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If there’s one thing in this world that says romance, it’s tires. And if there’s one company that knows tires, it’s Pro-Line. Pro-Line is keenly aware of the romantic implications of a gift of tires so they are offering you a chance to get the love of your life the tires that she desires with a special deal going from [...]
Savox USA has a special deal for you when you order stuff directly from them via their web site. If you put down $50 or more on an order you’ll get free shipping AND a free T-shirt. If it weren’t for free t-shirts, I’d spend most of my time walking around shirtless… and that’s not something you want to see. [...]
Hey, remember a few days ago, when we told you about that whole Traxxas giving away motorcycles thing? Well we finally got the official word from Traxxas about how, when, and where these things are going to happen. There’s 17 bikes in total (well, 16 now, they already gave one away) that can be won if you take the time [...]
We don’t follow racing news much around here (well, except Cubby, he’s obsessed with all that rigmarole), but we think it’s important to look at what moves are being made on the racing scene every so often. If you are one that follows racing, you probably know that Ty Tessman and Pro-Line are like PB&J, they’ve had a successful relationship [...]
In a never ending attempt to market their small racing toys to big racing fans, Traxxas have now taken to giving away full scale motorcycles. You may have recently heard (elsewhere, because I apparently dropped the ball) about Traxxas putting up the cash to become the “Official RC Truck of Supercross.” Well to capitalize on that, at every round of [...]
Everybody’s getting retrospective with the closing of the New Year, and Brian (not our Brian, another Brian… seriously, there’s at least two guys named Brian in this world…) from Roger’s Hobby Center offers up his thoughts on the year passed in the r/c hobby world. He’s got some interesting, thoughts: And finally, I think 2010 is going to be known as [...]
Model Retailer Magazine, a trade publication aimed at hobby shop owners and others in the industry has a new article up on their web site looking back at what they thought were the biggest news items of 2010. Being business and industry focused much of what they talked about had to do with the state of the economy and business. [...]
DarkSoul still has the Christmas spirit. Until January 1st, the Chino competition crawler chassis kit for the Losi Mini Rock Crawler is available directly for only $50. This kit includes an all new chassis with plenty of tuning options that is formed out of one piece of aluminum. You’ll also get a new set of titanium links, new rod ends, [...]
In all the flurry and hubbub of the holiday weekend we kind of missed this bit of news from the Twitterverse that GH Racing is extending their holiday sale through New Year’s Eve. Until then everything in the GH Racing online shop is marked down 15%. So if you just got a brand new Traxxas Slash 4×4 or maybe a [...]
🙁 Despair, Inc. Here’s a bit of important info for our US audience. The FCC is proposing revisions to their Part 95 – Personal Radio Services rules that govern the use of many non-corporate civilian radio frequencies. The frequencies that a lot of us in the R/C hobby use regularly (27 MHz, 72 MHz, and 75 MHz bands being [...]
Mr. Jaures Garofali, founder of Super Tigre engines, passed away on Thursday, March 26th at the age of 89. Born in Bologna, Italy in 1920, Mr. Garofali was one of the true pioneers in model engine design. He began designing model engines at the age of seventeen, originally producing engines under the OSAM brand name. [...]
We just got word about a new RC Drag Racing site called Quarter Mortar! They specialize in 1:4 Scale RC Drag Racing Cars and Accessories! If you are into RC Drag Racing, or just large scale RC, head over to their page and check it out!
We were just informed that RC Guru Chris Chianelli passed away last night. Chris was one of those guys that was everywhere in RC! He hosted several shows, and had done a lot of work to help bring the world of RC to the public people. Our hearts go out to his family and friends. There [...]
