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During our Southern California Road Trip, the fine folks over at Horizon Hobby were kind enough to let us drop by their offices for a visit. The Horizon offices are home to such brands as Vaterra, ECX, Losi, Pro Boat, and TLR. While some of the Horizon brands are intended for hardcore racing, we soon learned that all the guys at [...]
It would be difficult to find a more iconic name for basher parts than RPM RC Products. For years the RPM crew has been making ultra tough plastic parts to give bashers more time driving, and less time wrenching. When you look around the BSRC offices nearly every one of our “personal vehicles” has RPM parts all over it. RPM is [...]
This week the BigSquidRC Bash Crew made a big Road Trip to Southern California. We’ve been wanting to road trip SoCal for a long time now, to get in some “face time” with the makers and shakers of rc, and to generally learn as much as possible about the rc scene on the West Coast. Both personally and professionally, we’ve been [...]
Welcome to May 2014! When we first started this desktop Calendar thing, we weren’t really sure if people would use it and enjoy it or not. It seems like each month we get more and more fans, and more downloads! We are glad to see that you guys are digging it, and even enjoy the ‘Where is it!?’ emails when [...]
We have a winner in the Losi 5IVE-T Giveaway. Thank you all for making this the biggest giveaway with the most entries yet! We had just over 14,000 entries! It was a crazy one for sure, and we couldn’t of done it without all of our fans/readers! You guys voted to make the 5IVE-T the 2014 March Bash-ness Champion , [...]
That’s right, we pulled it off! We jumped through all the hoops, we cut all the red tape, and we are giving away the March Bash-ness Champion! A brand new 1/5th scale Losi 5IVE-T! We have given away thousands of dollars in prizes before, but never such a large prize to one winner, and that winner could be you! The deadline [...]
We giveaway a LOT of stuff here at Big Squid RC, and some of those giveaways have been truly amazing. From 100 sets of tires, to one of the fastest stock RC cars on the planet, and lets not forget one of the first off the assembly line SC vehicles! Tomorrow (Wednesday 4-23-14) we will be announcing the next big [...]
We have created a Facebook group called The Big Squid RC Bash Group. We have created this group because we want to hear more from our fans, our readers, and more general RC fans. We see and get posts all the time to our FB Page, but not everyone gets to see those cool pictures and videos. This group will [...]
How awesome is this? ARRMA was so happy about making it to the finals in the March Bash-ness competition we held this year, they have given us another truck to give away! That’s right, we are giving away a new ARRMA RC Granite BLX Monster Truck! This is the latest and greatest brushless monster truck from ARRMA and it is [...]
So yea, apparently April 1st even put one over on the website. All normally scheduled posts for that day got bumped for whatever oddness gets posted, and the calendar post didn’t get re-scheduled. Oops. For those of you that enjoy changing up your Desktop Wallpaper, this month’s photo is the Helion Invictus doing a little hill climbing! We have several different [...]
Welcome to March! Who needs the new Big Squid RC Desktop Wallpaper Calendar? Every month we bring you a new wallpaper calendar for your PC screen. This month’s shot is the Pro-Line PRO-2 Short Course! We have several different resolutions available. Just right click these links, and do a ‘SAVE AS’ for the one matching your PC’s desktop ratio. Basically [...]
The 2014 BigSquidRC Quadcopter Championships are officially in the books. Hosted by HobbyTown USA Orland Park Illinois last Saturday, it marked one of the first organized quadcopter competitions ever held. The event was made possible by its major sponsors- Ares RC, Blade, and Heli-Max. Several events were used to determine winners in three different size classes. A tricky obstacle course was [...]
We just finished setting up the obstacle course and I think it turned out pretty good. Did a few trial runs, and had a blast! even if you don’t want to participate in the event, you should stop by the Hobbytown in Orland Park, and spectate, it will be fun to watch! Need more info? The Big Squid RC 2014 [...]
It’s a new month, which means a new Big Squid RC Desktop Wallpaper Calendar! Every month we bring you a new wallpaper calendar for your PC screen. This month’s shot is the Vaterra Glamis Fear Edition! We have several different resolutions available. Just right click these links, and do a ‘SAVE AS’ for the one matching your PC’s desktop ratio. [...]
Mark your calendars and warm up those thumbs! Saturday, March 1st 2014 is official date of the Big Squid RC 2014 Quadcopter Champsionship!Every RC’er on the planet now owns at least one, so it was time to get something organized and have some fun. Don’t let the word Champsionship scare you. We are planning on a day of fun and [...]
