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March Bash-ness 2012! 2nd round, 4th quarter
Click to embiggen [Update: This poll has closed. The final four vehicles have been decided and voting for those will commence very soon. Keep checking the home page for more details!] The faceoff between the Helion Dominus 10SC and HPI Vorza Flux HP was the closest vote of the entire competition. With only 13 votes separating them when the poll closed last [...]
March Bash-ness 2012! Round 2, 3rd quarter
Click to embiggen [Update: This poll has now been closed. Due to the closeness of the final score we are going to be double checking the vote to make sure there were no shenanigans, before we declare a winner. But that’s not going to stop us from going on to the next vote. Check back on the front page tomorrow for [...]
March Bash-ness 2012! Round 2, 2nd quarter
Click to embiggen [Update: Poll is closed, check the front page tomorrow for the next vote.] The Slash 2wd has been sent packing. The ThunderTiger MT4-G3 rolls on. It wasn’t even close, the MT4 absolutely demolished the Slash 2wd in the poll. So now we move on to the next vote. The ECX Ruckus vs the Losi TEN-SCTE. Two Horizon brands facing [...]
RC4WD has something new
RC4WD‘s latest product is not anything you would have expected. It’s a.. ahem… iPhone case… But it’s not just any iPhone case. It’s an officially licensed Mickey Thompson case. Featuring a design lifted straight from the legendary Baja Claw tire tread, it also has a Mickey Thompson logo molded in. The case is made for the iPhone 4 and 4s [...]
Trick new vehicle stand from Rogue Element Components
Chris at Rogue Element Components is once again firing up the mill to produce another trick piece of machined alloy. This time it’s a car stand. The stand is machined out of 6061-T6 alloy and is left with a natural finish that can be easily polished to a shuper shine. It measures 5″ long by 1.4″ high, so it’s tall [...]
AKA EVO Truggy line on sale
From now until next Friday, the 23rd, AKA Racing is having a 30% off sale on their entire line of EVO Truggy wheels and tires. There’s a ton of options and I need to get my word count up, so I’ll list most of them for you. On the tire side you can get yourself some of AKA’s I-Beam, Cityblock, [...]
Venom cars, boats and planes being rebranded
You know all those Venom Group vehicles, like the Gambler short course truck and the Creeper rock crawler and the… uh… VMX 450… and… Well, anyway, all of those things will no longer be under the Venom badge. Starting real soon, you’ll be seeing them and other accessories under the Atomik RC label, yes, that’s Atomik with a k. Because [...]
Follow AKA on Twitter, get 20% discount
If you’re in the market for tires, this deal might be for you. If you follow @raceaka on the Twitter you can get a 20% discount code good for any non-sale item. While you’re at the Twitter, why don’t you follow @bigsquidrc? We won’t give you anything for it except our eternal appreciation. Anyhow, make sure you hit up @raceaka for [...]
Coyote DB desert buggy from HPI
HPI Racing‘s Mini Trophy Truck has been given some cosmetic surgery and is now the Coyote DB. So beyond the body, what’s new with this vehicle? Well… not much. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It certainly does look cool as a buggy. So what’s the same? Pretty much everything. You’ll still finda 4wd drive-train with metal gear diffs, [...]
- 3/15/2012
- 6:53 pm
- HPI Racing
New Products - By: Jeff
March Bash-ness 2012! – Round 1, part 2
Click to embiggen [Update: These polls are now closed, check the front page soon for the next round of March Bash-ness 2012!] Round 1, part 1 is closed and four on the left side of the bracket are still standing. In a match that was much closer than we thought it was going to be, the ThunderTiger MT4-G3 barely managed to outrun [...]
- 3/14/2012
- 7:00 am
- March Bash-ness
- By: Jeff
Team EDS Combo Quick Drive
When a company that has already earned one Basher Approved award steps up with something new, we definately take notice. EDS Racing has a new tool up their sleeve with their new Combo Quick Drive. As the name suggests, it’s a new combination allen driver that includes seven tips that store neatly in the handle. It’s available in metric, SAE, [...]
March Bash-ness 2012! – Round 1, part 1
[Update: The polls have closed on this first part of round one. Thanks everybody for voting. Look for part two to be posted in the morning and start the vote for part two of round one.] [Update: Sorry all. First day glitches are all sorted out now. Polls are now open.] Here they are, the top 16 most nominated vehicles up [...]
- 3/12/2012
- 9:15 am
- March Bash-ness
- By: Jeff
March Bash-ness 2012! Nominate your favorite bashing vehicle…
[Update: The nomination period is over. We’ll be putting together the top 16 bracket over this weekend and voting will commence on Monday!] It’s March and that means one thing around here. March Bash-ness. Last year saw the HPI Savage Flux HP in a neck and neck race with the Traxxas Slash 4×4 for the title of 2011’s Ultimate Basher as [...]
Pro-Line has a bunch of new tires…
The Square Fuzzie is back. Pro-Line‘s iconic tire that changed everything is once again available, new and improved. The improvements include promised longer tread life and availability in the M3 soft compound and the M4 super soft compound. This initial set is made for the 2.2″ rear buggy wheel. These aren’t the only new tires that Pro-Line has on offer. [...]
Redcat Monsoon XTE Review
A couple of Redcat Racing‘s vehicles have appeared in the review section here on Big Squid over the last few months. And they’ve gotten positive numbers and comments from those that have tested them. It was because of those reviews that I decided to purchase a Redcat Monsoon XTE, which is a 1/8 scale brushless truggy. I first saw this [...]
- 1/17/2012
- 8:13 am
- Car & Truck Reviews
- By: Jeff
