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Does anybody have any info about this new radio controlled set ?
I haven't found it in any set database.
Steve
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In lugnet.technic, Steve Dunn wrote:
> Does anybody have any info about this new radio controlled set ?
> I haven't found it in any set database.
>
> Steve
Where did you find this set?? Any pictures??? I know an outdoor rc racer is
supposed to come out exclusively to Radio Shack. The number is 8369. The name is
unsure. If you search at Brickset it will say Outdoor RC Racer and it looks
awful! I am really interested in this RC Racer you found. I am looking for only
one to be and there are actually many of them!
Steve
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In lugnet.technic, Steve Moldovanu wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Steve Dunn wrote:
> > Does anybody have any info about this new radio controlled set ?
> > I haven't found it in any set database.
> >
> > Steve
>
> Where did you find this set?? Any pictures??? I know an outdoor rc racer is
> supposed to come out exclusively to Radio Shack. The number is 8369. The name is
> unsure. If you search at Brickset it will say Outdoor RC Racer and it looks
> awful! I am really interested in this RC Racer you found. I am looking for only
> one to be and there are actually many of them!
> Steve
It's deffinately not listed at Brickset. I knew RC Race buggy 8475 and
Supersonic RC 8366 retailed for about $200 australian so when i saw this for
$130 i nabbed it in sydney toys'r'us.
Outdoor RC looks awful.
Hot Flame has 200 odd parts and uses the same RC equipment and motors to the
Race Buggy (I don't think the supersonic has made it to australia yet). It is an
off roader but comes with optional slick tyres i have never seen before on any
technic. I think they use the same hub as the buggy.
I will try to figure out how to use the scanner today... And build it tonight.
more tomorrow.
Steve
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In lugnet.technic, Steve Dunn wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Steve Moldovanu wrote:
> > In lugnet.technic, Steve Dunn wrote:
> > > Does anybody have any info about this new radio controlled set ?
> > > I haven't found it in any set database.
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
> > Where did you find this set?? Any pictures??? I know an outdoor rc racer is
> > supposed to come out exclusively to Radio Shack. The number is 8369. The name is
> > unsure. If you search at Brickset it will say Outdoor RC Racer and it looks
> > awful! I am really interested in this RC Racer you found. I am looking for only
> > one to be and there are actually many of them!
> > Steve
>
> It's deffinately not listed at Brickset. I knew RC Race buggy 8475 and
> Supersonic RC 8366 retailed for about $200 australian so when i saw this for
> $130 i nabbed it in sydney toys'r'us.
> Outdoor RC looks awful.
> Hot Flame has 200 odd parts and uses the same RC equipment and motors to the
> Race Buggy (I don't think the supersonic has made it to australia yet). It is an
> off roader but comes with optional slick tyres i have never seen before on any
> technic. I think they use the same hub as the buggy.
> I will try to figure out how to use the scanner today... And build it tonight.
> more tomorrow.
>
> Steve
It would be really great if you could scan some pics. I am really interested
because I have never heard of this set. You mean to tell me that this set is
available in stores and you bought it??
Steve
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Here it is.
My HTML and my scanning skills are poor but I have uploaded three pictures to
the web.
http://steven_j_dunn.tripod.com/
These are scans of the instructions.
The scans are the cover, the completed primary model and the completed secondary
model.
The cover is very simillar to the front of the box.
The box details batteries and 244 peices, not far off the 283 for the rc buggy.
The rear of the box details the rear traction system and slick tyres.
The rear traction system in the primary vehicle is designed to lift and lower
the cetral point of gravity within the car so that it can do rear-wheel-stands
when radidly traversing from reverse to forward motion. Reverse motion lowers
the point of gravity, forward motion lifts the vehicel.
There are a smaller set of wheels stopping the vehicle from flipping
The picture of the alternate model (not sure why its 1.3Meg) shows not only the
completed secondary vehicle but what i thought was important being the (i have
never seen them on any other model) slick tyres. They are the same dimensions as
the road tyres from supersonic 8366 or tunable racer 8365 but they are single
piece ABS. they have no traction similar to the wheels in Turbo racer or Battle
cars 8241:
http://www.peeron.com/pics/inv/custpics/32146.jpg
The radio reciever in the vehicle is not the same as the RC Buggy as i thought.
I can not comment on the supersonic RC. The reciever in the Hot Flame does not
have the secondary output connector controlled by the transmitter paddels.
However the transmitter does have the paddels.
The steering mech is the same "smash freindly" system as the RC buggy.
I will keep looking for info on this set and will happily supply info to those
seeking it..
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In lugnet.technic, Steve Dunn wrote:
> Here it is.
> My HTML and my scanning skills are poor but I have uploaded three pictures to
> the web.
> http://steven_j_dunn.tripod.com/
> These are scans of the instructions.
> The scans are the cover, the completed primary model and the completed secondary
> model.
> The cover is very simillar to the front of the box.
> The box details batteries and 244 peices, not far off the 283 for the rc buggy.
> The rear of the box details the rear traction system and slick tyres.
> The rear traction system in the primary vehicle is designed to lift and lower
> the cetral point of gravity within the car so that it can do rear-wheel-stands
> when radidly traversing from reverse to forward motion. Reverse motion lowers
> the point of gravity, forward motion lifts the vehicel.
> There are a smaller set of wheels stopping the vehicle from flipping
>
> The picture of the alternate model (not sure why its 1.3Meg) shows not only the
> completed secondary vehicle but what i thought was important being the (i have
> never seen them on any other model) slick tyres. They are the same dimensions as
> the road tyres from supersonic 8366 or tunable racer 8365 but they are single
> piece ABS. they have no traction similar to the wheels in Turbo racer or Battle
> cars 8241:
> http://www.peeron.com/pics/inv/custpics/32146.jpg
>
>
> The radio reciever in the vehicle is not the same as the RC Buggy as i thought.
> I can not comment on the supersonic RC. The reciever in the Hot Flame does not
> have the secondary output connector controlled by the transmitter paddels.
> However the transmitter does have the paddels.
>
> The steering mech is the same "smash freindly" system as the RC buggy.
>
> I will keep looking for info on this set and will happily supply info to those
> seeking it..
Thanks for the pics. I don't really care that they are not good quality, I just
want to see how it looks like. I also found that someone posted colour pics of
the same set at brickshelf:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=59281. It looks cool and I think
I found a winner out of all of the Lego RC Racers, though it looks kind of
juniorized. I was hoping it would have in the 400s number of pieces. I really
like the Supersonic RC but I'm lookinf 4 something off-road. I'll wait until
more details show up.
Thanks again.
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In lugnet.technic, Steve Dunn wrote:
> The radio reciever in the vehicle is not the same as the RC Buggy as i thought.
> I can not comment on the supersonic RC. The reciever in the Hot Flame does not
> have the secondary output connector controlled by the transmitter paddels.
> However the transmitter does have the paddels.
I bought one of these at Radio Shack a week ago. As the model depicted on the
box, it is fairly fun. But the most fantastic thing about the original
controller and receiver was the extra output which, sadly, is missing from this
version. As Steve mentioned, the controller still has the paddles on the back,
but instead of an output there's just a shiny piece of smooth plastic. (Not even
any studs.) Sigh. If I'd known ahead of time, I probably wouldn't have bought
it. And probably I wouldn't even recommend the set to others who would prefer to
build their own things rather than just the set pictured on the box.
The extra output on the original was what made this a "LEGO" set -- something
that you could expand on, or invent on top of, on your own. You could use your
imagination to create all kinds of fantastic creations: everything from
buldozers, or forklifts, or grabbers, or snowplows to battlebots. Without it,
you've got a slightly improved version of the original RC car <set:5599> (or
<set:5600>) -- something you can decorate; but you've lost what made the RC Race
Buggy so cool -- a platform you can invent things on.
We saw the same thing happen when Lego released the Spybots -- no external
inputs or outputs. These could have been a great replacement or at least
addition to the RCX line, but by limiting them to what was built in, there is
hardly any fan activity or promotion of these sets. They might do well with
younger kids, but older kids and adults will view them as much to limiting to be
of value. By not having the excitement of AFOLs behind the set, they company is
missing out on all that free advertising we would voluntarily provide.
It's a shame. I very much want LEGO to succeed in selling awesome sets like the
RCX and the 8475. But they need to continue producing and improving them, not
limiting with every further release what they've provided before.
--
David Schilling
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