Tomy Aero RC cars

[mikirgra]

Tomy JP has posted the Aero RC pages. The cars look to be 1/32 to 1/24 -ish. I can't tell for sure. A Babel Fish translation didn't reveal scale. Optional parts include bearings, springs, sponge tires, motors, etc. Getting excited yet?

Don't. The cars are binary speed/sterring. The controller looks essentially like the SBCG's. Plusses? I believe the cars are 2 speed. The bodies look great, if you like minivans and station wagons.

Here are the links:

http://www.tomy.co.jp/aero_rc/top01.htm
http://www.tomy.co.jp/aero_rc/products00.htm
http://www.tomy.co.jp/aero_rc/play00.htm

I'm thinking we won't see any more Bit Char-G cars from Tomy. Why they would opt to make a larger scale Bit is moronic to me, but I'm sure they'll sell boatlods. I don't get it. I won't buy it. But that's just me. I don't want no stinking larger binary bit, no matter how many cool performance oriented parts they offer. Just my $.02

[betty.k]

that's weird. maybe there's a market for these somewhere but i don't see it.

[HACHI-RYOKU]

Yeah, my wife is Japanese. She said there is no reference to scale on those pages, which is really lame if you think about it.

They drive like a 2 speed bit. 2 speeds in forward and reverse and left and right. Nothing is propo. The cost is about $10~$15.

Looks like more cheap shit from Tomy. They seem to be trying to out sale the compitition with cheap imitations. This is most likely their answer to super slicks, which are doing well in Japan. They do seem to have some advantages, but a good SS is still much better IMO, although I couldn't tell you how fast these new Aeros are or how well they control. For all I know they may be the next big thing.

I might buy one on sale if I was still in Japan. I'm kinda dissapointed in this though. Tomy could do much better. On the other hand, maybe they're just responding to the demands of the market. I wonder how much money they lost to clone companies like Shen Que that put out inferior cars for a fraction of the cost.