mine was the midnight pumpkin...poor truck, I severely abused it

Lego toy RC, still have it.


First hobby grade Baja 5B SS. :whistle:

First wireless one was a Tyco Turbo Hopper back the 80s. My bro and I used to drive them all over the driveway and street in front of our house. Had a bunch of tycos, including a hovercraft at one point. Even went on water.

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1st hobby grade was a Tamiya Falcon. It was like the Grasshopper and Frog, but not as popular (and thus couldn't find parts...) Thought that thing was sooooo fast lol. Crappy 1200mah nicads on a 15min fast charger. Had to have about 4 batts if you wanted to drive it non-stop.
Still have the thing.

I also remember wanting the Tyco hovercraft SOOOOOOO bad when I was a kid, along with the bandit, but I could never afford them. Man, commercial brings back so many memories.

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So going through some stuff a my mom and pops I found my old Rebound, I am debating taking it apart and getting it a much needed make over.

1980's Tamiya Hotshot

I had a Kyosho Lazer ZX-R that I found at a garage sale, person had built the shocks and turnbuckles then put it away, I bought it for $10. Built it up just for fun, never planned to run it. Wish I would have held onto that, sold it to fund other projects and regret it now. Loved those gold shocks.

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That car was so much fun, I wore out the pump! After that I was chasing around the 1/8 scale(?) Fiero my parents got me. Had to chase it because it wasn't wireless, but it had a horn, flip up lights, etc. After awhile dad bought me a cheapo radio control car, one of those turn in reverse jobs.

The real fun began when an older kid brought his tyco over. When I didn't bring out the turn in reverse car he knew what had to be done. I soon had a Tamiya Hornet circa 1985, hump battery pack, big hot resistor hanging out back for the mechanical speed control. The tyco never stood a chance! And when that kid upgraded to a Futaba Jx10 and a hotter motor, a 19t went in mine!

If there was anything left to save of that car I'd still have it. Unfortunately I liked to play "King of the Hill" with that one, always having to one up the next guy in drag races. Ended up with a 12T in it, and at the speeds it was capable of it would roll faster than you could blink if you touched the steering at all. Really wish I had a radio with dual rate on the steering back then.

lets see how many of you guys remember Stompers and RoughRiders. They were not R/C, but were still pretty cool when you are 6 or 7. I had quite a few of these as a kid.
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Here you all go. Another one from when I was small, I got this one back as well as the Rebound. Completely thought it was thrown out when I was little.
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Had a blackfoot and a tyco twin turbo lamborghini, the black one, it was insane for the time. and stupid expensive, 100 dollars I think...ahahahha

When I was 16 and had a job I could afford to buy what ever took my interest (within budget).

I got myself a Panda Citroen. Soon after my uncle got the Danny Stocker and my brother a Ferrari Testarrossa.

2 of the cars can be seen on this page.

The ferrari body lived much longer... until I used it that is :angel: