Everyone is dually impressed by the new BatMobile (also known as the Tumbler), and this new slot car set allows Dark Knight fans to race the Tumbler around the streets of Gotham (imaginarily) while being chased by the police who think Batman’s a wacked out vigilante.
Turning a kid’s room into a 3D space, this new Zero Gravity R/C car will go up walls and even tune around the ceiling in a very Spiderman like fashion. And no webslinging required.
This radio controlled 9-inch “space surfer” hovers in the air, spins 360 degrees and moves left, right, backwards and forwards. And it looks like it’s catching a wave, even though it’s hovering in mid air.
You’ve probably seen the dramatic photos or footage of motocycle racers as they lean into a turn, barely scraping their knees on the road in order to make the tightest possible turn. This is a technique that uses shifting weight to turn the bike, rather than solely relying on the handle bars. It also cuts into the air streamlined, rather than cutting across the side of the motorcycle causing a great amount of drag. And hey, it looks plain cool. So when Silverlit introduced this radio controlled Ducati racing bike that has a shifting rider to do make the turns in the same fashion, I thought man, how far we’ve come in making tech toys!
They’re pedantic. They’re annoying. But apparently, we can’t get enough of those wacky Daleks from Dr. Who. Bent on universal domination and the extermination of all mankind, these robot based religious zealots always manage to get in the Doctor’s way while they shoot his companions with lazer beams while screaming “exterminate!” So it would only make sense that we can get in on the action with an 18” voice command R/C Dalek to fulfill our dreams of global domination.
Last week, at the 2008 ComiCon in San Diego, Mattel showed an amazing R/C model based on the Starship Enterprise as part of their new line of Tyco RC Flyer toys. Currently just prototype stages, Mattel is planning four different flying Enterprise toys for release in early 2009. Oh man, talk about when worlds collide! The local R/C park is about to become a Star Trek convention!
R/C planes and helicopters are getting so tiny, they not only fit in the palm of the users hand, so does the controller and the carrying case that goes with it. It’s an all in one solution for those who want to indulge in a little flying without having to drag along the entire garage to do it.
When I was a kid, my brother and I spent and entire year building military themed models and saved our money to buy tons of army men and fireworks. Then, on the 4th of July, we had one of the greatest all out toy battles in military toy history. But it would’ve been even greater if we had this M1 Abramss R/C Shooting Tank for heavy armor support.
Wow, talk about a merchandising deal waiting to happen, this R/C car can climb walls and cruise along the ceiling like Spiderman! Using a technology known as the Air Venturi Suction System, the Zero Gravity Wall Climber R/C car uses vacuum pumps to stick the Climber to the wall or ceiling and can propel itself along as it does. Wow, that kinda sucks.