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We just wanted to take a moment to welcome our newest affiliate Tire Rack. We know many of our readers and even ourselves have used TireRack in the past as a way to get tires at some great prices, and we are happy to welcome them aboard. If you are thinking about picking up some new tires, or know someone [...]
In an attempt to be like all the other cool kids on the innerwebs, we’ve decided to implement some TLS encryption on our website. We actually implemented it a few weeks ago, and some of you have already found the https links we’ve been sprinkling into our posts. We’re still not quite ready to go full time with it though. [...]
Have you ever wondered which short course truck was truly the best for bashing? Find out this Friday when our Brushed 2wd Short Course Truck Shootout goes live. We put the Traxxas Slash, HPI Blitz, ARRMA Fury, and the ECX Torment through a series of tests to find out which one is the king of the short course truck hill. Some [...]
[Update: The nomination period is over. We’ll be putting together the top 16 bracket over this weekend and voting will commence on Monday!] It’s March and that means one thing around here. March Bash-ness. Last year saw the HPI Savage Flux HP in a neck and neck race with the Traxxas Slash 4×4 for the title of 2011’s Ultimate Basher as [...]
The peeps over at RC Pro Products are having a big sale from now until the end up September. Click Here to head over and get ya something cool!
Holy Massive Sale Batman! Team Durango has a big sale going on right now on their DEX410 and DEX410R 4×4 1/10 scale Electric buggys! While supplies last, you can grab a DEX410 for $399 and the DEX410R for only $269! This sale only runs until supplies run out, so you better jump on it quick! Head on [...]
So I just wanted to take a quick moment and welcome Evan to the Big Squid RC Clan! Evan joined up with us recently after clicking the JOIN THE BSRC TEAM banner and writing us. He’s been doing a great job, and I wanted to make sure people recognized that we added another member to the team! The site [...]
Hey everybody, Happy April Fool’s Day! Apparently not everyone celebrates this day the way we do, because man did we get the emails! We have been doing a April Fools’ day day for many years now, and every year we get a few people off guard, but this year was special. Maybe because we have just grown so much [...]
So I’m sure you all heard about the March Bash-ness craziness we have had going on, and Jeff mentioned we were going to give away a vehicle from whatever company was crowned the winner from your votes! Well, we grabbed all the people who commented, tossed them into a huge spreadsheet, mixed them up, then used a random number generator [...]
A big and hearty Congratulations to HPI Racing and the Savage Flux HP, The Ultimate Basher! Nine days ago we started March Bash-ness with 16 trucks. After all of you guys cast nearly 6,000 votes (most of which were legitimate!) over that time, 15 trucks have been sent home and we now have a winner. The Ultimate Basher as decided [...]
Click to embiggen [Update: Polls and comments are closed! Thanks for voting and hit up the front page tomorrow for the official crowning of The Ultimate Bashing Truck, then check back on Friday for the announcement of the giveaway winner and what he or she has won!] [Update from Brian: I have to admit the excitement of the final March-Bashness round [...]
click to embiggen [Update 2: Voting for Round 3 has now closed, click here for the Final Round and Giveaway entry!] [Update: Due to a d-bag spamming our poll, I had to go back and edit all 180 of his/her cast votes from the polls. That user has been warned, if it happens again, the ban will be permanent.] Round 2 of March [...]
Click to embiggen [Update: Voting for Round 2 has now closed. Round 3 voting is open!] March Bash-ness round one is done, the winners have moved on and the losers have gone home. To recap the first round of voting, the young and spry Savage Flux handily trounced the great-grandfather of monster trucks, the Clod Buster. The Stampede 4×4 VXL [...]
Click to Embiggen. [Update: Round 1 voting is now closed, round 2 voting has started.] Here it is! The first round of voting for our March Bash-ness spectacular is now open! Pick the one in each battle that you want to see make it to the next round. Voting for this first round will be open until March 24th, 11:59pm CDT, that’s not [...]
[Update: This contest is now closed.] It’s time for another Big Squid giveaway! Actually TWO giveaways to be exact! This time we have a whole load of bright and shiny hop-ups for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 from those masters of metal machining at GH Racing. GH Racing has been awesome enough to throw a bunch of their great looking and awesomely durable [...]
