They gave us the coolest looking thing on wheels. I don't know what they came out with first, but I remember one of the first commercials I seen was for the AERO TURBO HOPPERS. Yeah, it looked like the other RC cars that came out before, but Tyco decided to blow our minds aways with their patented 9.6v TURBO battery. And when the kid in the commercial flips that switch, you see the car just take off like the De Lorean in Back To The Future . Since then Tyco continued to amaze us with cooler vehiclesThe Granddaddy of RC fun for just about everyone. These guys came out back in the 80s and completely DOMINATED the remote control market. They made sure their designs were ultra-cool, aerodynamic and killer fast. Such as Terrain Twister, Ricochet and Rebounds, Fast Traxx, Turbo Wheelie, Air Blade and Shell Shocker. However their ideas right now are more tame for some unknown reason and I hope they grow a new set of balls soon.
The only problem is that none of us had the same specially constructed rugged terrain sets that were built for the commercials. If I was able to play with my Tyco toys in the Grand Canyon or on some damn dusty Oregon trail, then I'd have hours and hours of fun. But most of us were constricted to the boring flats of the driveways or parking lots and school yards and that took away almost all the appeal of the RC right off the bat.
My Rebound was the RC car that had 4 huge wheels that were bigger than the car itself so it was able to do flips, wheelies and you could smack it around like a Harlem crackhead and no matter what it will always end up on it's wheels and keep on going. But all I could do was run it into the wall over and over like some retard with OCD just to see it flip and do tricks. On a sad note, my dear rebound went out with a BANG when I underestimated it's speed and lost control as it ventured out into traffic. It scared the living crap outta a lot of drivers, but met it's end by a roofing truck. Oh well, it deserved my salute and moment of silence, but it STILL went down as one of my favorite toys ever. But now I have a new personal favorite, the TERRAINIAC.
What Tyco did for the terrain, Air Hogs did for the air. These SOBs made RC flying in the air SUPER EASY. I remember when a guy had a real expensive remote control plane he got at the hobby store, he had this remote that was as big as an 80s boom box had more controls than Teletron 1 in autobots headquarters. Problem is, he crashed it. And not just crashed it, he CRASHED IT so bad it ended up on the news that evening. Air Hogs developed RC planes that can take off instantly, requires only regular batteries, and can sizable enough not to cause an accident at Hindenburg proportions. They do take some getting use to, but once in a park or a play field they are SO COOL to watch in action. Just don't play slick and have dogfights with another person who has an AIR HOG or else you will have to end up buying a new one, guaranteed. Their main kickoff vehicle was their STORM LAUNCHER, and followed up with a couple of lousy helicopters but moved forward in their airplanes that just kicks major ASS. What would make Air Hogs better? If they teamed up with Nerf and outfitted their RC planes with those suction dart shooters...or maybe team up with Hasbro and outfit them with mini Super Soakers. Air Hogs may seem to be the new revolution of aviation RC toys and they are going to keep coming up with cooler and cooler ways to dominate the air. This company is young so stay tuned. Oh yeah, check out what else they got on the their site like the Switchblade or my favorite the JETSCREAM. http://www.airhogs.com/
Y'all be the judge on who rules the RC. As for me, I love both companies and as soon as my welfare cheque comes in this month, I'm gonna get my favorite of each. Hotcha!
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