in the Midwest with 100+ degree temperatures, my r/c time over the past week has been spent primarily at the work bench. A few weeks back I picked a Traxxas TRX-4M High Trail with the purpose of customizing it to be a capable rig that I can easily pack away for some impromptu [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! I am still in recovery mode from the 2024 BIGFOOT Open House that took place last weekend. It was HOT, but it was a heck of a time! Thousands of monster truck fans made the trip out to Pacific, MO to enjoy a day of monster trucking in the sun. The BIGFOOT crew put on a great [...]
Bigfoot 4×4 Open House in Pacific, MO is this Saturday June 15th! I will be helping the Trigger King R/C Crew put on the annual Open House Solid Axle R/C Monster Truck Race! (For those wanting general Open House info, check out the official BIGFOOT website– there’s all kinds of full scale monster truck goodness taking place throughout the day) Here [...]
Hey everyone and Happy Thursday. Before getting to this week’s subject, I wanted to point out that those attending the June 15th BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House who plan to race r/c monster trucks should know I made an amendment to my info post from last week discussing the schedule- we start an hour earlier than I initially wrote. You can also [...]
Happy Thursday all! We are just over two weeks away from one of my favorite events of the year- the BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House! Taking place on Saturday, June 15th from 10AM to 3PM, this free event is hosted by the BIGFOOT team at their shop in Pacific, MO. Modern and classic monster trucks will be on display and performing, with the [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! As we head into the upcoming Memorial Weekend here in the States, I’ve got no coherent singular topic to focus on, but I do have a good deal of random things to discuss! First off, shout out to my friends and fellow monster truck racers Isaac Ankrom and Josh Rhodes for kicking ass at the R/C Monster [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! Another week, another detour from monster trucks. Hey- I hope if nothing else many of you appreciate the wide swath of stuff that I’m in to as it pertains to the hobby. Monsters will always be my favorite thing, but variety is the spice of life! You never know what’ll you get in this space of [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! It’s been a busy couple of weeks around here! Outdoor racing season kicked off, I got my hands on the new Traxxas TRX-4MT Monster Truck, and, last weekend, I got married! I’m catching up from the whirlwind that’s been the last few days, and thus don’t have much new r/c stuff to discuss. However, I do have something [...]
Hey all, Happy Thursday! This week, let’s talk about the new Traxxas TRX-4MT Monster Truck release! If you missed it, here’s a link to the announcement along with our unboxing and running footage videos. What Traxxas has done here is created an “out-of-the-box” solution for those wanting to turn their High Trail TRX-4M’s into monster trucks that resemble those of the earliest [...]
Hey everyone, happy Thursday! The picture above is a group shot from the kick-off event of the 2024 Trigger King R/C Monster Truck Racing Series that was held last weekend in Waterloo, IL- we had a blast! It was great seeing a bunch of old hands and newbies alike. Seeing a fresh crop of monster truck racing noobs along with the forthcoming [...]
Greetings everyone and Happy Thursday! This picture above of my messy workspace is that of someone preparing to race monster trucks for the first time in 2024 this upcoming weekend! The Trigger King R/C season kicks off this Sunday in Waterloo, IL, and I’ve got 5 trucks (almost) ready to go. My LMT’s are being run as they were last year- no [...]
