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February 5, 2010

Toy Fair 2010 – LRP

LRP have a shiney new presence at the Toy fair with their impressive new 2 level booth, in which they were showing there latest and greatest products. Drawing much attention for its value for money, the new S10 Blast BX is a 150 euro 1/10th scale 4wd electric powered buggy. For that price you get a neat little buggy which comes pre assembled with painted body, all electronics built in, including the battery, a 2.4ghz radio and a wall charger. Definitely a good deal and a good starter car for anyone looking to enjoy the fun of offroad. As you progress you can of course upgrade the car to suit your abilities with multiple performance enhancing optional parts to become available.

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February 5, 2010

Toy Fair 2010 – Various 2

Swiss Team Magic distributors HRC distribution were showing of the prototype Team Magic M8ER 1/8th scale brushless buggy. Set to become available in March, it comes pre assembled and is supplied with the HARD 1/8th scale brushless ESC and motor. Team Magic will also sell conversion kits for their current 1/8th scale gas buggies to convert them to brushless power.

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February 5, 2010

Toy Fair 2010 – HPI Racing

HPI Racing have displayed the new stiffer version of their popular Blitz short course truck. Called the ESE it stands out from the crowd with it white plastic, but the changes are not just cosmetic as it helps improve performance and together with other upgrades including the aluminum shocks and rear motor mount, this car is aimed more at the short course racer. HPI also had on display, their complete range of optionals for this car, most of which we have covered previously.

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February 5, 2010

Pro-Line Slash Chassis saver

Pro-Line have released this new chassis saver for the Traxxas Slash. During track testing of the ProTrac kit for Slash, it became clear to the Pro-Line development team that the the short course truck’s chassis had a weakness resulting in numerous broken chassis and shortened track sessions. To resolve the issue they created this chassis saver set, which strengthens the rear shock tower mounting ears.

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February 5, 2010

Toy Fair 2010 – Shepherd

Shepherd were showing off a number of new parts on their stand including this new chassis plate for the Velox V8. Made from a different material, it is identical in design to the standard part but is much stiffer making it ideal for racing on high traction surfaces. Other new items include a new radio box for the V10, answering requests by customers that have been looking for this to protect their receiver from crashes and splashes. As we announced before the show, the German company now have their own line of foam on road tires which they had on display and finally for the V10 there is now a complete range of optional springs. We were told that we can expect a set of brass weights for the V10 as well as a oneway axle that can be locked by inserting pins in the coming months.

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February 5, 2010

Toy Fair 2010 – Corally

Dutch company Corally are present at the fair as in previous years and they are showing off their new 12SL 1/12th scale chassis that has been optimised for 1S LiPo. The new link car retains the same front end as its predecessor with most of the changes happening behind the front wheels. The new rear motor pod is now stiffer and more stable thanks to its machining, with the rear axle bearing holders now half integrated into the rear blocks further helping this. To play around with the positioning of the batteries Corally offer option damper mount plates that allow the battery to be place 5mm further forward for different handling characteristics.

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February 5, 2010

Toy Fair 2010 – Ultimate Racing

Spanish company Ultimate Racing have chosen the toy fair to introduce their new line of off road tires under the Pro Circuit name. They had two patterns on show but expect a third to be available before the line’s official release in March. All the tires will come in 4 different compounds, yellow (hard), blue, green and purple (super soft) and the patterns that were on display here at the fair were the Marathon and Square Impact. The former is good on hard packed tracks with very little dust, while the latter is good on high grip and wet surfaces. Ultimate will also provide wheel stickers with the sets of tires, which will be sold pre mounted in a pack of 4.

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February 5, 2010

Toy Fair 2010 – GI-MAR

We bumped into new company GI-MAR in the halls of the fair who were keen to show off their new line of Novarossi based engines. A collaboration between French man Jean Paul Calandreau of JP Racing, who stopped with the production of his own engines last year, and Italian Giovanni Crea. Using Novarossi engines as a base they will introduce a complete line of top level hand tuned engines as well as high performance non hand tuned versions.

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