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So let’s jump right into the good stuff. What was the hottest news at the show (besides the BigSquidRC and IMEX booth babes)? It was a hard call this year. I think the general consensus would have to go to the Traxxas Crawler. It was on display in all it’s glory, and looked really gnarly. Although, in my opinion, it looked [...]
Storm brewing? One of the rc industries leading chassis manufactures is making an interesting move at the largest rc trade show, I-Hobby, this October. Traditionally in the rc world, a chassis manufacture will make a product, sell it at a slight profit to one or more distributors, and let the distributors handle the task of reselling the product to the hobby [...]
So who’s the fastest rc racer on planet Earth right now? Well today after winning the 8th scale off road world championship, arguably it is Japans Atsushi Hara. This is quite shocking, and shocking for several reasons. Reason #1- Hara drives for HPI/Hot Bodies. While HPI has always made awesome cars and trucks, they aren’t known for being a tour de [...]
This has to be one of the slowest news weeks in recent memory. But aha! The Cubbster can always dig up a little something to rant about. (even if it is a “nice rant”) Horizon/Losi pre-released some hype on a “top secret” price leader being introduced at the end of the month. Official release date is 08.29, but if you sign [...]
First off, I would like to personally congratulate all our French readers (as if.. LOL) on their country’s SILVER medal in the men’s 4×100 swimming relay. Experts seem not to know why ratings are way up for this years summer Olympics. Of course, if you are actually watching them at home, you know the reason, HD baby! Finally, loads and loads [...]
“You have GOT to be freak’n kidding me!” I shouted while walking up to Rodney Dangerfield. The date was October of 2000, and I was in Vegas not only for the IFMAR 8th scale off-road worlds, but also for the US Open of Supercross being held on the same weekend. Most any weekend in Vegas will yield legendary stories, but [...]
Good evening, good morning, hello, hello- welcome to yet another edition of the loathed Cub-Report. So you like to go fast eh? Well, everybody does, that’s why we are in this sport. Word went public this week about this years big high speed run event. Nic Case, current pwn’er of all things high speed, worked with Castle Creations and RC Driver [...]
Something really cool happened this week, which seems to be rare in this era of big-buck corporate rc companies. And, no, the cool thing wasn’t a hot new car, yet another piece of blue anodized bling-bling, nor a new “super dope” high voltage lithium based cell. It was simply a piece of advertising. I’m sure many of you remember the classic [...]
Slow news week in the biz, everyone seems to be busy working their butts off keeping food on the table. Seemingly, it gets harder every week in this industry. Previously, I had touched on the issue of a “hobby grade” rc company truly getting their foot in the door of a big boxer like Wally World (and the absolute wealth it [...]
What has been the single most hyped car release of 2008? Arguably, the mysterious Losi Crawler. On the product side of things, Losi already had tires, bodies and other crawling accessories out for some time, so it’s obvious they support the genre. On the marketing side- Losi put out more new age “internet buzz” on this model than any before [...]
Traxxas Horizon/Losi are all over the googolplex hot rock crawling trend. They announced last week that yes indeed, they have a rock crawler on the way with a debut date of June 27th. They will be premiering the most radical comp truck ever released on their website, stiff arming the trade show circuit and making the mags wait. Should be [...]
Do what you are good at, leave the other crap ALONE. Does Ferrari make motorcycles? Does Krispy Kreme sell pizza? This week two speedo companies made announcements showing just how far they will sink to try and make a buck. First off is LRP, with news of their totally non-awaited S8 TX nitro truggy. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist [...]
Least not forget, those that have died for our freedom, and our right to take brand new $800 rc cars and jump them off the side of a house. Memorial weekend is not only one of the most important holidays (honoring our military men, woman, and those that gave their lives for us), but also one of the busiest in [...]
Another week, another Cub Report- here’s all you really need to know about what went down in the rc universe last week. It’s been years since the revolutionary Traxxas T-Maxx came out. Since then, most companies have jumped on the bandwagon and produced their versions of the platform. The HPI Savage was the first, and probably toughest competitor in the category. [...]
Great week to do some more ROAR bashing don’t you agree? With that in mind, the rocket scientists at our beloved sanctioning body ROAR, have called it quits to nitro 10th scale stadium truck and “production” monster truck. These two classes will no longer be held at the national level. Well I say why stop there? Geeezus, there are plenty more classes [...]
