Mini-RC Cars = Great Christmas Gift....wonder if they will make a Vibe...

[Flip-Side]

These mini-RC cars are hot down where I'm at, and they are fun as heck.Wireless, rechargeable, tiny, and pretty dang fast. I stole my little cousin's car and remote and hes not getting it back...its mine now!Here is one of the best places to find them.http://www.sigmaautomotive.com/TechieMon/digiq.html

[biggdogg173]

Radio Shack actually is selling these too under the name Zip Zaps. You can find more info at http://www.zipzaps.com . They even make motors and other parts you can modify the things with. At Radio Shack they run $20 but are hella hard to find since the big work stopage on the West Coast a while back. I guess a bunch of them are out still out on some ships at sea. Hopefully they can get it all straight for the holidays. I know with the Zip Zaps they don't have any other bodies except for ones by Honda, Ford, and Chrysler right now.

[LocDog]

Umm isnt fire near all that paper a bad thing?

[Frosty]

quote:I stole my little cousin's car and remote and hes not getting it back...its mine now!What a big mean bully! Go cut a switch and meet your Uncle behind the shed.

[Vibe-rate]

I bought one of the ZipZaps from RS; what a riot! I got the F&F upgrade kit, too, which gives you 2 new bodies (Eclipse & RX7), motors, gears, tires, suspension bars, & spoilers. The only problem is that they are only available in two frequencies - some of their competitors (Bit Char-G & Microsizers) have additional freq's available.

[ullbergm]

Bit Char-g makes a Toyota Voltz.Actually, they made a few as prices for a contest.take a look at this:http://www.microrccenter.com/forum/inde ... f15f94a4b0

[rasermon]

quote:I bought one of the ZipZaps from RS; what a riot!I was just at our local rat shack and someone bought everyone of there ZipZaps. Sales person said they are hot this year and might not get anymore in.

[Flip-Side]

quote:Sales person said they are hot this year and might not get anymore in. Just came back from Radio Shack...and no go. Said they've been out for a month. Man....

[ullbergm]

quote:Sales person said they are hot this year and might not get anymore in. Just came back from Radio Shack...and no go. Said they've been out for a month. Man.... yep, wife works at radio shack, they have a list that you can put your name on to reserve one for when they get some in..(i dont think this is a RS-wide thing, its just her store)

[Flip-Side]

quote:Bit Char-g makes a Toyota Voltz.Actually, they made a few as prices for a contest.Found a place that sells the Voltz...FOR $199! Holy moly, must be because of limited production. Check the bottom of the Bit Char-G page at this site. http://www.sigmaautomotive.com

[ullbergm]

I would love to have one, but $200.. ouch!

[rasermon]

quote:I would love to have one, but $200.. ouch! Holy crap....$200 would almost pay for a CAI.

[Keely]

Another place to pick these up, in their original Japanese packaging no less, is on Thinkgeek.com: http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5ad6/ They seem to have only a red Toyota MR-2 in stock, but I bought the blue Audi TT several months back. Pricey at $50USD, but if you can't find them anywhere else....

[rasermon]

Thanks Keely, they also have other neat goodies.

[Keely]

No doubt! I have a growing collection of toys from there (and useful things too), including my glow-in-the-dark power button T-shirt and my SoundBug speakers. I'm just so torn as to whether to actually stick my LNX sticker ON my baby or not....

[ullbergm]

Hehe, i love think geek, ive ordered a bunch of stuff from them. here are some of them:Chimp (Chimp Has Invisible Monkey Powers) - http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/acce ... 940/Binary People Tshirt - http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustr ... aa9/Tshirt - Just another perl hackerVarious stickers - "Go away or i will replace you with a very small shell script", "i read your email"Various forms of caffein - Drinks, candy, etc.And some more things i cant remember right now..pretty cool website

[Flip-Side]

Thinkgeek is actually the first place I found with the mini-cars...mostly because I love their gizmos and caffiene. Great site. But...it isn't the cheapest place to buy the cars.

[Vibey]

My brother in Hong Kong bought my boys one each. I believed he paid US$20-30 for one. Even the brand and box is exactly the same. He bought them early this year.

[timneff]

Got two for my son from http://www.toyeast.com. Got a great price but the shipping was kind of high. These come from Hong Kong. I believe I paid $9.95 each for two cars and $25.00 for shipping.