New from RS

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:03 pm

well on the site today it say you can order them and i just got my first unemployment check

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:08 pm

hogjowlz wrote:well on the site today it say you can order them and i just got my first unemployment check

Cough it up chuck... Friends don't let friends buy junk with the UE checks...

Save your funds for something better.

silla

Namuna · Post by **Namuna** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:10 pm

payaso wrote: Cough it up chuck... Friends don't let friends buy junk with the UE checks...

Save your funds for something better.

silla

Like hookers!

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:19 pm

Heh, I was on the dole for 4 months a little while back. All mine went to things like, oh, mortgage payment and food.

If there's any left, the speed sets at Tower Hobbies for $2.49 are the best deal going right now.

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 2:02 pm

ah fuck that ive been living so damn tight lately. literally there was times where i didnt eat for two days or leave the crib for 3 or 4. i feel like a goddamn caveman. time to shave off the crazybeard and go drinkin.

Post by **CaboWabo** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 2:05 pm

wha? noway, keep that crazy beard dude, that way you don't look so out of place when you're stumbling drunk down the street yelling obscenities at the sky.
*shakes fists at the heavens*

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 2:07 pm

hogjowlz wrote:ah fuck that ive been living so damn tight lately. literally there was times where i didnt eat for two days or leave the crib for 3 or 4. i feel like a goddamn caveman. time to shave off the crazybeard and go drinkin.

That's cool, but just don't waste your loot on the gay truck

silla

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 2:16 pm

payaso wrote:
hogjowlz wrote:ah fuck that ive been living so damn tight lately. literally there was times where i didnt eat for two days or leave the crib for 3 or 4. i feel like a goddamn caveman. time to shave off the crazybeard and go drinkin.

That's cool, but just don't waste your loot on the gay truck

silla

See, now that's a worthy cause.

DarkTari · Post by **DarkTari** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 3:00 pm

SuperFly wrote:Heh, I was on the dole for 4 months a little while back. All mine went to things like, oh, mortgage payment and food.

If there's any left, the speed sets at Tower Hobbies for $2.49 are the best deal going right now.

AMEN BRUTHA ! AMEN !

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 5:54 pm

if i lived within my means i'd never have any fun

HirotoR34 · Post by **HirotoR34** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:25 am

I gotta hit the UE office today. I can't believe I left a high paying job, packed up my family and my shit to move to Texas. I can't seem to find a single fucking job down here. I can't even afford to get shitty! My daughter wants to go back to Maine, and I'm thinking the same thing

Hear dat Finks? It's on bitch!!!!

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:17 am

HirotoR34 wrote:I gotta hit the UE office today. I can't believe I left a high paying job, packed up my family and my shit to move to Texas. I can't seem to find a single fucking job down here. I can't even afford to get shitty! My daughter wants to go back to Maine, and I'm thinking the same thing

Hear dat Finks? It's on bitch!!!!

Amen to that shit man.... It sucks bad to be over 30, and in transit.. Shit is driving me up a wall, and no chance of moving back for me..

silla

Finks · Post by **Finks** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:43 pm

Ohhhhh.... Course this is Maine, and the job market here blows as well. Come work w/ me for Time Warner.

richh · Post by **richh** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:07 pm

back to the monster trucks...

mr. ups man just dropped off the bigfoot and monster booster kit that i ordered last week. here's some inital thoughts after a few minutes of play.

chassis
first off, this has regular steering (not tank style). steering is done by a vertically mounted hard wired motor. the front suspension only has about an 1/8" of travel (probably more for show than anything else). batteries are made by gp and is a dual cell 2.4v 120mah pack. there's a center metal shaft for the 4wd, and tiny little dogbones going to the front wheels.

body
the body has great detail and the painting and decoration is awesome. lights are like the se's; fronts light up when going forward, rears light up in reverse.

controller
controller is thicker than a standar zip, takes 4 aaa batts. the buttons/joysticks have nice big discs on top, much nicer feel than the std controller. much of the housing has the soft touch paint (similar to the super slicks controller). the latching arms that hold the truck down during charging look a little flimsy.

performance
not too shabby. with the std motor it's pretty slow, but has a decent amount of torque. with the 21k motor, it takes 5 or 6 feet to get up to full speed, but i was surprised at how fast it actually was. range was not as good as my se's, more like my regular zipzaps.

summary
as far as 1/64th monster trucks go, i have the kid-riffic one they sold at tru, the tomy trucks, the nkok trucks, and the nikko hummer. from best to worst , i'd say that the rs truck is best, closely followed by the nkok, the nikko, the tomys, and then the tru truck.

going to take some pics and videos now, i'll try to get them online by the end of the day. any chance of getting a gallery here? rcpics is a pain.

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:03 pm

Great review, richh... Good to hear that these have real steering and not the tank crap... that's definately the deal breaker for me, and I'm sure a few others...

richh wrote:any chance of getting a gallery here? rcpics is a pain.

Shoot a PM over to Cabo, and I'm sure he'll do his best to try and accomodate you...