gct wrote:I bought my cousin an entry-level Mini-Z RC car for Christmas and it looked like so much fun I think small-scale RC will be my new hobby. No more Gran Turismo, not that I was ever enough of a car person to be interested in playing that anyway.
Team Losi Micro SCT & Kyosho Mini-Z MA-010. So far I have only driven the Micro SCT since I am still waiting for a KT-18 transmitter to be delivered.
I modded the Micro SCT to take 6xAAA batteries so it has 50% more power and at the same time runs for 4 times as long as the stock battery (but damned heavy now). It's a relatively inexpensive machine, so I didn't think twice before bashing it around the house and taking some big jumps. This thing is crazy wild fun.
I'm a bit more worried about damaging the Mini-Z, since it was EXPENSIVE, even more so after installing a bunch of aluminum parts on it. The fit & finish on the chassis is unbelievable though, such precision engineering that must be seen to be believed. I can't wait to race against my cousin, but I got him a MR-015i which is slightly nerfed electronically, I might have a big advantage...
Those latest-gen Kyosho Mini-Z cars are ace. I bought one at a Japanese Toys-R-Us store with a mere 9,999 yen price tag back in April of 2000. With those first-gen Mini-Z cars, you had to carefully cut out all those super tiny decals by hand and expertly apply them by hand as well (forcing you to do it right the first time or otherwise incur an overall botched/sloppy decal job...especially mounting both the headlight & brake light decals in place -- took plently of patience do so). It was quite a chore but worth it in the end (nowdays, all the decals are painted on professionally in-house at the factory saving such valuable time).
Got a modded Mini-Z X motor to swap out the stock motor for some really crazy fast speed. Went down to a Japanese hobby shop in Akihabara district & bought some Mini-Z replacement parts + extra tire sets in various compounds + a full ball bearing set to replace the stock bushing set. Those 1st-gen Mini-Z bundled sets came with a full-sized old-school Kyosho Prefex pistol-grip transmitter (quite different compared to what they offer nowdays).
It was really hard to find such replacement & optional hop-up Mini-Z parts in Japan back in early 2000 as Kyosho really hadn't fully supported that particular R/C lineup just yet. In fact, Kyosho hadn't even distributed the Mini-Z cars officially in the USA despite brisk sales of them off of eBay.
The all-new Kyosho Mini-Z Off Road cars in the Lazer & Optima motifs look awesome but are sure expensive, even on the KyoshoUSA.com site (they were introduced in late 2011 for the Christmas holiday season). This is the first time that Kyosho has made an dedicated off-road Mini-Z car ever (since their first foray into producing 1/20th scale mini off-road cars, the "Mini Baja Bugs" lineup with the Mini Baja Ultima & Mini Baja Optima cars circa 1988). I was going to buy an Mini Baja Bug but passed up on the chance to do so back in 1989-1990.
The Kyosho D-Nano cars are even smaller than the Mini-Zs...something to look into if you're getting into the mini or micro class R/C car hobby segment.
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don't remember the gameplay, i surely played this in the 80's. it's surely basic as some "wheels" of midway arcade i guess. i collect many handhelds for different aspects, that would be around 230 different models/brands i guess having.. remembering i fighted (and lost..) one of this in box.. hard battle on ebay 
some international specialists want all the worldwide versions, and there are specific european/french ones 
. http://www.lulu-berlu.com/dhtml/home.php , this tomy handheld in box 
, the french version is different more widescreened box
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