Well hello there fellow hobbyist, welcome to THE freak’n Cub Report. I hope your Monday is going well and that you didn’t destroy too much of your fleet over the weekend. Ya, we may have kept our first “Thursday Night Live” broadcast a bit under the radar, but it went unexpectedly well. Therefore, we are going to keep at it. You [...]
New for all you bling-freaks out there are Aluminum Lower Arms for the Traxxas X-Maxx from Integy. To match the look of your truck, these beefy units are available in six different colors – black, silver, blue, gunmetal, orange, or in red. The lower arms come as a set of four, enough to do an entire truck. Pricing is $109 [...]
All you RC4WD drivers are a hardcore bunch. To show your support of RC4WD, or to just help cover the walls in your garage, the folks at RC4WD have announced a new Cloth Banner. The banner comes in at 1 foot by 2 foot in size and is made from a durable, yet lightweight, fabric. The banner can be used [...]
Just announced by the crew over at X Factory are new Infinity Shock Towers for the TLR 8IGHT 4.0 buggy. X Factory designed the towers to be the exact stock geometry, but they save weight and are more rigid than the stock aluminum units. At a beefy 5mm in thickness, the Infinity towers are ready to withstand the rigors of [...]
Here ya go 1/18 RC4WD Gelande II drivers, Rogue Element Components has announced 3 new Aluminum Wheels for you. The three different styles offered will be 8-slot, solid, or 10-Hole. They are machined from 6061-T6 aluminum and come with 0-80 black hardware. These are a one piece design that feature a 7mm hex for a direct fit on the 1/18 [...]
Here ya go folks, HPI Racing is back on the scene! We are super stoked to be able to post our first HPI unboxing in quite some time. Here we present to you the Jumpshot MT Flux Fuzion. The Jumpshot MT Fuzion is a 2wd, brushless powered, monster truck. It comes in the sharp packaging that you already expect from HPI, [...]
Happy TRX-4 release week everyone! Most hobby shops have gotten their initial allotment in, and crawling groups, message boards and YouTube channels are lighting up with first run experiences. I’ve been taking in a good number of these impressions and it’s good to hear that the general public by and large seems to have come to the same conclusion that [...]
The folks at RC4WD are all about scale realism. Their latest scale accessory, a V8 Engine Cover With Metal Intake Set, is a great example of that. The engine cover is an easy way of hiding your electric motor and to give your truck a slick look under the hood. This unit sports some pretty incredible scale detailing. For example, [...]
Just announced by VBC Racing is the WildFire D09 Dynamics Edition touring car. The WildFire is a fully optioned race kit that comes with a slew of upgrades right in the box. Two different upper decks are included that allow you to dial in the car for different traction levels, as are 2 different chassis. * New lower rear shock tower * [...]
When you start bashing hard, you start finding out just how difficult it can be to keep an ESC securely mounted. To help solve that problem for all you hard bashing Castle Mamba X owners, RPM has announced a new ESC Cage. The RPM cage was engineered to be bolted down with two screws, making it easy to install, while [...]
The amazing prizes just keep rolling in! We just got this awesome prize box from Pro-Line Racing with some shirts, hats, stickers, and a couple of sets of pre-mounted Badlands and Road Rage Tires! This bash is really shaping up to be a great one! Thanks to the awesome people at Pro-Line Racing for their support! Watch for more prize updates [...]
TRX-4 Hop-ups Cubby, Awesome review that you did on the Traxxas TRX-4. It got me off the fence, I am buying one for sure now. Now that you have had plenty of time to try and break the truck, what hop-ups will I need on mine? How many parts have you broken so far? I want to make sure I have plenty of [...]
We are currently broadcasting live right now on our Facebook page, but if everything is working correctly, you should be able to watch that live stream by clicking this post and viewing it on the main Big Squid RC site. Fingers crossed. If you are wondering, this stream is going to be all about the Traxxas TRX-4! We will be showing [...]
A few weeks ago when wrapped up Our Review of the Traxxas Ford GT, we were blown away with its capabilities in stock form. However, we are a power hungry bunch of maniacs, so it was only logical that we drop in some serious power via a brushless motor and new ESC. To pump up the power in our Ford GT, [...]
The good folks over at RC4WD have released a new video giving you tips and tricks on how to Apply Decals to your truck. The video is just over 4 minutes long and does a great job of showing the best way to apply decals for a perfect look. Great for new hobbyists, the video is also a good watch [...]
