you nostalgia you lose

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Trip

I had one of those too, damn thing only work on a floor as perfect as a basketball court. My parents had to take me to school to run the damn thing. We returned it after like two uses.

What, a nine dollar hover-craft was unreliable?

JC

[Trip]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

What, a nine dollar hover-craft was unreliable?

JC

Those things weren't nine dollars. They were like 50-70 bucks when they came out.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Trip

I had one of those too, damn thing only work on a floor as perfect as a basketball court. My parents had to take me to school to run the damn thing. We returned it after like two uses.

worked great for me, lasted a long time too, a few years, just had to keep a fresh layer of duct tape as a wear strip on the skirt or it wouldn't glide right

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Trip

Those things weren't nine dollars. They were like 50-70 bucks when they came out.

And the battery would last 10 minutes if you were lucky.

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

And the battery would last 10 minutes if you were lucky.

Yeah, kind of like the Air Hogs Storm Launcher of recent. I've seen vids and reviews from people who are veteran RC folks, but as a beginner, I got a bit over-zealous and crashed it hard after about 4 flights. The battery didn't last long at all, so I just tossed it, rather than trying to repair it. I've thought about getting another one, along with a second or third battery, but I'd have to make sure to temper my ego and keep it in beginner mode for a LONG time. I'm not sure I'm patient enough for that.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Trip

They were like 50-70 bucks when they came out.

Which means they were making the thing for nine dollars.

You suck at capitalism.

JC

[OneSickPsycho]

These things were actually pretty badass... I mean, as badass as you can get from Tyco...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdMWeu4DKTM

[derf]

This was my first rc car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8j19sM9BjQ

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

These things were actually pretty badass... I mean, as badass as you can get from Tyco...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdMWeu4DKTM

Repost!

[RedRider2k2]

Originally Posted by Tmall

The kid across the street from me had this. The thing was huge! [/IMG]

I remember that thing. Who had it?

Originally Posted by Tmall

This was the biggest piece of crap. The drive shafts going into the hubs for the tracks stripped the first time I used it. Returned it for a new one. The battery compartment cover broke off and the drive shafts stripped again.

I had one that worked great for a long time. Then I started hitting jumps with it like they do in the commercials and the tracks started falling off. Of course the Battery Door got the Duct Tape treatment as well. Then the Scorcher came out and people started arguing over which was faster

Originally Posted by Trip

I had like a 5000 that had a backpack. Fucker was like a water hose. Kids quit playing water wars with me. The 50 is definitely the classic cause it was the first true badass water gun.

I had this one. It worked AWESOME. It would shoot the same distance no matter how many times it was pumped. It had one problem though...It came with a big warning on it that you absolutely could not leave pressure in it without firing it. I brought it to the beach one day and forgot I had left pressure in it. A huge BANG came out of the inside of it and it never worked again...