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Two weekends ago Yatabe Arena in Japan hosted the 2015 1/10th Scale Worlds Warmup Race where some of the most talented RC racers in the world came together to prepare for the actual Worlds race this October. Why is this significant to a bunch of us non-racers who like to slide around corners? As some of you may already know [...]
Have some old tired (and blown up!) electronics and that you want to upgrade? The folks over at Team Associated and Reedy have announced an updated Exchange Program. Simply send in your old esc/motor/engine/transmitter/starter box/servo (of any brand) and get a new Reedy/Associated unit for an extra low price. There are a lot of details that go along with the [...]
A couple of weeks ago we posted that RJ Blaisdell, the owner at TheToyz.com, was having some serious health problems. RJ suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke and is still in the hospital as a result. There has been a Go Fund Me set up to help with his medical expenses. RJ’s website TheToyz.com is still going full steam, if you need [...]
The Boom Racing T815 6×6 & 8×8 Military Trucks and JW10 Jeep Wrangler are built to take a beating while doing it in style with loads of scale detailing. The folks at Asiatees Hobbies wanted us to let you know that they are now in stock and shipping. The highly scale realistic Jeep is priced at $635, while both the [...]
With scale detailing being all the rage, the Kyosho Plazma Lm Mazda 787B brings it in force. Featuring an incredibly detailed Le Mans style Mazda race body, this 12th scale pan car comes as a kit so you can make sure it gets assembled right. Some highlights of the Mazda include- * Comes with door mirrors, wipers, LED light bases and [...]
rcMart wanted us to let you know they are having a Big Sale on Axial Wraith Upgrade Parts. Save up to 40% off until June 11th on various Wraith parts to make your truck stronger or to simply give it some bling. Hit Up This Link to get more details over on rcMart’s official website. Happy Friday and welcome to the [...]
New for you Futaba 4PX owners is the Version 1.2 software update. Some of the changes that come along with the new update include- * Position of the throttle trigger to start a timer is changed to 50%. * Repeating trim operation is temporally stopped when a value assigned the trim reach zero position. * The grip vibrator is activated at not only [...]
Here is some great news for you bashers looking to save some cash, Pro-Line has announced lower pricing on their PRO-2 SC Truck, PRO-2 SC Buggy, and PRO-MT kits. All three are loaded with trick parts and have developed a reputation as being incredible bash machines (with the PRO-MT being our Bash Vehicle of the Year in 2014). $319 is [...]
What’s up drift peeps? Evol here with a midweek second look at a piece of kit that some of you may have overlooked. I know I did! So here is how it happened. When I see parts listed for the Overdose Vacula my eyes tend to glaze over as I daydream about having enough expendable income to drop such a [...]
A quick heads up, RCMart has a sale going on for a lot of the SCX10 parts that they carry. The sale goes from now to May 16th, so if you are looking to upgrade your ride, you should check out the sale at this link over on RCMart’s website.
Not only is Asiatees Hobbies running a special of 10% off their motors, but they have also posted up a short article to help you figure out the right type of motor for you. Asiatees stocks lots of different brushless motors from companies like HobbyWing and Leopard Hobby, hit up This Link to find out more. Take a chance on a [...]
Remember a while back when we did a Product Spotlight on the PPR Reptile Radio Wheel Grips? If you don’t remember, or you missed it, you can check it out HERE. We just got word that they have lowered the price on them. You can head over to the official PPR Grips website to check them out. What’s great, is they [...]
What is the hottest new 8th Scale Buggy to hit the market? That would be the DEX8 from Team Durango. We recently got a chance to put the DEX8 kit together, while doing so we took plenty of pictures and took a whole bunch of notes. How did our build go? Overall, it went exceptionally well. Our kit wasn’t missing any [...]
Each year our friends over at Asiatees Hobbies put on an Easter Egg Hunt. No, not in their backyard, but on their website so that everyone can play. Hidden on various blog posts on the Asiatees website are a bunch of eggs, find one and post the URL to the Asiatees Facebook page and you could be a winner. Finding [...]
Castle Creations has announced a new Power Up Program where you can trade in your working stock brushed power system for special pricing on a new high powered Castle brushless system. The Power Up Program will be available for a limited time and you can hit up This Link for all the details over on the official Castle website. Find more [...]
