what did u start out with

[TPXslugger13]

I know most of you prolly started out with a tyco nikko or radio shack. Im talkin full function( My 1st was a lil corvette with a cord. Im talkin cordless and full function) Mine was a radio shack surger.(like 2 years ago) Now I upgraded to A Radio shack Samurai racer.Goes 17.5 mph with a 540 motor. (the surger costed 30 bucks and went 12.5 mph)

[bryceanator]

my first rc that i can rember was a new bright cement truck it had real smoke from 3n1 oil it was cord too

[the_yawn]

Mine was a crappy Nikko Dodge Ram that coudnt even go faster than me jogging. (I am not fast, I am only a kid) At first I thought it was SO COOL. But now I know the truth.

[losifreak2004]

It was a NIKKO Big Bubba, then a Losi Junior T

[atm92484]

I had this sweet Radio Shack Porsche back in the late 80s (88 or 89 maybe). This thing was pretty cool. It actually looked scale and thinking back (I was around 5 at the time) it was close to 1/10 scale. This car probably could have passed as a low end Tamiya today. It was digital proportional. I remember it had independent suspension along with slicks. With a set of foam inserts they probably would have hooked up pretty good. Too bad it used like 8 'C' alkalines instead of NiCDs.

I took this thing apart a few years later and the motor was HUGE compared to other cars I had taken apart. It was probably something like a 540. This was one Radio Shack car I was I still had today. Out of all the non-hobby cars I had this was probably one of the nicest. Then in 2000 I discovered real RC cars and the toy RCs ended.

[weasel]

A Turbo Hopper! Man that was along time ago!!

[TA03 Drive Hard]

i had a radio shack one... it was a porsche that was yellow with black stripes... it was 9 somethin somethin... cant remeber the exact model... but it was sleeeeek... i later repainted the body white to match the true scale porsche... it was really sweet & fast in my time :cool:

[nsane]

Hmm.. Thinking back the first "real" R/C I had was a Falcon :) Then 2 RC10s, a 10L, a Dominator, a Losi JR, a RC10T, a Traxxass TRX1, then I quit for 7 years, so now I have a FT B3, and I'm going to pick up a TC3 and a T3 in the next couple weeks.

[mavrick0611]

well my first real WORKING r/c was a traxxas nitro rustler i got it in 99. it will be three years old in early spetemeber. Then i got a T-MAXX last x-mas, and i picked up a Team TC3 about 2 months ago

aj

[Smitty]

I didn't really get any of the radio shack cars. I just saved up my money and got a 4-TEC.

[Throtl Hapie]

A Radioshack Tsauro-X I think it was called. It was pretty fast, and was big. It was an offroad buggy, and handled like GARBAGE in dirt b/c the motor was in front of the rear axle (RWD). It was very tough though.

[TC3Racer316]

My first car was a Tyco Tirestorm. It was 2wd. And it had a 380 motor for each wheel. The tires started out at about 3 inches wide. When you got on the gas good, it would thin the tires up to about an inch. I built a little track in my yard for it. It would turn about 10-second laps. My Stampede will turn 5 1/2 second laps. I now have a TC3.

[kartrun]

My first car was a tyco turbo hopper and then a tamiya striker!!I lowered the striker using fuel line so i could race at the local carpet oval against lowered rc10s'and managed
to win a few times and i always got laughed at because it was a striker,but after about 2 weekends later,the guys were not laughing any more!! ;)

[ammoace]

Here is my list of past and current Hobby and not so hobby level R/C vehciles
1st Tamiya Fox
2nd Tamiya Hornet
3rd Nikko F350
4th Nikko Expedition
5th T-Maxx
6th RC10L3O
7th RC10LS
8th MRC MT-10S
9th Tyco Canned Heat (Audi TT)
10th Tyco Fast Traxx
11th Tyco Fast Traxx

And this list will keep growing I'm sure. ;)
Jerry

[Clayton]

I started out in 1977 with a 69' stingray that when you clicked the remote it went forward, clicked it again it would back up and turn.

Then I had a Radio shack COOL monster truck in 81'

After that, all **** broke loose..

Sledgehammer
Thunder Tiger 1/8 scale modified to a monster truck.
Original RC 10
Kyosho 4Runner
Traxxas stampede (nitro and electric)
Losit GTX
Losi xx
2 FSR Bullets.
xx
XXcr
Losi lxt
XXT
XXTGP
Traxxas Villian
A boat made by a company called Bandit with an 7.5cc outboard
Clodbuster
10 juggernauts (bought 10 when the problem occurred for a great price) apporox 15 Bruiser/Mountaineers
Tamiya Jeep Pajero
Mugen Bulldog
Traxxas T and E Maxx
Now Own Ballistic Stupidity(we will be getting into Chopper parts and other cars asap) www.Ballisticstupidity.com (http://www.Ballisticstupidity.com)
2 HPI R4s
A number of Legend cars
Century Hawk Chopper I havent completed as of yet.

Thats alltha I can remember..

[the_yawn]

Clayton, How did you buy that much vehicles? You own Ballistic Stupidity? Cool!

[ 06-11-2001: Message edited by: the_yawn ]

[Clayton]

the_yawn,

That is over a 24 year span..
Many vehicles I have bought were from distributors as I have been indirectly involved the hobby business for about 6 years.

I need to find some of the pics I have, I had them stored at freeeyellow.com and they deleted them all..

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=23695&a=125712&p=15476935&Sequence=1&res=high

The top right hand corne of this pic is a few of a friends and mine.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=23695&a=125712&p=15482302&Sequence=0&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=23695&a=125712&p=48282189&Sequence=0&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=23695&a=125712&p=10393038&Sequence=1&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=23695&a=125712&p=11299779&Sequence=1&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=23695&a=125712&p=12970286&Sequence=1&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=23695&a=125712&p=18982171&Sequence=1&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=23695&a=125712&p=12487578&Sequence=2&res=high

[Clayton]

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=23695&a=125712&p=21197195&Sequence=1&res=high

The Juggernauts I bought NIB for a good deal when the first batch were bad..

[WhoKnowsWho]

Wow, Clayton, nice set! :)

I started out with a 1/12 size Tyco car when I was 7 or so. And the steering arm broke and broke and broke, super glue just wasn't that super! The a FX-10 which broke more often. The an RC10 Champ! And from there, a Traxxas Bullet handed down from my brother, used JR-X2, Super Blackfoot, Clodbuster, 4-Tec, NXT, XXX Spec, and Stampede.

[Interceptor]

My first decent car was a Nikko Rhino buggy. I got it from one of those Sales Leadership clubs :-) My first real kit RC was a Tamiya Striker. I had so much fun with that car!

[paxil]

my very first one was a tyco OUTLAW my first good one was a stampede
then i got a tamiya tao3rs and then a tlo1. why is this hobby so addicting

[Jo_bomb17]

I started with a remote control T-Rex {u know a dinosaur]Then i got a Tyco Dodge Ram!

[bullfrog]

my first rc was i think a nikko well its was a white turquoise and blue with a thin pink line i thought it was cool till i could run faster than it then it got sold at my garage sale.

[TB01 2NR]

Mine, was a Tamiya QuickDrive Clodbuster back in the day lol. It was pretty cool, and beat any radioshack thing my friends had, even the on road ones. Followed by the Quick drive Tamiya Ferrari F40. This thing was faster than my "clodbuster" and i loved it. One day while racing my friends in a driveway, some teenager (we were probably 9-8) came along with a buggy. A REAL rc car! He raced us, and had fun zipping past, us and he did a jump off the front of my car, leaving a black streak form his tires. I remember thinking wow, i want that! A couple years later i quit RC. And I got back into it a few years ago. Now if I could take my TB01 back in time and make that kid eat my tires! lol. Oh well its all fun.

[Matt Stepanian]

This is a fun post, seeing what was out there once upon a time. I started with a Tyco Turbo Hopper and a Sears Lobo 4x4 truck. Those were the days. Then, my neighbor got a Frog, raced it and totally hopped it up, & I saw what R/C could be. Then I bought a Marui Big Bear and put a Kyosho Pulsar 2000 radio in it. Have had several since: RC12L, another Big Bear, Kyosho Lazer, Rockbuster (Grasshopper clone), Frog, Tamiya Madcap, Traxxas Bandit, Cox Bandito, Optima-Mid (awesome car!), Outrage ST, USA-1, MRC Ironman (super tough!), and Traxxas Street Sport. Now, I want a gas truck.

[TJx2]

Hmm... let's see....

first there was the Tamiya Grasshopper, then a Hornet. Then a Falcon. Then an aristocraft(?) Challenger truck. Then a "street" car, but couldn't tell you what it was if my life depended on it... it eventually got turned into a rocket car using a D size model rocket engine.

The most recent is an MRC Ironman. There were a few others in there, but I don't remember what they all were.

Scary part is, I have parts form most of these still laying around....