April 1990: It's (stadium truck) starting to form...
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I had a Marui Big Bear. The plastic spur in them was made out of candle wax. I replaced it 5 times, and back in the 80's, that wasn't an easy thing to do. Send off a money order, and wait. And if I remember correctly, they were $4.62 each. That was a bit of money to come up with for a 13 year old kid back then. And every time I put one in, it lasted through no more than 2 battery packs. Most failed within 5 minutes. But it was my very first RC ever, and the sound of those big fluffy tires chewing through our gravel driveway is still something I still remember to this day.
What I remember back in the day was the Big Bear, The Frog, Wild Willy, Super Champ, Subaru Brat, and the Grasshopper on the department store shelves. With no hobby shops near by, those retail store prices were insane. Mail order... oh those good ol' days of shopping.I had a Marui Big Bear. The plastic spur in them was made out of candle wax. I replaced it 5 times, and back in the 80's, that wasn't an easy thing to do. Send off a money order, and wait. And if I remember correctly, they were $4.62 each. That was a bit of money to come up with for a 13 year old kid back then. And every time I put one in, it lasted through no more than 2 battery packs. Most failed within 5 minutes. But it was my very first RC ever, and the sound of those big fluffy tires chewing through our gravel driveway is still something I still remember to this day.
They later came out with better spur gears for them. I wish I had kept the truck and stocked up on the spurs, because it was a blast to drive.
I think schumacher had a 06ish ford f350 onroad type buggy with a 3 speed. I wanted one so bad.