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Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Welcome back to yet another edition of THE Cub Report. Ready for a battle of the titans? This coming weekend, Air Age Media (producers of RCCA mag) and their RCX hobby expo will go head to head against the HPI, Kyosho, and Tamiya mini-show of the “Radio Control Motorsports Experience“. Both “shows” are held at [...]
Brian really, really hates me. See, he’s the editor in chief here at BigSquidRC, and the guy that gets all the hate emails, death threats, hate calls, cease and desist letters, and inquires on who exactly it is that needs to be served with the papers for lawsuits. This week after the April Fools Edition Cub Report, I set [...]
Not that long ago, we talked about the 3Z Scale 1:3 Scale Ride on Monster Truck! Well, it looks like Traxxas wants to show that size does matter with their 1:1 Scale ‘Ride In’ RC Monster Truck! ‘Why would you want to ride on something, when it’s much safer if you just Ride In it!’ Makes sense to [...]
Guess what? Another very slow news week. No cool new releases, no big industry news, and no more rumors of companies going out of business. Perhaps the most boring week, industry wide, for quite some time. Before I get into the main focus of this weeks Cub Report, I do have one thing for the WTF file- the “Bulldog RC Rider“. [...]
Did ya know ROAR will crown at least 23 national champions this year? Holy cow, that’s probably a higher number than the reincarnations of the Horizon/Losi Mico-T, Mini-T, and Mini-LST combined! (And nearly as high as the number of hate mails I get each week) Remember how that el’ cheapo 8th scale buggy won the IFMAR worlds last year? Well, [...]
There was really only one big “news” story this week- the Associated SC10 electric short course truck. Here are some of the debates/issues/gossip raised by the first “Slash clone” to hit the market. 1. The hype was too much for the actual product. If you are gonna hype/tease something to death, it had damn well better be the second coming of [...]
Ya, everybody and their Uncles brother is b**ching about how cold it is in the greater Chicago area. I consider it “perfect wrenching” weather. You just know you have a half dozen old cars that need the tlc. So there, all you Snow Misers. America’s iconic rc manufacture, Associated, did a great job of teasing before the release of their SC8 [...]
Long time, no write, to all you amigo’s. Hopefully your New Years celebrations left you smiling, lipstick smudged, and making happy little Dom Perignon burps. The industry stays fairly quiet over the X-mas/New Years holidays. Like most people, even the hobby guru’s need a little R & R. A time for family, and a time to recharge the bodies internal Li-po’s. [...]
Ok, yea I know they are already the most popular RC company right now, and they sell like a million cars a day (haha.. maybe the big three US motor companies could learn something from these guys), but if you are not into RC already, the odds of you knowing who or what Traxxas is, isn’t good. So I [...]
As I sit here writing the last of this years Cub Reports, I can’t help but to wonder what lies ahead in 2009. Will we see any of the big name manufactures close doors due to the economy? Will the sport continue to trend toward the “basher” side of the product lines? Will the Dream Team at Kyosho put out a [...]
Most American’s don’t follow Formula One racing, but, some huge news happened there this week. Honda, one of the more economically “healthy” of auto manufactures, abruptly pulled the plug on their F1 team. The news came completely out of the blue, with absolutely no warning, leaving the F1 world in utter shock. F1 is the most elite and prestigious [...]
Now that everyone has recovered from their turkey induced coma, let’s get down to the nitty gritty- Tebo is signed up to the hilt with the K-crew. Ya, ya, I know you heard the news days (weeks?) ago, so it’s no huge surprise. What is a bit surprising is Tebo leaving his electrics at AE, having also signed up to exclusively [...]
So far the response has been pretty hot and heated! All sorts of vehicles are coming in for the Car/Truck of the year as well as Man of the year! This is just a reminder message to keep those votes coming! During the second week of December I’ll be holding my first “Cubbies” awards. These will be awarded based on reader [...]
Seems that I started a little firestorm last week with the announcement of my “Cubbies” awards. So to simplify it for those that went into full panic mode (self promotion mode?), here’s the low down. Instead of getting 100 emails with 100 different suggestions (usually the person writing said email) who the “man of the year” is, I’m throwing [...]
Gotta love our current economy. The slow last half decade has lead to many hobby shop and track closures, but what lies ahead may leave our hobby unrecognizable. We are early into this economic downturn, and we are already seeing things we’ve never seen before in our sport. Cashback, GWP (gift with purchase), and Sales!! Traxxas has a $50 cash back [...]
