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For those of you looking for extra safety while charging and transporting your Lipo batteries HPI has a new item called the Plazma Pouch Safe Case. The HPI Plazma Pouch is made out of a flameproof material to give superior protection and of course can be used for all your different types of batteries, not just your Lipo’s. We don’t [...]
For all you on-road fans out there HPI/Hot Bodies is releasing a new high-end 4wd touring car called the TCXX. As you can clearly see from all the carbon fiber and anodized parts it is one trick car from front to back. Some highlights of the new Hot Bodies TCXX are- *Rear gear diff *More compact motor mount *Compact bulkheads *More narrow chassis *One piece [...]
No doubt HPI has sold zillions of vehicles from their 5th scale Baja line-up of buggies and trucks. And no doubt they’ve been great fun to drive as well as solid bashers. However, some bashers like to drive their HPI Baja’s in the wet as well as the dry. Unfortunately the stock servo’s were not sealed to keep water out. [...]
If your a Porsche fan, or a Falken tire Fan, it looks like HPI Racing has you covered! They just announced a little teaser that they have a HPI Falken Tire Porsche 911 GT RSR in KIT and RTR coming soon. The kit will come with a clear body, and all the stickers you need to complete the look, [...]
No mx national or F1 grand prix over the weekend. “Sigh”. Let me get a little old biz out of the way. Remember a few weeks ago when I mentioned that one of our interns helped out a big league rc manufacture at one of their booths but he didn’t get paid? Well, he finally got a check in the [...]
The folks from HPI Racing mentioned they are part of a huge giveaway coming up! You can enter to win a customized 2013 Ford Mustang! To enter you’ll need to click HERE and LIKE several different companies on Facebook that are the sponsors of the giveaway, including Ford, Falken, and Vaughn Gittin Jr.. but hey, it’s a chance at [...]
THE HPI Bullet Monster Truck Flux ReviewWhat seems like a long time ago, HPI announced the Bullet MT Flux in Europe, and it finally made it’s way to the USA. From the first announcement we were interested due to it’s size and power. While bigger is always better, sometimes you just don’t want to drive a huge truck like the [...]
We have a big week ahead here on BigSquidRC, we are calling it Review Week. This week we’ll be posting a brand spank’n new review each day for your viewing pleasure. Monday we start off with Brian’s review of a hardcore bash-mobile, the HPI Bullet ST Flux RTR truck. Tuesday brings the review of another big-time bash truck, the [...]
Hi my name is Richard and I wanted to ask if u could send me any stickers or swag? I have a traxxas stampede and just read the review of the pro line transmission. Keep up the good work. Thanks for your time Richard P. Albuquerque, NM Cubby– Yo what up Richy? Thanks for the email, give me a couple days to [...]
The HPI Racing Ken Block WR8 FLUX finally gets official! We have been posting news about the Ken Block vehicle for a while now as bits and pieces were leaked out, but the official PR is finally here. We finally get to see under the body as well. When we saw it in person we couldn’t get our eyes underneath [...]
Hello fellow rc’ers, welcome to another edition of THE Cub Report, the satirical column that is responsible for 87.2% of the chat around rc water-coolers every Monday… First off, VIVA FERRARI! Yes, the church bells rang yet again over the weekend, and yes, Alonso padded his points leads even further! Now on to what really matters, rc… So rc is on the verge [...]
There have not been that many good photos of the new HPI Ken Block vehicle except for the ones we posted, and a few people have asked if we had any more. So we dug deep to see if there were any we have not posted yet, and I believe this is the last of them. Enjoy, and look for [...]
The HPI crew also made their way to Lincoln Nebraska for the HobbyTown USA Convention. In their suite was their full line-up of cars, buggies and trucks. Of special note was their new Ken Block rally car, which unfortunately we couldn’t take any body-off photos because HPI is still waiting on a few parts. One of their ultra trick Special [...]
We just got word about the HPI Racing Summer Rebate Program! You can score a rebate check on HPI products purchased between July 14th – August 31st, 2012. You need to pick up one of the qualifying vehicles, send in the receipt and UPC and your good to go. Hit that link or the pic for all the details and [...]
We recently posted some pictures and a little info about the upcoming Ken Block WR8 Flux coming soon from HPI Racing. Well something caught our attention in the new ad for the vehicle. Normally when a company is showing off a larger scale ride, they do a shadow/outline of how much bigger that vehicle is over a 1/10th or 1/8th [...]
