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Tekno EB-48 – Cool Buggy Needs a NEW name.

Tekno has been winning on the track without you knowing. They were in the beginning movement of 1/8-scale electric and their conversions were used by most drivers…but they probably didn’t tell you. Tekno decided the...

Arrma Infraction Goes 80 mph off-road? No. Video review!

Sometimes a box tells a story, tells you what’s inside, or what it would like to be. In the case of the over-ambitious text on the website and box of the Arrma Infraction, it gives you hope that you can go off-road. Of co...

Going Crawling, leave off the “K” with Tekin ROC 412

If you spell rock…ROC 412 you’re a crawler nerd. That is a good thing, because Tekin just released a new motor for those who want to keep it below 3mph, but climb walls. This new 12 pole motor is perfect to power yo...

Ready. Set. Action. AE FT B4.1 Worlds Edition.

Another Wednesday in the books. It’s garbage day here at the VRC main office (doesn’t it feel like every day is garbage day?). What did we do today? We took our new 10mm fish-eye lens and hit the track for a photo s...

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...

SC8.2e RTR – We want

One of the more baffling trends is something that never took off. With 1/8-scale electric, and nitro, topping the “cool and trendy” bits of the hobby and Short Course being hugely popular the obvious mixed-breed of ...

Stock Nationals

Came across some news while browsing the information superhighway. Looks like J-Concepts and OC/RC Raceway are teaming up to bring the Stock Nationals to town in April. One more reason it’s great to live in Southern Calif...

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...