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Also in attendance at the 2016 HobbyTown USA Convention were the good folks from Horizon Hobby. You know Horizon from such names as ECX, Losi, Spektrum, and Blade, and their booth/room was filled with all the latest in rc goodies. Upon entering the room, the new 1/5th scale Losi Monster Truck XL could not be missed. These are in stock and [...]
Last weekend the BigSquidRC Bash Crew had the pleasure of attending Drones On The Horizon. The event, put on by Horizon Hobby, was a one day show held in Orlando Florida to celebrate everything that is good about rc. Unlike many other events, it wasn’t locked down to just one genre like airplanes or cars, Drones On The Horizon had [...]
If you’ve been bashing for any amount of time then you are already familiar with the 2wd ECX Torment from Horizon Hobby. It has proven to be the bash machine of choice for many people and won our Short Course Truck Shootout not that long ago. The latest version of the Torment is much the same but comes with some [...]
Mark your calendar for Saturday April 9th as that’s when Horizon Hobby’s big Drones On The Horizon event takes off. It is a one day event that showcases all the different genres in our hobby and is being held at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando Florida. Admission and parking are both Free, so come on down to watch a [...]
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? The world will never know, but we are wondering how cool it is to build one of the new AMP MT Build-To-Drive Kits from ECX. To find out how easy it is to do one of the Build-To-Drive kits, the folks at Horizon Hobby have [...]
We recently posted photos of the Horizon Hobby and K&N Air Filters Vaterra 2015 K&N Ford Mustang GT Drift Car, and it seems like people are really enjoying the new livery, so here are the unboxing photo’s of the K&N Torment from ECX! To get full details check out This Link over on ECX’s official website. Hit This Link to read more [...]
The rc world has gone mad, a RTR company has announced their very first KIT! That’s right, ECX has announced the AMP MT Build-To-Drive kit. Why would they do such a crazy thing? For a couple of reasons. The first is many institutions (like schools) have asked Horizon Hobby for an affordable and easy to build kit. The second is, [...]
If you are a short course type of guy, the K&N Filters and Horizon Hobby collaboration has also produced the K&N Edition ECX Torment. The body on the latest Torment is officially licensed by K&N and is sporting Bradley Morris livery, one of the best up and coming drivers in the off-road world. Underneath is the well known 2wd Torment [...]
Check out this cool cross promotion #LiveYourDream video between K&N Filters and Horizon Hobby. The video has Pro full scale driver Bradley Morris, and features both a Vaterra Drift car as well as a ECX Short Course Truck. Both vehicles will be available very soon from Horizon Hobby with the official K&N livery.
Ever want to set up a crawling course on your kitchen table and invite the crew over for some driving? Well now you can with the tiny 1/24th Scale ECX Temper. With a length of just 6.5″ the 1/24th Temper is so small that you can set up a rock crawling course virtually anywhere. Everything you need to get driving [...]
New and coming soon from ECX is the 1/18th Roost Desert Buggy. This small scaled bash machine is propelled by a 4wd drivetrain and a brushed 380 sized motor. Everything you need comes right in the box, including a 900mAh NiMH battery and charger. Also of note, it comes stock with a very bright LED light bar which adds a [...]
Hey all you ECX 4×4 owners, RPM has some new upgrades for you. First up is Rear Bumper for the Torment 4×4. Of course the RPM bumper is made to take the worst you can throw at it, plus it adds some nice scale styling to your truck. A lifetime warranty comes standard and the bumper can be used with [...]
Get your ECX Torment 4×4 ready for serious hard-core bashing with the new Front Bumper & Kick Plate from RPM. Yes, indeed, RPM has engineered a front bumper to take the worst you can throw at it. Of course it is molded from RPM’s legendary plastic and uses 4 screws plus a brace to hold the kick plate/bumper on. A [...]
With a shockingly low street price, you just have to wonder how good the AMP line of RTR vehicles from ECX RC (Horizon Hobby) can be. I mean, they are street priced at just $129, while their list of features hasn’t been diminished as much as you would expect to make the price point. We’ve been driving the ECX AMP [...]
ECX RC is well known among bashers for having affordable yet durable vehicles. Recently EXC announced a new AMP series intended to bring ECX quality to an even lower price point. At a paltry $129, just how good can they be? We’ve been bashing the daylights out of the AMP Desert Buggy to find out. You know the drill, keep [...]
