gearing up for the xmas season

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:08 pm

well i went to toys r us walmart and hobby town usa??

hobby town usa had microsizers. sports for only 20 bucks. they had mini zs for 125 and other bigger scale cars and stuff and a bunch of useless crap.

toys r us has those nascar rcs with the helmet charger

walmart got in: motorworks boats and tanks!! as well as hotwheels clones. yes it took them a year or so but hotwheels has a clone now. trucks and some fucked up looking body that resembles no car ive ever seen. the pickups looked pretty cool tho.

guess what i got?

VooDooMafia · Post by **VooDooMafia** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:22 pm

Cool nice find.

I have been looking for the boats and the tanks around my area with no luck.

maybe its time to break down and get one from ebay. If I do that I will Fo Sure get the lazer tag tanks.

sessiz · Post by **sessiz** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:23 pm

Motorworks had a military line at wallmarts. they had a jeep with rocket launcher a tank a sam launcher vehicle and one other. The paint jobs were pretty cheap and I've no clue on how they run but 1 or 2 of them are on my lil wish list.

Hog, I assume that's one of the MW tanks, hows it run?

Stoli · Post by **Stoli** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:38 pm

I got one of those MW tanks a few weeks ago

There slow but they climb anything great.

VooDooMafia · Post by **VooDooMafia** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:48 pm

Do the Turets move?

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:06 pm

the turrets aint motorized but you can move them left right up and down by hand. mine got hair stuck in one of the treads after a few mins of driving so i took it apart and its pretty simplistic inside. im going to ad another battery later on. the charger is cool. im almost thinking i shoulda got the hotwheels one. they are the same price as motorworks. the boats i saw were different motorworks and they had the nkok boat truck set repackaged as motorworks.

the tank steers like the wild char-g it doesnt have "tank steering" btw.

VooDooMafia · Post by **VooDooMafia** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:15 pm

I have seen so many diff tanks now on ebay they look fun as hell. I really like the DigiQ tanks but they are $$.

Stoli · Post by **Stoli** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:41 pm

Simplistic? Really? I guess for you hog. I took mine apart and the guts look simple enough but whats with the gears?

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:44 pm

they are weird im gona jbweld the drive wheels onto the axles and probably secure the pins into the chassis. that should improve power and reliability. and of course another battery. it should climb over anything at high speeds

Stoli · Post by **Stoli** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:59 pm

yeah I like dat Idea. Mine climbs pretty good now. Considering its slower than a stick 1.0 motor. LOL

SilentWolv · Post by **SilentWolv** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 12:32 am

Sounds like the tank would be a good race for my Tomy Truck. Incredibly slow, but it climbs over the clutter on my desk pretty good. Maybe I'll be able to change the gearing in it.

I scored the Nascar Motorworks at Walmart today. I've been watching for them for about a month now, and they finally got some in. Haven't tried them out yet, my track has plaster dust all over it.

eman · Post by **eman** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 10:06 am

VooDooMafia wrote:Cool nice find.

I have been looking for the boats and the tanks around my area with no luck.

maybe its time to break down and get one from ebay. If I do that I will Fo Sure get the lazer tag tanks.

by lazer tag tanks do you mean plantraco desktop rovers?
If so PM me, i have one for sale

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 1:41 pm

eman wrote:
VooDooMafia wrote:Cool nice find.

I have been looking for the boats and the tanks around my area with no luck.

maybe its time to break down and get one from ebay. If I do that I will Fo Sure get the lazer tag tanks.

by lazer tag tanks do you mean plantraco desktop rovers?
If so PM me, i have one for sale

He's talking about the "Digi Q" mini tanks.. They also have the laser tag ability, and Namuna has some in the "Fo Sale" forum.. Cheap too..

silla

maximan · Post by **maximan** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 5:12 pm

how much are the motor works tanks a can someone explain the steering to me better and does it have to engines that both go forward to go straight

VooDooMafia · Post by **VooDooMafia** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 5:21 pm

Well like all the tanks that I have seen so far they are controlled with 2 motors. So when you hit fwd both move then one at a time for turning.

I have seen some tanks that move fast considering.

take a look at the video on this ebay auction

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=44026