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Star Wars Themed RC Body

Come to the dark side with this bitch’n Star Wars theme body. We painted up a Pro-Line Phantom body for our Team Associated B44.3 using xxx main Picture Glue and a Star Wars comic book. Watch our Youtube video, like it, a...

HPI Apache C1 – Sweetness

Beauty, they say, is only skin deep. Well this Apache C1 has some thick skin because… look at it. Look. It’s stunning. We were excited when HPI released this RTR, and now that we got one for testing there maybe be a...

I am on a PodCast – My name is Jeff

My name is Jeff*. I live in Canada, I really have a strange obsession with penguins and live in my own basement. Last Thursday I was representing Velocity RC Magazine on the Cooking With Nitro Pod Cast and babbled with the crew...

Traxxas In Drag

UPDATE!!!! Official release details and pics! One may have thought that the leaked sales flyer for the new Traxxas 1/8-scale NHRA Funny Car (officially licensed too) was a cruel Traxxas April Fools joke. Traxxas doesn’t s...

TAMIYA Super Awesome Fun Time Volkswagen

Our good friend Fred from Tamiya sent us a list of new cars that would be good for potential reviews in our first issue of VRC Mag and I immediately fell in love with this Volkswagon Type2 Wheelie!!!! It just showed up in the o...

Finally!! A TLR 22 Based Short Course Truck

To be honest, we were very surprised when Team Losi Racing decided to release a 22 Stadium Truck, which is a somewhat dying class, before they made a Short Course version. Well, TLR is about to release exactly that; a full blow...

Tire Tip – Not Air Fresheners

I stopped in to visit AKA Racing and Joel Johnson was kind enough to give me some samples of their new Truggy tires. They are lighter, faster and better than the previous “truck” bead designs, but there is one thing...

HPI has Gymkhana disease – Dr Ken Block to the Rescue

I can make a guess that you’ve seen at least one of the amazing video’s of the DC Shoe / Ken Block Gymhkana series where amazing car control and some insane video action makes you drool. We all dream of having that ...