real-life warfare has progressed to drone-infested mayhem, so why should NERF be any different. of course not. even child’s play needs progression and the NERF Combat Creature RC Robot is that progression we are talking about. come this Fall (still quite a while, though), kids (and us!) can slug it out in foam darts warfare with the remote…
this is probably a not-so-new stuff, but still we are drawn to it nevertheless and if you have been following this blog, you probably will be attracted to it too. from long-time maker of all things radio controlled, Kyosho, is the EP Blizzard SR RC Plow Vehicle, featuring newly developed…
toys are akin to gadget; they gets the same amount, if not more attention, as gadgets from man folks, especially so when it blends ‘gadget’, however subtle, into it. the N-Strike Elite NERF ECS-12 Blaster is one such example. set to meet the world at the NYC Toy Fair, this latest…
remember Jason Freeny? well, perhaps you don’t, but we are quite sure you have seen, at some point in time, illustration of fictional characters depicting their anatomy. well, that’s the work of Jason Freeny.
drone designers Marque Cornblatt and Eli Delia of Game of Drones fame have solved the biggest woe that has plagued drone flyers aka RC quadcopter pilots: breakage of frame. the duo wants the Rugged Drone Airframe (officially, dubbed the Sumo Quad) be the last airframe you will ever buy.
the Arduino-powered LEGO Technic RC Car is where your love for LEGO and RC cars come together, but in a way that you will get a little more involved then just opening the box and assembling the various bricks and technic parts together. drawing its inspiration from another fellow contributor
everyone knows the obligatory car stunts in James Bond movies are make believe, but that doesn’t stop fans from admiring and fantasized about those stunts. seriously, don’t do that. those stunts are, well, stunts and should be limited to your fantasy. you certainly don’t want to ruin your lovely Aston Martin DBS V12
we can’t make out what kind of vehicle the Parrot Jumping Sumo is, so we are just going to go with the French firm description of “half robot, half insect” vehicle. also introduced at the CES, along with the MiniDrone, the Jumping Sumo is probably the most exciting land-going remote control toy
instead of offering yet another minute update to the A.R.Drone such as the recent “power edition“, Parrot has a new flyer to showoff at this year’s CES and it is called the Parrot MiniDrone. though termed “mini”, this baby is hardly a scaled down version of the A.R.Drone;
fancy doing the Ken Block’s breathtaking “Gymkhana Six”? well, actually if you are seriously up to it, you can, but with a 1/18th scale radio control version of Block’s dirt-kicking, ride of choice, the GRC Ford Fiesta.
since August 2012 right through to 2013, the biggest thing to happen in science would be Mars Curiosity Rover – the historic space vehicle that would answer mankind’s question, at least in part, of whether the Red Planet could be a