Pocket-Sized RC Cars Hit U.S. Soil

airrage writes "RC cars are nothing new. But apparently, ZipZaps, now being sold at RadioShack, are pocket-sized, modifiable, and can be tricked out with body kits and other accessories. Even more impressive, "A 16,000-RPM performance motor is included with all starter kits". The story at extremetech here is." Kinda like the Thinkgeek cars. Yes, TG is part of OSDN - obligatory disclosure.

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[Anonymous Coward]

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first

[Ectropy]

First, just maybe?

Re:first

[Anonymous Coward]

you suck, slashbot faggot!

That's the final straw - slashdot sucks

[Anonymous Coward]

I cannot believe I'm still visiting this crappy "News for Nerds." site anymore.

It seems to have slumped into the doldrums lately with repeat stories, stories about TV series starting on certain cable networks that 99% of the world has no access to and toys that most of us grew tired of in our pre-teen years.

Think I'll head of to find a better source for 'nerd news' ...

Re:Radio Shack is just jumping on a bandwagon

[Amarok.Org]

ZipZaps have a 16k rpm motor? So what: You can get 38k rpm motors for bits.

The ZZs are cheaper, *AND* you can use the Bit motors with them. Check out:

http://www.tinyrc.com/forums/showthread.php?thread id=1207

For what it's worth, I don't own either. Looks like the ZZ is at least a way to get more people interested/excited in the hobby, and the Bits provide a growth path if you want to get more serious about it.