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As we Reported a couple of weeks ago, Atomik RC now has a new Metal Mulisha, Brian Deegan, 18th scale, officially licensed Ford Raptor 150 RTR short course truck. The new Atomik truck features full time 4wd, waterproof electronics, oil filled shocks, a 370 size brushed motor, and comes with a 6 cell Ni-mh battery. Street price is expected to [...]
The folks over at Atomik RC keep putting smiles on our faces as they announced another Brian Deegan / Metal Mulisah vehicle. This time it’s in the form of a 1/18th scale rally car! Some of the details… 4wd, Official Licensed Ford Fiesta Rally Body, it’s a scale replica of Brian’s X-Games rally Cross car. It has a 370 brushed [...]
We were pretty excited when we talked about the Metal Mulisha motorcycle coming soon from Atomik RC. It looks like Atomik know’s how to keep a good thing going by putting out a Brian Deegan Metal Mulisha 1/18 Scale Short Course Truck! We don’t have a lot of details at the moment, but expect some VERY soon. We know it’s [...]
Ok, we are still going to fill this under rumor because there has not been an official announcement yet, BUT word on the street is that Kyosho has a 1/18 scale Mini-Z Motorcycle (moto racer) in the works! A few details: It’s about 4 inches long, will come with 2.4ghz radio, Lipo battery, top speed about 12mph, and ships around [...]
A few months ago we broke some news about a new 1/18th scale vehicle from
HPI Racing isn’t attending this year’s IHobby, but there’s still a couple of HPI’s new vehicles floating about. This is their recently announced Mini Recon, 1/18 scale, 4wd monster truck. Be sure to hit up our archives to read all about this little monster. And check out the HPI Racing website for more info. #gallery-5 { margin: auto; } #gallery-5 .gallery-item [...]
Model Retailer magazine has just published a report stating that former Horizon Hobby president and CEO, Mike Gillette, has teamed up with industry legend Gil Losi Jr., and former Team Associated engineer Jason Corl to launch a new company called Firelands Group. They intend to enter the market with cars and trucks of their own under the Helion brand [...]
As promised, here’s a bunch of pics of what is sure to be a big hit for the gang at HPI. Check out the gallery and read the previous post with all the pertinent information. #gallery-7 { margin: auto; } #gallery-7 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-7 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-7 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */
We first saw the SavageXS Flux at Nuremberg. Now here it is stateside. While it’s still in prototype form, the word from RCX is that it should be hitting mid-summer. It’ll come from the factory RTR, with a waterproof 2.4 GHz radio system, Flux brushless system, and a top speed on 3S of about 60 MPH. I’ll be posting more [...]
Following on yesterday’s announcement of a brushless version of the RC18T2 RTR, Associated has pulled back the sheet on the RC18B2 Brushless. Raise your hand if you were surprised by this, so I can come over and smack you. Anyhow, just as with the T2, this one will also feature the Reedy Micro Brushless ESC and a 5000kv motor. The [...]
The A Team‘s got a thing for brushless, adding it to almost their entire line of RTR vehicles. The RC18T2 is the next in line to receive the ridiculous power. This new edition comes out of the box with a Reedy micro brushless ESC and 5000kv motor. The ESC is LiPo ready, accepting 2 – 3S LiPos or 6 – [...]
Here’s something else that you can only see at our booth. The new Scooby Horton II chassis from Brown Engineering is for the super cool Robitronic Scalpel 1/18 scale pan car. The chassis is made for 4 cell NiMH packs but can also fit a Thunderpower 1350 1S LiPo. The chassis features flex plates and damper tubes that are available [...]
Parma knows carpet. It’s pretty much all they do. So of course this new body from the gang is made for carpet racing. Made to fit 1/18 scale cars, but made with all the features of it’s larger 1/10 scale counterparts, the Mini Mohawk Sedan is said to have improved downforce from front to rear, improved rotation through corners, and [...]
Well it appears our corporate policy of willful defiance of The Man has forced Losi to show their hand. Only a day after our posting of the ad revealing the Mini Rock Crawler Pro, Losi has gone and officially announced it. We’ve already outlined some of the new features yesterday, but now we know what some of the other [...]
Start ’em off young. Venom knows that maxim and has brought about a way for you to do just that. Their new line of Drive Force Trucks are toy grade, 1/18 scale, short course style trucks made for children 6 and older. They feature fully independent suspension and rubber tires. The truck requires 4 AAA batteries and the small pistol [...]
