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For some reason all I hear rattling inside this immensely small brain of mine is that awesome INXS song from back in 88, “Devil Inside”. Well now that I have totally dated myself let’s get down to business! Looks like everyone and their lost cousins missing dogs uncle is getting in on the Rally Car trend. Kyosho will be releasing [...]
We have been posting info about the Ken Block Vehicle from HPI Racing as it comes in, but I wanted to point out this shot they posted of the rims/tires. The DC logo is a nice little touch. Heck HPI will probably be able to sell just these rims, I know a few people that would add these to [...]
The biggest buzz going around the BigSquid offices this morning is about the forthcoming 10th scale Ken Block Rally Car from HPI. After watching Block score a silver medal at X-Games over the weekend we are all stoked to get in some rally-cross action in the parking lot. Until more information is released here are a few more pictures to wet [...]
Tired of your 1/16 Rally looking like everyone else’s? Traxxas has announced a new ProGraphix Rally body for their 1/16 scale vehicle line. If fits their Rally, Kyle Busch, and Mustang models when they have the Traxxas #7315 body posts installed. The cool thing about the ProGraphicx bodies, is that you can look different, and still pretty darn good in [...]
Tamiya introduces the PRO-spec version of the 4WD XV-01 chassis. The XV stands for Crossover Vehicle. This chassis is meant to be an all-terrain platform for rally cars, on-road vehicles and pick-up style trucks. It has covers to protect the drivetrain and radio gear. The motor is mounted in the front and is belt driven power to the front/rear gear [...]
Well, at least the official name just roll’s off the tongue for when you are asking for one at the local hobby shop! After posting the teaser pic then minutes later posting the details (sorry HPI, our bad). The official press release is out! The new HPI Racing vehicle is the HPI RTR WR8 3.0 Ford Fiesta Abu Dhabi Castrol [...]
Forget that HPI Racing teaser pic, that’s like so 30 seconds ago!Here is some info on the new HPI WR8 3.0! It’s a 1/8th scale NITRO Rally Car! The official HPI part number is #106949. It’s RTR, 4WD, It will have waterproof servos, 2.4 GHz Radio system, and 3.0 HO Engine! Comments on for this one also.. now [...]
We showed you the spy shot from IHobby that broke the story, and now we can finally give you the official details on the Traxxas Ken Block Gymkhana Fiesta. A lot of people have been talking about it and waiting with bated breath for more info. Here’s what we can tell you from the official release. As with all Traxxas [...]
Didn’t see this one coming! Traxxas just announced their new 1/16 Rally VXL! The Rally VXL is based on the 1/16 scale Revo technology and is designed for some serious Gymkhana racing. Keeping up with their standard, it’s completely waterproof, Velineon Brushless powered, 4WD, Comes with the TQ 2.4Ghz radio system, and is ready for some serious 3S LiPo [...]
Kyosho has had the micro on-road scene pretty well locked up since the very beginnings of the class. Losi, it seems, is keen to lock up the micro off-road scene. They’ve done a fairly good job of offering performance minded vehicles in tiny packages. Another job that Losi has been fairly good at is taking one platform [...]
