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02-02-2009, 09:51 PM
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#1 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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I don't know if you guys remember playing with these when you were younger but I remember back in the day they were extremely popular.
Well I was scrolling through youtube and came across this, everything is cooler filmed with a highspeed camera , just thought I'd share  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN8Y1...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKZ1kHIA5TE | 
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02-02-2009, 10:10 PM
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#2 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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hehe i still have all of mine   
powered by ultra dashes and........ hyper dash?
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02-02-2009, 10:27 PM
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#3 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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nice pictures.
is this like Japanese slot car racing...without the remote control
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02-02-2009, 10:29 PM
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#4 | | Circle Stick Square Mod
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i broke mine a long time ago.. those were fun to play with though
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02-02-2009, 10:49 PM
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#5 | | SardaukarMod
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ha nice! i totally remember these things. don't know where mine went though. all i remember was that it was red and banged up. we made tracks with cardboard that didn't work too well... hahahah... good times good times.
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02-02-2009, 10:50 PM
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I still have mine from when I was 13.
I got more when i went to japan. Came homw with a complete track. LOL.
My mom was like wtf, your 24 and still playing with this. hahaha
I will try to post pics when i have time.
who wants to meet up and race?
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02-02-2009, 10:56 PM
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#7 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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^^depends.. what engine do you use? HAHAHA
I think I still have one of the circuits in the garage..
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02-02-2009, 10:57 PM
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#8 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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LOL, remember PLASMA Dash??
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02-02-2009, 10:58 PM
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#9 | | Chinese Guy, Swedish Rides
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omg I have all of mine too. I've got this jump ramp thing too hahaha Had a massive track for it too, but dad said we would be leaving it in HK when we immigrated.  | |
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02-02-2009, 11:08 PM
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#10 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Man, I fucken love these things, I remember I always buy the fake ones since I don't have money for the real shit 
I am totally down to buy some online right now if someone here has a track to race on  | |
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02-02-2009, 11:29 PM
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#11 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Still got mine from a visit back to Singapore 3-4 years ago. They still run!
I have three... forget which models right now.
RS Tamiya Meet?
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02-02-2009, 11:37 PM
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#12 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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lol, I used to be quite into this joint. makes me wanna dig it out and start it up again!
awesome vids!! never really get to see them in slow-mo u know...
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02-02-2009, 11:42 PM
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#13 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Just wondering... the drive wheels are mounted on the axle like on a go-kart. Do they design different axle rates like with go-karts?
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02-03-2009, 12:01 AM
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#14 | | (╯°□°）╯聽不到 ╮(°□°╮)
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my hurricane sonic was awesome
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02-03-2009, 12:08 AM
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#15 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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I went through two waves of this stuff. First when I was in HK, then again when I was here when it got popular again.
I wasted so much money on this stuff...
But I learned a lot too...like building things, taking stuff apart, learning the concept of "standardized parts", etc.
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02-03-2009, 12:19 AM
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#16 | | RS controls my life!
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anyone remember this?
the 20min. advertisement to sell these cars.. (just like transformers, gi joe, etc..) http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=yBvN7gC8bFU
ahahah totally forgot about the hockey sticks. ive always wanted dash-1 emperor..
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02-03-2009, 12:20 AM
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#17 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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If anyone wants a track I'm selling mine for cheap | |
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02-03-2009, 02:08 AM
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#18 | | (╯°□°）╯聽不到 ╮(°□°╮)
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that 20min commercial was definatly an awesome one
HAHAHAH
LETS & GO!
too bad..we cant be like on tv...
yell GOOOO and they go faster..
this is like the same thing with that whole..beyblade thing..xept this was much cooler!
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02-03-2009, 05:21 AM
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#19 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by darthchilli  that 20min commercial was definatly an awesome one
HAHAHAH
LETS & GO!
too bad..we cant be like on tv...
yell GOOOO and they go faster..
this is like the same thing with that whole..beyblade thing..xept this was much cooler! | dude... don't even TRY to compare these to the toys today. Toys now-a-days are junk. Just compare the transformers of then to the transformers of now!
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02-03-2009, 05:37 AM
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#20 | | Resident Bullshitter
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i remember learning a lot of car tuning concepts from playing with these cars
weight reduction, differentials, gear tuning, chassis reinforcement
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02-03-2009, 06:32 AM
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#21 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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I used to have a 20,000rpm electric motor...then I used more copper wires to make it
spin even faster. Swear to god, it could go faster than a ferrari in 1/8 mile.
but it was fucking stupid. you let it go and it never stops and comes back, you getta
run miles away to get it back  . Also I have way too many got ran over by cars.
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02-03-2009, 07:02 AM
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#22 | | Chinese Guy, Swedish Rides
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Damn, I gotta dig these out and find out what I have again hahahah
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02-03-2009, 07:35 AM
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#23 | | I don't like cheese but I love milk!
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i remember my dad wired the copper motor for me, and it was much faster than anything you could buy on the market...
But the motor became so hot that it melted the motor casing after 5 mins | |
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02-03-2009, 07:55 AM
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#24 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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02-03-2009, 08:06 AM
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#25 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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I remember my dad used to be so into it.....we held a race for everyone in our apartment at the time....and our winner was one that had twin motors in it...^^
It was going so fast that we had to put pieces and pieces of iron on top of it so it wouldn't fly out the track....xDD
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