I had a car that my parents got me out of the Sears catalog for Christmas, but it wasn't as fancy as these ones. I played with that thing all the time though. You weren't able to upgrade any part of it and like you said NiCad rechargeable batteries were horrible back then so it never lasted long and it took forever to recharge. Sadly, most of the hobby shops that used to be around are long gone now. I think the new thing that has probably replaced this are the robotics teams and competitions that a lot of school districts have. The goals are different, but you are still learning mechanical skills as well as programming and problem solving.
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yeah, i think you are right... these machines are likely too simplistic for the big dawgs.... but it sure was a lot of fun. I ended up meeting a neighbor that went to a different school because my lunch box was trolling around the street and he brought his car out. It was faster, but had almost no off road capabilities.
I'm still pals with that guy now and well, he works in robotics!
That is pretty awesome. It looks like there are still some companies out there that do stuff like this. Cars run right around $150 to $600 USD. I just watched a video of a car going "107 MPH".
well the death of the Lunch Box happened when i was trying to race my mom in an actual car (she didn't know she was in the race) and as the rc car got further away i couldn't see it and accidentally drove it under her station wagon. Although mom was extremely apologetic, it totally was not her fault.
Oh wow, that is horrible. It looks like you can still buy them on Amazon. It probably wouldn't have all the updates you made to it.
good grief... if you crash a real car at that speed it's done for. I'm gonna go try to find that video.