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The Inter “netagative” – The ultimate fail compilation!

Negative Expert The internet is a wonderful place. Where else can you buy your neighbor’s garbage on Craigslist, order meat from Amazon, watch a cat video, research outer space,  and post videos of yourself all day so you ca...
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Hobbico / Great Planes Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy- Do you care?

There are two main distributors in the USA that keep your hobby shop stocked, and generally control the industry as most of the products sold in the US go through either one. Over the years they’ve changed a bit. They went fr...
by Derek Buono
 
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Hobby Fragmentation – Death of RC?

Hobby Fragmentation The other day I was talking to a manufacturer who I hadn’t spoken with in a long time. It was a quick “Hey, what’s up?” call to reintroduce him to what we call “a magazine.” His reply to my askin...
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Traxxas Ford Bronco – First Talk

Derek’s “unboxing” of the Traxxas TRX4 Ford Bronco. The new RTR packs all the punch needed to tackle the trails or the rocks. Yes, it’s the same TRX4 Chassis with some new updates, but it includes the st...
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Is Scale The New Thing?

All Hail Scale I’m old. It isn’t my graying (or disappearing) hair that gives it away, though.1 It’s that I’ve been around RC since I was about 8 years old, and that makes a solid 34 years of my being, in so...
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Night Man – RC Therapy

RC is a mixed bag. It can be a solo sport, or a social sport. While testing the Duratrax Evader Brushless, I decided to take a run at night. I needed a stress relief and a mindless 20 minutes of ripping smile-inducing wheelies ...
by Derek Buono
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