Awww. Mt 1st "real" RC car was a Kyosho Big Brute, does anyone actually remember that kit? I tell people and they look at me like I'm mad

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It wasn't a present of any sorts, I saved up for it with my pocket money and originally wanted the lunchbox but the lhs had sold out and had this left. IT was proper tough, the only thing that ever broke were the wheel adaptors.
It was even better when my sisters boyfriend bought me a Trinity Monster Horsepower motor for it

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The radio gear I bought was a Nikko Discovery 2 system. Quite a nice radio, aesthecally more pleasing than the acoms of the time
I was 13 and hooked