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February 6, 2010

Toy Fair 2010 – Kyosho

New from Kyosho is their 190mm competition touring car, which we have seen in various stages of development over the past few years. Called the TF6, everything is more centralized on the car and it is LiPo ready and more durable than the previous car with stronger rear drive cups. The front drive system, which we got the first view of at the DHI Cup, uses steel balls to provide forward drive between the drive cup and front drive shaft yet wont bind under suspension compression. The car is set to be released in May.

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February 6, 2010

Toy Fair 2010 – Team Orion

Team Orion are showing off their new range of Rocket Packs that feature an integrated balancer socket, removing the need for a small wire and socket coming out of the pack allowing you to easier position your battery in the car. Supplied with the relevant cable to connect the charger balancer to the balancer port. Other updates on the battery line up include the new 5400mAh 45C Carbon race pack, the new one cell 3.7V 4200mAh 45C pack and new 4S, 5S and 6S packs packs for 1/8th off road. For the E-Revo and mini E-Revo there is a large range of LiPo packs for each of the cars in a range of power ratings and which come with a range of different skins to customise the look of these packs. The Swiss company were also showing off their new line of 6.6V LiFe packs which go up to 3800mAh with 60C.

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February 6, 2010

Toy Fair 2010 – Speed Passion

Speed Passion have a presence here at the fair, shairing a booth with UK distributor Schumacher Racing. Amongst other things they are showing off their new line of Citrix speed controllers, some of which we have covered before. New for the show there is the Cirtix Inspire 2.0, a high performance sensorless ESC that can support up to 4000kv with 2 cell LiPo, and the Cirtix R8 1/8th scale brushless ESC that can support up to 3000kv with 4 cell LiPo.

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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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