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Announced by Losi just over a month ago was the 22S ST RTR stadium truck. The 22S ST is based off the championship winning 22 series of buggies and trucks, but has been re-designed a bit to make it more bash worthy. With an inspirational heritage of great handling and Losi’s reputation for durability, the 22S ST has all the [...]
“Losi Super Rock Rey Hey dawg, When is your SRR review going live bro? Lex H.” Cubby- Wazzzup with you Lex-ster? Thanks for writing in. Ya know, I just love short, to the point, letters. And luckily for you, our SRR review should be going live just about any time now. We are finishing up some loose ends, but expect it in the next few [...]
Happy Monday fellow hobbyists, welcome to BigSquidRC and THE Cub Report. This is my little corner of the internet, glad you are able to join me. So… electronics behemoth Amazon dropped a new race car of-sorts last week. Amazon, a company that started out as an on-line book retailer, has expanded into just about everything, and now they are blazing a [...]
“First Kit Build Question Hey Cubby, first of all, I love the website and your column. Good, informative stuff, and really has helped me as I’ve gotten into the hobby. My question, though. I’ve been pretty heavily into RC cars for about two years now, but I am only minimally comfortable with wrenching. I think building a kit will be a [...]
Hello there, I am Cubby and this is my report. While sometimes I like to go over the latest new car releases, this week I’ll actually be going over some notes on our reviews. So why mess around, lets jump right in! Over the years, the BigSquidRC Bash Crew has done dozens upon dozens of rc car and truck reviews. Back [...]
“Jeffco Parks Ban Hey, Cubby Just wanted to complain to the choir about some news on the other side of the river from ya. Link To Proposed RC Park Ban Hopefully that FB link works, but the Jefferson County Council is looking to ban all RCs from county parks. Rant and Rave. Ryan M.” Cubby- Whatttttt’sss up Ryan? Happy Thanksgiving to you and everyone out there [...]
Over the last couple of decades, the 2wd Traxxas Rustler has become one of the most iconic bash vehicles in history. The 2wd Rustler was a huge seller when released and today it remains a top seller. For 2018 Traxxas upped their ante with an all new Rustler 4×4. Not only does the latest Rustler sport an aggressive 4wd system, [...]
Yo, hey there fellow rc hobbyist, welcome to my Cub Report! It’s darn cool to have each and every one of you here, I hope you enjoy your stay on our website. First up, everybody wants to know what the “next big thing” is gonna be, and well, it looks like that might be shaping up for 1/8th scale rock crawlers [...]
“Gyro-gate Cubby, What in the hell is going on with gyro-gate from the worlds? I have been reading all sorts of crap on my Facebook feed, did the guy that won the worlds really cheat? How many of those guys are already running gyros anyways? Sonny V.” Cubby- So hey there Sonny, it’s been a while since we’ve talked, but thanks for writing in. [...]
Hello there rc fans, thanks for finding THE Cub Report, we are stoked to have you here. I don’t have anything huge on the agenda for this week, so where will we start….? Over the weekend IFMAR had their 1/8th buggy world championships down in Australia. I followed the event from when everyone was boarding up to head down under, to [...]
“Optima paint color? Hey, do you know the brand and color of paint that was used on the Optima that was reviewed on bigsquid? Greg M.” Cubby- Yo hey ya Greg, thanks for writing in. Shoot me or Brian your snail mail so we can ship ya out a bunch of BSRC stickers. Oh yes, the ole’ Kyosho Optima, an old school buggy that [...]
Here we are folks, it is indeed another Fun-day Monday, and here we are for THE Cub Report. I hope that you had a wonderful weekend filled with rc, this week I’ve decided to go over a few big releases that I don’t think I’ve talked about before. So here we go… The first new item I want to go over [...]
How many people have become hobbyists because of the Tamiya Grasshopper? We don’t have a precise answer for that, but we do know it was a whole lot of people. The original Grasshopper was a giant success, now Tamiya has come up with a Comical Grasshopper. The Comical Grasshopper rides on Tamiya’s WR-02CB chassis and was designed for fun, not [...]
“Missing Man Hey man, where ya been? Not doing ask cubby anymore or what? Tyler G.” Cubby- Well hello there Tyler, thanks for reading and for your concern. Email me your snail mail for one of our uberlishous sticker packs. So sadly no, I have not died, I have not been on Gilligan’s Island, I have simply been “that” busy. The weeks leading up [...]
Hello everyone, thanks for clicking over to THE Cub Report. Ya, it is a day late, but such is life in the rc biz. Our entire bash crew spent pretty much all day yesterday recovering from a longgggg weekend in Denver at the Rocky Mountain Hobby Expo. Yup, I’ve been talking about that show for months upon months, so how did [...]