Recently announced by Tamiya is the Citroën 2CV Assembly Kit. The Citroën comes on Tamiya’s M-05Ra dedicated rally chassis and sports a highly detailed body. Here are some highlights- * Chassis tuned for rally style performance * Easy to assemble semi-monocoque resin frame * 4-wheel independent double wishbone suspension * Specially designed hub carriers & uprights for 5mm increase in ground clearance * Rally style [...]
The Traxxas X-Maxx is one of the biggest, gnarliest, monster trucks on the market. To help promote their new Rock n’ Roll Edition X-Maxx, Traxxas has uploaded a new video. The video below shows the Traxxas crew totally sending the Rock n’ Roll Edition X-Maxx out in the desert, a place that is perfectly suited for driving such a beast. Use [...]
Ok folks, this week in Monster Truck Madness I am taking a VERY hard left from the normal r/c talk, and giving you a quick and dirty review of a video game that came out last week. Yes, of course I’m talking about Monster Jam Steel Titans. For the PS4, specifically (I played it on my PS4 Pro). What I am [...]
The crew over at Pro-Line are ushering in a new age of control with a video for their upcoming Fully Belted Trencher HP Tires. As shown in the video below, the belted version of the Trencher does not expand or “balloon” at high power levels. This makes your truck much easier to drive, plus it gives your truck more traction [...]
New for the emerging entry level class at dirt-oval tracks across the country is a 1978 Chevy Camaro Street Stock Body from JConcepts. The street stock class is an affordable and fun way to get into oval racing, the new Camaro body from JConcepts looks like a perfect fit for the class. Here are the highlights- * Body fully licensed by [...]
Hola there fellow rc fanatics, thanks for making the click over to Big Squid for THE Cub Report. What has been going on in the world of rc? Lets jump right on in and find out… So ya, the BIG news from last week had to be about New Ownership for HPI Racing. Back in 2016 Ripmax picked up HPI, but [...]
The crew at Traxxas have recently uploaded a new TRX-4 Sport Kit Unboxing And Overview Video. The TRX-4 Sport is an affordable scale crawler that now comes in kit form. A kit is great for getting to know a truck as you build it and also makes it easy to install modifications as you build. The video below highlights some [...]
Shipping soon from McAllister Racing is the Placerville Sprint Car Body. The Placerville comes with high downforce wings and was designed to fit the Customworks version 2 cage. Here are more highlights- * Clear body with over-spray film * Meets DODC rules * Body formed from .030 Lexan, sides from .020 * Durable design * Dimple marks for screw holes, easy to assemble * Made in [...]
The crew over at ARRMA have taken the bashing world by storm. From the very get-go they have been making products for bashers like we’ve never seen before. One of their latest bash-creations is the 1/10th scaled Kraton 4S BLX RTR Monster Truck. The new 4S version of the Kraton was designed for serious rc fun, while not breaking the [...]
The folks over at HPI Racing have officially announced New Ownership. The rc industry has struggled for several years now, but now with new ownership, we can’t wait to see what’s next for HPI. Here is the official statement- “HPI Racing is delighted to announce a development that will see a change of ownership of its global operation. The major shareholders [...]
The electric 1/8th on-road class is one of the fastest in all of rc. The cars have outrageous power, as well as copious amounts of grip. The latest car to enter the class is the RX8E from XRay. The RX8E is based off of XRay’s highly competitive RX8 platform and was designed to put you on the top step of [...]
We got our hands on the new Traxxas TRX-4 TRAXX RTR, and wow! Jeremy was blown away by some of the scale body detail, from the accessories to the amazing tail lights. There is a ton of awesome molded plastic on this thing! If you were thinking about picking up a set of TRAXX, might as well get the TRX-4 [...]
What is going on Scalin’ world? This month has been a crazy one, that’s for sure. And it doesn’t look like it’s going to slow down any time soon. After Horizon Fest I had to take it easy for a couple of weeks due to my ankle. Ok, I may have went on a few crawls that my Doctor might [...]
Coming soon from RPM is a new set of Body Savers for the Traxxas Rustler 4×4. The body savers are perfect for increasing the longevity of the body on your Rustler 4×4. The savers use a pair of plastic pieces to spread out the load on the body mounting holes to prevent breakage. Here are the highlights- * Molded in black [...]
Attention speed junkies! The folks over at the Orland Park Hobby Town have teamed up with our friends over at the Lynwood RC Dragway to do a run what you brung event on their track! If you want to see some FAST rc vehicles, this will be the place to be! Spectators are FREE, but to participate you need [...]
