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At this year’s Horizon Hobby RC Fest, the BigSquidRC Bash Crew was invited to help put on their Long Jump, RC Sumo, and Top Speed Run events. All three are favorites among the rc bashing community, with each event bringing its own type of excitement. The Horizon Hobby RC Speed Run event was held on the paved landing strip at Eli [...]
For the past few summers, hobbyists from across the globe have come to Monticello, Illinois for Horizon Hobby’s RC Fest. RC Fest has always been a celebration of the remote control community, and this year for 2019, it was definitely larger and better than ever before. For the 2019 edition of RC Fest, Horizon Hobby added more hands-on activities, plus another [...]
Greetings to all of our podcast fans! Welcome to another Big Squid RC 2019 podcast! This latest episode is a chat with Greg Sopa from Horizon Hobby. He joins us to talk about the upcoming Horizon Hobby RC Fest event. For those that are wondering what goes on there, what you can do and experience, Greg does a great job [...]
Coming up about a month from now is the Horizon Hobby RC Fest. RC Fest is set in beautiful Monticello, Illinois and is a weekend filled with rc fun for the entire family. The BigSquidRC Bash Crew has been going to RC Fest since the very beginning, but can’t wait for this year’s event as it will be even bigger [...]
Now hitting stores from Axial Racing and Horizon Hobby is the Yeti Jr.™ Can-Am® Maverick 1/18th Scale Electric 4WD – RTR. The Axial is one of the very first UTVs to hit the market, and with Axial’s scale knowledge, it certainly looks like the full sized beast. We’ve been putting in pack after pack on the Axial to see just [...]
We are saddened to inform you that Horizon Hobby’s President and CEO Joe Ambrose has passed away. The entire staff at BigSquidRC would like to give our deepest condolences to Joe’s family, as well as to the staff at Horizon. Joe was incredibly well regarded in our industry as a leader and visionary, we simply can’t imagine this hobby without [...]
Over the weekend the BigSquidRC Bash Crew traveled to beautiful Denver, Colorado for the 2018 edition of the Rocky Mountain Hobby Expo. Coming out to support the event was the crew from Horizon Hobby. The Horizon crew had one of the largest booths at the show, thus giving them plenty of room to show off their extensive line of rc [...]
The folks over at Horizon Hobby have announced some of their plans for the 2018 SEMA Automotive Show. SEMA is the biggest/coolest full scale show out there, Horizon will be there showing everyone how awesome the rc hobby can be. Here is the full press release- HORIZON HOBBY SPOTLIGHTS RC INDUSTRY AT 2018 SEMA AUTOMOTIVE SHOW Champaign, IL, September 2018 – Horizon [...]
Here is some big news for you, Kyosho products are available right now from Horizon Hobby! Update: We have been informed that Kyosho products will be available from the Horizon Hobby website or Tower Hobbies. Click on This Link for more Horizon Hobby news on BigSquidRC.
The BSRC crew attended the Horizon Hobby Airmeet and Racemeet 2018 in Donauwörth, Germany last weekend. We hosted the freestyle and tryout area next to the racetrack. Over 30000 spectators and visitors came to see action ion the ground and in the air. This was definitely the biggest RC event in all of Europe and Horizon Hobby did an awesome [...]
Recently announced by Horizon Hobby is a Speed, Style and Stability special offer. The special offer can save you some serious cash on a bunch of different Losi ready to runs that feature speed, style, and of course, Spektrum’s AVC electronic stability system. From the giant gasoline powered Losi 5IVE-T (now over $300 off!) to the insanely overpowered brushless Losi [...]
The legendary Horizon Hobby Airmeet is coming up on August 18th and 19th in Donauwörth-Genderkingen, Germany. The festival is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. You will get to see some great RC action in the air and on the ground from Saturday morning till Sunday afternoon including a spectacular night flight show. Big Squid RC will be there hosting the [...]
Greetings podcast listeners! Everyone in the industry has had questions about the Horizon Hobby buyout of Hobbico, and I mean EVERYONE. Hobby shop owners, manufacturers, even your average basher, wants to know what’s happening to some of their favorite brands. We recently had the honor of being invited to sit down with Joe Ambrose, the CEO and President of Horizon [...]
Last weekend, over the three days of Horizon Hobby’s RC Fest, we saw some incredible things. Perhaps the biggest was the coming together of the best of Horizon Hobby, with the best from their long time rivals, Hobbico. At first it was a bit shocking to see a Tower Hobbies banner sitting inside the Horizon Hobby “booth”, but we had [...]
Going inside the hangar at RC Fest’s Eli Field is a real treat for any hobbyist. Why is that? Because that is where they show off all the cool new products! This year the hangar at Eli Field was more filled than ever with nearly every imaginable rc product. As spectators first walked into the hangar they were greeted by a [...]
