Anybody seen one of these before?

DarkTari · Post by **DarkTari** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:38 pm

Micro Racer Features:
Real working headlights
Fully directional controller; Go straight, Turn left and right, forward or reverse
Pop-up Remote that lets you fully Control your car with just one hand
Recharge at a remote locations by connecting your car to the controller
WRC Rally 1:52 Scale

Looks like a Panther to me

Sporttracguy · Post by **Sporttracguy** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:26 pm

Yep, i have that exact model. I picked it up on ebay for fairly cheap but i think i got lucky, they seem to be pricy now. The body has great details and their "I;52" scale rating really isnt true,, its damn near close to the exact length of a zipzap. It comes stock with two cells.

I opened it up, charged it up and "poped" open the novelty remote with the "D" pad style driving controller. Its extreamly hard to drive,, to be honest you almost need to use both hands and then things get crampt and so on lol. Out of the box its a little slow, the motor is hard wired in and it has a single LED headlight that turns on when you go forward. overall stock for the price you are generaly better off with a mircosizer or zipzap.

On the other hand i think the body has awsome detail and i would love to get my hands on the subaru wrx version but i cant see spending that much money again.

here are some shots of it in depth

thats it next to a microsizer body, so its a little larger but since zipzaps are larger they are about the same size.. I just didnt have a zz body handy

WOW! thats alot of pictures.. Anyway, i have since gutted the whole thing and modified it to hold three cells and a microsizer pro pcb with a red Superslick motor and a solid antenna. Its now way too fast for its own good and im on my roof every other turn lol.

Anyways, there ya go man

Sporttracguy

Post by **CaboWabo** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:41 pm

Thanks for the pics.
You should consider uploading to your albums here.
It'd be a shame if you lost all that if rcmod went bye bye.

Sporttracguy · Post by **Sporttracguy** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:49 pm

No problem. Yeah, ive been slowly uploading my pictures to my bitpimps gallery but there are a whole lot of them and i havent had as much free time as i would like lol. I have them backed up on my computer but since they were already loaded at rcmod i figured that would be easier for the time being

Sporttracguy

ThaiT · Post by **ThaiT** » Thu May 19, 2005 2:50 am

the sti look nice. i wonder what company makes it. i dont think its panthers.

DarkTari · Post by **DarkTari** » Thu May 19, 2005 8:02 am

CaboWabo wrote:Thanks for the pics.
You should consider uploading to your albums here.
It'd be a shame if you lost all that if rcmod went bye bye.

Thanx STG 1 I couldn't have asked for a more detailed explanation

That controller looks damn difficult to use, especially with large fingers!

Speaking of RCMod, They're contest ended Apr 30, prize went from $100.00 to gift certificates and they STILL haven't picked a winner???
Hope dem guys got their life jacket on............

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Thu May 19, 2005 8:33 am

Faults aside, I still dig the hell out of the scale looks. It shouldn't be too hard to wire it to work with another controller, and motor mods are simple. I'm seeing a lot of potential in this.

How's the grip on the tires?

Sporttracguy · Post by **Sporttracguy** » Thu May 19, 2005 10:52 am

Yeah, i agree, RCMOD really needs to get their act together,, ive pretty much given up on them,, The Pimps have much more info anyways.

I didnt keep the box but the little license plate on my lancer says "ZapToys" Im guessing thats the brand name. I think if i can find the wrx for fairly cheap ill have to pick one up,, just for the body if for nothing else. I just compleatly transplanted the PCB from another microsizer but im sure there has to be a way to just convert the controller,

Sporttracguy