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Posts Tagged ‘1/8 scale’

Deal of the Moment: Losi Rebates

Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Jeff Hoy

Losi has a lot of rebate deals going on for their 1/8 scale race roller (not RTR) vehicles and the Comp Crawler.  If you’ve been thinking about buying a new buggy or truggy now might be the time to do it.  Rebates of up to $150 are available. Here’s the list of rebates.  You’ve got [...]

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1/8 electric is real…

Posted on September 30th, 2009 by Jeff Hoy

Kyosho, OFNA, Losi, Associated, and HPI all now have purpose built electric 1/8 scale buggies.  The products are out there and people are buying them.  When every major player in the market has a product out then it’s safe to say that product’s time has arrived.  The naysayers are changing their tunes, 1/8 electric is [...]

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More electric 1/8 goodness…

Posted on March 5th, 2009 by Jeff Hoy

…from Team Associated.  They have released their RC8T and SC8 in brushless electric versions.  Electric power systems have made major leaps in performance and endurance in the last few years and I’m extremely happy about that, I’m an electric fanboy.  Nitro isn’t going anywhere, but electric is where it’s at now and in the future.  [...]

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Short course getting big…

Posted on October 25th, 2008 by Jeff Hoy

Figuratively and literally.  The short course r/c truck class is quickly gaining popularity.  Thundertech was the first to announce a short course truck with their still unreleased CORR licensed Pro-2 in 1/10 scale, which I’m planning to review as soon as I get my kit in the mail.  Then Traxxas came along with an electric [...]

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