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So I thought I would post a quick update on how things are going. I must say that the HPI Racing Savage gets a lot of attention at the track! Just walking into our pit table with the truck we were turning heads. By the time I set it down on the table, there were 2 [...]
Let’s get right on down to the nitty gritty here. For you crawler fans, XTM looks to be the second manufacture with a full on competition chassis right out of the box, the XTM X-Crawler. It seems every week the crawling segment gets more support, and the new XTM “super class” crawler is just more evidence to support the case. How [...]
I’m not 100% sure we can claim FIRST on this, but if not, it will be pretty darn close to first! Our HPI Savage XL arrived today! I snapped a few pictures as I opened it and took it out. First thoughts: WOW! It’s BIG! The motor looks MASSIVE. HPI Racing is [...]
So this last weekend I had a chance to attend the U.S. Vintage Trans-Am Nationals! I was getting tired of sending Cubby around the world doing event coverage and piling up the ‘grown up entertainment’ expense report! While there, I got to meet up with Doug, the guy who runs the events. There is a picture [...]
April 12th, 2008 is the U.S. Vintage Trans-Am Nationals! This is a really cool idea. On-road RC racing with Vintage bodies! These events are getting more and more popular, and starting to pick up some great sponsors as well like HPI Racing, Parma PSE and EDS Racing Products! I will be doing my best to get out [...]
Brian, the head cheese and uber editor of BigSquidRC.com suspended me last week. I never thought he would have been personally offended at what I had last turned in, but I guess he wasn’t impressed with my last Cub Report that contained more curse words than a typical rap song. This week, I’ll try my very best to keep [...]
I am still waiting for confirmation on this, but as of right now, it sounds like HPI has bought outright Team Associated and Team Losi! Team Associated is happy because it might put them back in the news, it’s been quiet from them. Team Losi is excited because they see it as an opportunity to sell 18 more versions of [...]
We get emails and forum suggestions of products that we should check out or review, and I thought I would take a moment and let you know the some of the stuff we have in the works. First up, we have started to mess with the new Duratrax RT-X 27! Fastest monster on the [...]
As I sit here watching “Giant Squid: Caught on Camera” on the Discovery Hi-Def channel, I can’t help but to reflect on just how far BigSquidRC has come in the last 12 months. This site has come from a little known basher site, to one that now gets more hits than most of the mainstream rc magazines sites get. That’s [...]
After popping a fresh bottle of Dom Perignon 99′, I sat down to realize that few things in life are appreciated as much as they should be. I appreciate that in the last few weeks there were actually some really cool products introduced to the rc world, because this week nothing of real note was shown. I’d guess the “biggest” [...]
Whoa! It’s like HPI Racing can read my mind! I swear I was just thinking that it has been a while since they have announced a new truck for us to drool over.. and poof they give us the HPI Savage XL! The Savage XL is 55mm longer and 25mm wider with a huge 5.9cc (.36 cubic [...]
Welcome to month two in 08′, and like always, the rc world did not fail to deliver the goods. The most news came out of the Nuremberg Toy Fair. When it comes to terms of “cool”, Nuremberg often bests the American shows when it comes to new products. But first, I must address a huge beef I have with the management [...]
For years, (literally) I have been asking body manufacturers to create a hearse. HPI Racing finally did it! It’s called the Grave Robber, and is modeled after a late 1950’s hearse! It’s made from .040 thick clear polycarbonate and is ready to fit the Savage, T-Maxx/E-Maxx size monster trucks. AWESOME! I can’t wait to get my [...]
I love spy work! I know it’s not really a spy shot, but with pictures of the new HPI Baja 1/5 scale SS being VERY rare, this was as good as I could do. I don’t have a lot of details on the buggy, but here are a few.. should ship around October 31st, it will come [...]
