RC cars for christmas

[HumblePie]

Computer Geeks has some those little remote RC cars for sale at $17.50 with a coupon on the site to knock them down to $12.50 a pop. Not bad for a mini remote control car

 

[Walleye]

strap an m-160 on there for about 100 dollars of fun - for only about 20. now THAT'S what I call a GOOD DEAL!!!

 

[Quailbert]

more fun if you attach it to big rc cars

 

[vexingv]

can these be customized like the Tomy Bit Char G's?

 

[EdwardChang]

These are really cool, I've seen them at school before

Edward

 

[KrayzieKMF]

damn US companies are making bank off those oem cars. at the very least they make double the costs.

 

[Walleye]

i thought about big cars, but since my big RC car costs about 400 dollars, the fun/cost ratio isnt quite as high.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: Walleye
i thought about big cars, but since my big RC car costs about 400 dollars, the fun/cost ratio isnt quite as high.

Same here, these things are very wimpy compared to a REAL R/C car

 

[LongCoolMother]

of course they're wimpy compared to them, they arent even made to be played with in the same way.

 

[joemamma]

are the big char g's the top of the line for these types of mini remote rcs?

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: joemamma
are the big char g's the top of the line for these types of mini remote rcs?

Yes. They are the originals and are much better.

 

[jetpack]

Does anyone else get like a hundred spam emails a day about these things? That and the electric scooter are the two toys I wouldn't get no matter what the price was. Spam sux!!!

 

[YucA]

yea, all the mod kits for the Bit char-g and the radiocrap will work on any of these.

 

[BeeVo]

I bought one like this from the mall and it wouldn't turn right straight from when I opened it. Is it worth the extra 10-15 to get an original Bit Charg G over a clone?

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: jetpack
Does anyone else get like a hundred spam emails a day about these things? That and the electric scooter are the two toys I wouldn't get no matter what the price was. Spam sux!!!

yes! how about the sleeping one with the blue thing around the guys' face like a chin strap or something, i'm getting this one ALL the time

 

[BarneyFife]

Originally posted by: BeeVo
I bought one like this from the mall and it wouldn't turn right straight from when I opened it. Is it worth the extra 10-15 to get an original Bit Charg G over a clone?

You can always go to RadioShack and buy a zipzap. I have a few of these and they are fun.

 

[John P]

You can always go to RadioShack and buy a zipzap. I have a few of these and they are fun.

Yeah right, most Radio Shacks have a waiting list 100+ long for those.

I bought 4 Shen Qi Wei clones for my kids for XMas and just happened to snag the last Microsizer at the local hobby shop(US version of a Char Bit G) so I can compare them. Won't know anything until after XMas though.... There are higher quality clones like Shen Qi Wei and Panther (from what I have read), different size engines (1.0, 2.2, and 2.6), etc.. Go over to the tinyrc.com forums and read up for more information. I am going over to the local hardware store to grab a piece of formica and some self stick door moulding to make a cheap portable track (as recommended by the guy at the hobby shop).

 

[Hork]

If you're looking for a cheap alternative, I saw some of these at Walgreens in Fresno for $9.99. They were cheap knock-offs and not like the kind you can take apart, change parts on, etc... But I saw the same cheap kind selling in the mall for $18 bucks!

I got my daughter one of the microsizers for $30 at Toys R Us a couple of weeks ago. It's nice because you can take it apart and clean the axel if it gets hair or debris caught in it. Some of the cheaper ones don't come apart like that. Since we have a hardwood floor that is constantly littered with debris and dog hair, it made sense to get the one I could clean.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: HumblePie
Computer Geeks has some those little remote RC cars for sale at $17.50 with a coupon on the site to knock them down to $12.50 a pop. Not bad for a mini remote control car

I would higly recommend checking out your local Walgreens B&M (yes you need to leave the apartment ). They sell the same car for $9.99!

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: BeeVo
I bought one like this from the mall and it wouldn't turn right straight from when I opened it. Is it worth the extra 10-15 to get an original Bit Charg G over a clone?

There is a small lever on the underside to adjust the stering.

 

[Salvador]

What makes the zip zaps so desirable? I know next to nothing about rc cars. My sister's boyfriend just took a job at a rat shack to become a manager and he had overheard that these zip zaps had a huge waiting list and that they were going for $1000 on Ebay (yeah.. right).

Anyway.. What makes them so desirable?

TIA,

Sal

 

[Kelvrick]

They're pretty fun. People like small things? Like how something that looks exactly the same as its parent is somehow cute?

I'd just go to ebay. I got 4 bit-char g's for 69 total. These are the 3.0 engines from Japan.

<== monkey dance

 

[Salvador]

I'd just go to ebay. I got 4 bit-char g's for 69 total. These are the 3.0 engines from Japan.

What am I looking for exactly? You're speaking a foreign language to me. The only part that I got was Japan and $69.

Basically, what should I look for?

Thanks again.

Sal

 

[klose2u]

Originally posted by: Salvador

I'd just go to ebay. I got 4 bit-char g's for 69 total. These are the 3.0 engines from Japan.

What am I looking for exactly? You're speaking a foreign language to me. The only part that I got was Japan and $69.

Basically, what should I look for?

Thanks again.

Sal

Here you go

Make sure you get a "Tomy Bit Char G". All the rest are clones.

R.

 

[BentValve]

What retail stores sell the Bit Char G?