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While Hobbico does not have a booth at iHobby this year, they do have many of their premier brands represented right here in our BigSquidRC.com booth. We invite everyone to drop by and take a look at some of the latest and greatest from Axial, Thunder Tiger, Duratrax, ARRMA, and Durango. We have both of the gnarly new Thunder Tiger [...]
In one of the extra large suites was our good friends from Champaign Illinois based Hobbico. You might recognize them better as Great Planes Distribution and Tower Hobbies. Hobbico had many products from their vast product lines on display from names such as ARRMA, Duratrax, and Axial. They didn’t debut any new surface product at the convention, but it was [...]
Unfortunately, Hobbico didn’t have any beans to spill to us as far as new or upcoming products, but they still have a very large presence at RCX, showing off a ton of their relatively new products like the DuraTrax VW Baja Bug (which we recently reviewed), and all of their recently acquired Team Durango products. Check out some more pics [...]
Talk about huge industry news!! We have just been informed that Axial, Team Durango, and ARRMA have all been acquired by Hobbico! All three companies will stay where they currently are, so no need for anyone to relocate or anything, but they are now all owned by Hobbico. This seems like good news for all four companies. I’m sure it [...]
Why carry around a Fluke Multimeter when you can toss Hobbico‘s tiny Pro-Series Lithium Voltmeter into your tool bag and promptly loose it? Well, that might be a reason, but seriously folks, do you need a big multimeter just to check the voltage on your LiPos, LiFes, and Li-Ion batteries? I really don’t think so. The Pro LVM can give [...]
Just a quick RC industry news blurb. Hobbico has gained exclusive rights to distribute the Thunder Tiger brand in the USA. The first product available will be the Titan X50 Helicopter, and I’m sure we will start to see some new motors and maybe even some vehicles to follow!
Hobbico has announced the new LiFeSource 200mAh 6.6v 1c Receiver Batteries. These batteries are designed to be the receiver packs in your 1/12 scale (and some 1/10th scale) vehicles where you are running a 1S LiPO to power your car. The batteries are tiny and lightweight, so you could even use them in some small gliders and planes. [...]
For those looking to check out some of the action at the Snowbird Nationals, but can’t make it down there personally, Hobbico has been posting some YouTube videos you may be interested in. If you happen to head down there, tell them Big Squid RC say’s hi!I’m sure they will post more as the week goes on. Looks [...]
Last week I gave a signal boost to several of the solid axle monster truck communities’ small, specialized companies. It seemed to resonate with a good number of folks, so I’m back with a part 2!So Cal Monster Trucks The folks at SCMT offer various products for the solid axle community, but their flagship offering is the Warpath chassis and the [...]
Yes, you read that correctly, THIS is the very last Cub Report, the day has finally come! I am not one for long goodbyes, and this has been in the making for a number of years, so here it finally is... One thing I am not, is an actual writer, so I’ve been burnt out on writing for a very long [...]
Well hello there fellow rc enthusiast, my name is Cubby and this is my report. Each week I like to go over “the big stuff” in the rc news, then add my crazy slant on the rc biz. So… while Covid-19 is making a mess of the world, the rc biz just keeps on cranking out the good stuff. So [...]
We aren’t even out of January yet and RC4WD has already put out what will probably be the most interesting product release of the year for me, the RC4WD Intimidator Pulling Sled. It’s been 30 years since the legendary Hobbico MaxTrax Eliminator Pulling Sled was released and FINALLY r/c truck and tractor pullers have an option for getting into this niche [...]
“Towerhobbies in the EU!!!!!!!!!!! Hello and thanks to everyone at BigSquidRC, you guys really puts down a ton of work for us hobbyists. MUCH appreciated! I´m on your website a few times every day, and have been for a couple of years to keep myself “up to date” in the rc world. Back in the day (early 2000) I used to do [...]
WOW, 2018 will go down as arguably the craziest year ever for the rc industry! From start to finish, 2018 was filled with awesome highs, and absolutely terrible lows. I won’t beat around the bush here, 2018 will mostly be known as the year that industry leader Hobbico was snatched up by long time rival Horizon Hobby, but there were [...]
“What in the serious F??? Dude, what’s going on between ROAR and Live RC? I want my f#$%ing racing back!!! Darren K.” Cubby- Yo there Darren, thanks for writing in and please remember to shoot me your snail mail address for one of our sticker packs. So what’s going on? I think that has been widely explained via social media posts. For those of [...]
