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Losi has a new mini for the dirt oval fans out there. At first glance the new Mini Sprint may look a lot like the old Mini Slider, but the similarities are only cosmetic, and even then only at a distance. The Mini Sprint features an all new chassis with a bottom load battery tray, mid-motor layout, and Fiber Reinforced [...]
Those guys from Texas are lettin fly with the details about the new Traxxas Titan Deep-V brushless boat (not to be confused with the Traxxas Titan 12-turn motor, obviously). This 3-foot beast is packed to the gills with power. Driven by a Velineon 540 XL brushless motor and VXL-6s Marine ESC, Traxxas is boasting of 50+ MPH speeds out of [...]
So let’s say you bought a HPI MT2 a while back, you thought you were the cool kid on the block. But then all your friends decided to up and buy Slashes, Blitzes, and SC10s. Now you’re left looking kind of like a tool. So what could you do to save face? How about buying yourself a CKRC MT2SC Conversion [...]
Well, today must be a day that ends in Y because Kyosho has announced another Mini-Z. Their new MA-010 AWD SP Limited kit is another limited edition (only 2000 will be made before the molds are thrown into a violently erupting volcano and lost forever!) Mini-Z. This one is in kit form and requires the separate purchase of the receiver/esc [...]
Kyosho‘s solid axled, stylish, monster truck, the Mad Force Kruiser, is getting a makeover. The Mad Force Kruiser VE readyset is ready to go with a ton of brushless power. It features Team Orion‘s Vortex brushless system with a 2000 Kv motor. Other features include hardened steel diffs, a shaft and chain drive train, full ball bearings, and a sealed [...]
Losi wants everyone to know that their 1/18 scale dirt oval racer, the Mini-Late Model is now available sans-transmitter. If you already own Spektrum or Losi 2.4 GHz transmitters from some other kit, you can buy this Bind-N-Drive version and use that radio with it. Just bind the radio and you’re good to go. As with all the other B-N-D [...]
Tamiya has an expensive drift machine for those of you that like driving sideways. The High-End Drifter features an all new mid-motor layout and two belt drive-train. It’s also loaded down with tons of carbon fiber, including a 2mm chassis and a twin vertical plate bracing setup that runs the lenght of the chassis. It’s also got [...]
Kyosho has a high-end addition to the Mini-Z line. The new MR-03N JSCC Edition is a limited run chassis with all kinds of option parts included as standard. A few of the options include a full ball bearing set, ball differential set, rear oil filled shock set, and carbon fiber friction shock set. The chassis is also compatible with the [...]
Tamiya‘s finally showing off a real picture of their new FF03 Pro chassis. If you don’t know, the FF series are front motor, front wheel drive sedans. The new FF03 is a completely redesigned chassis, going from the monocoque frame chassis of the ff02 back to a tub style chassis with the battery running down the centerline of the chassis [...]
The SC10 RTR is finally brushless. Team Associated has taken it’s popular short course truck and dropped in a XP/Reedy 3300kV brushless system, giving everybody a chance to experience the FUTURE. And the future is good. Nothing else is changed, it’s still got the officially licensed bodies, the XP3-SS 2.4 GHz radio, and all that other [...]
Hot Bodies has a cool new sedan. The TCX is a very high-end race bred kit built to meet the exacting demands of hardcore racers. It’s a LiPo/LiFe ready chassis that features 50/50 weight distribution, plenty of adjustment options in the suspension, and tons of great looking purple aluminum and carbon fiber. As with most high end [...]
Another new car making it’s debut at the Shizuoka show is Tamiya‘s latest vintage F1 car. Modeled after the Wolf WR1, which started it’s career during the 1977 Forumla 1 season, Tamiya’s 1/1o scale version is a mash-up of their newer F104 chassis and their older, but still competitive F103 chassis. Among some of the distinctive features are extra large [...]
The A team’s got another one up their sleeve. This time it’s the Factory Team edition of the RC8Be 1/8 scale electric buggy. So what’s different between this and the non FT version? This one is more bluer. Just like the other Factory Team editions, the RC8Be has been decked out in all kinds of blue [...]
Losi‘s entry level RTR rock crawler is now available with the Bind-N-Drive option. If you own any of a number of Spektrum radios or got a Losi 2.4GHz pack in radio from another RTR then the Nightcrawler B-n-D might be a better fit for you. As with all the other B-n-D cars from Losi, this one is availabe for about [...]
Surprising no one, Associated has announced that their RC18T2 RC18B2 (previously seen as the T2/B2 combo team kit) will soon be available as an RTR. It’s obviously based on the new belt drive chassis that all of the recent Associated 1/18s have been built on. As is usual with the RC18s it’s coming with everything you need except the AA [...]
