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Hello everyone, thanks for clicking over to THE Cub Report. Ya, it is a day late, but such is life in the rc biz. Our entire bash crew spent pretty much all day yesterday recovering from a longgggg weekend in Denver at the Rocky Mountain Hobby Expo. Yup, I’ve been talking about that show for months upon months, so how did [...]
Hello everybody and welcome to this weeks’ Everybody’s Scalin’! I know I’m not the only one who freaked out when RC4WD announced the new Desert Runner Scale truck with Hero body set. A few months ago a hand full of pictures were floating around of the Desert Hero. I checked them out and I thought it would be a phenomenal [...]
Hello everyone, welcome to Monster Truck Madness! This week I want to touch on the CEN Racing MT-B50, which was announced about 3 weeks ago. I’ve been meaning to make it a topic of conversation here, it’s just that other things kept getting in the way. That changes this week so let’s gab, shall we? The MT-B50 is a solid axle monster [...]
Heyyyyyyy there! Thanks for clicking over to BigSquidRC and THE Cub Report. As we close another week in the world of rc, we certainly have a HUGE one to look forward to. Shall we get right down to it? Of course my friends… What’s the biggest news this week? That would be a yet-to-be-announced vehicle from the crew at Losi. The [...]
What’s up everybody, what a crazy week it has been! Last Sunday I had the Big Squid crew over for some RC shenanigans. Our man Thomas is state side from Germany and he wanted to check out the off-road park. For about two weeks I was story boarding a RC film in my head we could do while he was [...]
Classic kit re-releases seem to be everywhere these days, but there is one kit that I’ve been waiting on for years to see the light of the day again. A vehicle that if released in the near future at a semi-reasonable price point would do VERY well at the retail counter, methinks. The Tamiya Juggernaut II. Before talking about why I feel [...]
Well hola there fellow rc enthusiast, I am Cubby, and welcome to my report. Each week I take a look at the world of rc, and sometimes like this week, talk about some of the cool stuff coming down the road for all us rc folks. Why wait any longer, lets dive right in…..… So, the Biggest Product Announcement of the [...]
If you build it they will come. That statement is 100% true no matter how big or small the course is. You will always have people willing and wanting to come over and play or even give you a hand in building. I will be the first to admit I can be kind of stubborn when it comes to building [...]
“Small Hey Cubby, What’s up man? I am ready to buy my first real rc car and I want a monster truck. The problem is that I don’t have much space, like less than 20 foot by 20 foot in my backyard. Can you recommend a good monster truck that isn’t too expensive that is still fun in smaller spaces? Beckford J.” Cubby- Well [...]
So hello there fellow rc enthusiasts, today is Monday, and this is THE Cub Report. Hey, did you see that Cross RC SU4 scale crawler? I mean, how couldn’t you have seen it? LOL. Wow! You long time readers know how I’ve been preaching “save rc with realism” forever, but I never even dreamt about our vehicles getting to that level [...]
Greetings, o ye of the monster truck faith! This weeks Monster Truck Madness is a day early and a tad different, as I have an event report for you versus the standard blog post. The JConcepts King of the Monster Trucks event was held this past weekend at Vinyl Images in Fenton, MO (just outside St. Louis) and wow, what a [...]
What’s going on everybody! Theres’ couple things I want to go over in this weeks Everybody Scalin’. First and for most we Just received a new Axial SCX 10 II 1969 Chevrolet Blazer from Axial Racing. We have some pretty big plans in the scale shop for this little beauty. For starters, the new hardtop Axial released for the 1969 [...]
“Doubts on batteries Dear Sir, My name is Flavio C. and I live in Brazil. I intend to buy a Traxxas XO-1 here in Brazil. The stores here sell LIPO batteries from Zippy, Gens Ace and Turnigy. Which brands above are the best ones? For Traxxas XO-1 do you suggest 2s 6000mAh or 3s 5000mAh or another configuration? Best Regards, Flavio C.” Cubby- Wazzzzzzzuppppppp Flavio? Dang, [...]
Happy Tuesday! It’s time for Monster Truck Madness. Several weeks ago I wrote that I was trying to decide on a bash-truck, and in today’s blog you can see what I chose – an ARRMA 1/10 GRANITE 4×4 3S BLX Monster Truck RTR. Check out what you’ll find when you open the box: #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 20%; } #gallery-3 [...]
Hey there fellow rc enthusiast, I am Cubby and this is my report, thanks for joining me. Once a week I take a look back to talk about the major announcements and releases from the previous week, shall we jump right in??? First up, the grapevine has been going like fire about a big industry deal. The dealio will bring a [...]
