This advert should take you back. It’s from 1984 and is a Christmas ad for Toys R Us, containing toy products such as Rainbow Bright and the Ertl A-Team radio controlled van.
I pity the fool that didn’t have one of these. Actually, that would be me. I never had one, though I’m pleased to say […]
Amateurs and professionals gathered together in March for the Remote Control Pro Series competition, which was held in Avon Park in the United States.
Over 120 of the best RC car enthusiasts gathered to take part in the competition, which featured RC car racers from across the United States and Canada. The contest was held over […]
A man entered a hobby store in Ohio and left with a $600 radio controlled car stuffed up his jumper.
Finally, when the coast was clear, he took a remote-control car that was valued at well over $600, stuck it under his jacket and then walked out the store,” Columbus Police Detective Gerald Milner said.
The full […]
Surely this is the ultimate boys toy? Every boy loves radio controlled cars, every big boy loves Hummers. A couple of University nerds have combined the two and created a radio controlled full size Hummer.
I want one now.
Steve Catlin, from Hummer, said: “Hummer is like no other - as the ultimate workhorse it is built […]
Now you too can be the Hoff, the lone crusader who champions the helpless, wears tight jeans and thinks every woman wants him.
Now now, I’m sure every woman does want him. After all, he is the Hoff.
Anyway, you can be just like him, only less hairy’ with this radio controlled KITT Pontiac Trans Am.
If you’re […]
One of the best looking of the Tamiya radio controlled car models has to be this Porsche 935 Turbo, not just because it’s a great looking car and is based on a racing model, but because it looks just like the Transformer Jazz.
Jazz was always the best of the original Generation One Autobot cars and […]
The Tamiya Mud Blaster was my first ever radio controlled car. When I say my first, I mean my first proper one. My first one that required assembly, my first one that was truly quick.
The Mud Blaster featured a Subaru Brat body on top of a Blackfoot chassis, then equipped with massive tyres from a […]
Subaru fans think they’re the dogs knackers of course, but this RC Subaru WRX is pretty damn hot too. It will top 75mph straight out of the box. That’s not scale speed now, that’s real speed.
This nitro powered Subaru WRX remote control car is for the driver that wants to race at the track and/or […]
If you think playing with toy RC cars is a bit childish, and want something more realistic and exciting to play with; you’ll love what James May and Richard Hammond came up with on the classic lads’ show Top Gear.
Not a show to do things by halves, Hammond and May found a valley, a radio […]
Racing radio controlled cars can be an expensive hobby if you go down the high powered, petrol driven route; but you don’t need to spend much at all in order to have some serious fun with an RC car.
For example, Nikko are a much cheaper alternative to some of the top of the range RC […]