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Tower Hobbies has slashed the price of the HPI Crawler King by more than 50%. It’s on sale for $119.98, which is more than $125 off their normal price. This is an insane deal and the Crawler King is an awesome truck. Be sure to take advantage of this deal while you can. The Crawler King is a fully ready to run [...]
Check out this new truck from HPI Racing and TSA Motorsports. The HPI Mini-Trophy Truck is an all new RTR 1/12 scale, 4wd, Desert Truck that was designed in conjuction with TSA Motorsports as they built the full scale version to be raced in the 7200 class of the SNORE desert racing series. There’s not much info available [...]
Ever needed a foot stool to stand on but the only thing you had lying around was a Baja 5T? Well if you had the new Baja 5T Roll Cage from Team Chase your problem would be solved. Apparently this lightweight, durable plastic roll cage is tough enough for a full grown man to stand on (there’s pictures). [...]
Need some new LiPos? HPI has a new line for ya. The HPI Plazma LiPo line comes in three flavors, an 11.1V 3800 mAh, a 7.4v 4000 mAh with round case, and a 7.4v 5300 mAh. If you have a HPI vehicle then one of these packs will likely fit in it without problems. All of the packs have Deans [...]
Here is a interesting new release from HPI. It looks like they have teamed up with HobbyTown USA to put out a EXCLUSIVE RTR E-Firestorm 10 HT truck! The HT standing for HobbyTown. It looks to have all the same stuff that makes up the normal E-Firestorm except it’s RTR with the inclusion of their new HPI Plazma batteries, [...]
Here’s another new (kinda) body from HPI. Made specifically for their Cup Racer chassis the Honda Civic Type R body is a renewed release featuring all new vinyl decals and revised tooling to make it fit the Cup Racers and other chassis out there with 225mm wheelbases. Also new are front and rear light buckets to make it quick and [...]
Hard Body’sz USA has a cool new aftermarket part for the HPI Blitz. Their new full roll cage not only adds to the realistic looks of HPI’s popular short course truck, but should probably add to the overall strength and durability of the Blitz. It’s available in in chrome and flat black for a list price of $77.99 through TGN Distributing. [...]
Check out this new, officially licensed, Saleen Parnelli Jones Edition Ford Mustang body from HPI Racing. It’s made for 200mm sedans but can be used on 190s with the addition of wide offset wheels. All the various common things are included: window masks, decals, overspray film, etc. A molded nylon wing is also included and it comes clear so you [...]
Baja Skunkworks (you know, those guys responsible for that crazy Baja 5T tank… yeah, you remember) have put together what could possibly be a must have accessory for 5B and 5T owners. Their new 2 speed transmission has been in development for 3 years now and they say it has features that competitors don’t. One of the bigger bullet points [...]
There’s a lot of news coming out of the HPI camp today, but probably the biggest of it all is a new and less expensive version of the Savage Flux! The new Savage Flux 2350 is still built on the same awesomely awesome Savage X chassis that the Flux HP is built on, and it still shares many of the [...]
In the ‘better late than never’ category, we finally got our hands on the HPI Blitz ESE! Many of us in the office are huge fans of the original HPI Blitz, so we have been looking forward to this for a while. Whenever I see the UPS guy walking in the door [...]
Those angry guys at Hostile Racing Products have a new pair of shoes for owners of the HPI Baja 5T. The Crusher Tires feature a realistic and aggressive tread style that should be a good fit for racing or bashing. These tires have sidewall support but no internal ribbing to save your foams. Speaking of foams, none are included so [...]
It’s always cool to see our favorite hobby get a bit of notice in other more mainstream pastimes like movies, tv, and full scale racing. Today brings a bit of attention to one of the biggest and oldest names in R/C, Kyosho. Gran Turismo 5 for the PlayStation 3 is coming this November, and it will be appearing in multiple [...]
The RC Car Action/HPI Racing Race for a Cure event will is coming up next week. Being held over Father’s Day weekend (June 17th – 20th) at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen, CT, this event is going to be raising money for the American Cancer Society so they can keep up the good work of trying to find a [...]
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 [...]
