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north_shore_racer · 02-01-2006, 09:24 AM

i got my first rc earlier last year. sometime in the spring i got a enw mini-t after workinmg my butt off hanging lights and programming em for some chorus show. 250 bux for one weekend. i got my mini-t was plenty happy with that. prior to that i had been in xmods and zipzaps for at least 2 years. but surprisingly not that long compared to some people.

**Tex** · (This post was last modified: 02-01-2006, 01:58 PM by Tex.)

first real RC was a 3-wheeler in 1985. It took a 7.2 volt stick pack (1100's were the best out there) and it was pretty fast and popped wheelies. It must of been a kyosho or something, not sure.

Over all the years, not including the money I've made back from selling used RC items, I prolly have 8-10K in everything

EDIT: I'm 28

**rocco79** · 02-01-2006, 10:34 AM

im 26 and have had r/c's since i was like 5... Tyco's and radio shack stuff. Then when i was 10 or 11 i built a raider pro from kyosho... Now i have two seriously modded trucks

PoPRC · 02-01-2006, 11:11 AM

I'll be 33 this year in may. I got my first RC in 1985 for xmas from my dad. It was a Tamiya Blackfoot. I had it for awhile then broke it and was out of the hobby until late summer last year. When I picked up a used RC10GT for my son and I.

Michowski · (This post was last modified: 02-01-2006, 01:59 PM by Tex.)

il be 14 next month and i started this hobby 6 years ago.

Biodragen · 02-01-2006, 11:24 AM

Well I have been in to this for a while off and on.

I am 39 now and was out of it for 11-12 years and now back into it.
My daughter was born and that had to come first.
So I would say I was 26-27 when I got into it and had a Tamiya ride with the beetle body.
Then I got into the RC10T and the RC10. Still have the 10T I wanna sell. Basically ti is the same as the t3 but the chassis is the orgiginal gold tub sandblasted to natural alum color.

For some who may remember I was always at Radio Active Raceway every weekend and even did the thing for Downers Grove fest and was sponsored along with the whol lot of us getting in the newpaper.

slim · 02-01-2006, 11:53 AM

im 33 and been racing for 2 years in april.
started with a tc3 and ntc3
traded the ntc3 for a lx pro buggy.
started racing tc indoors, and sold that to get a KSG pan car.
sold the KSG and LX pro to get a hyper 7.
ran that for 9 months and bought a xb8
sold the xb8 and got a xb8.
oh and i just got a B3 to start running mod buggy.

LastGTA · 02-01-2006, 03:40 PM

I'd like to think I started when I got my first tyco bandit and that was when I was 6. I got my first "real" R/C, a rustler, when I was 13.

bossdog · 02-01-2006, 07:45 PM

I started in this hobby when i was 13 my first car was a rc10 buggy. Just got back into it about 6 months ago purchased my RS4 (my first nitro car) and now most of my friends are getting hocked. I will be 27 in May.

bossdog · 02-01-2006, 07:47 PM

LastGTA Wrote:I'd like to think I started when I got my first tyco bandit and that was when I was 6. I got my first "real" R/C, a rustler, when I was 13.

Yeah i had a Bandit to right around the same year of age. :joy: With the two speeds high low with the switch on the back. that thing was awsome.

bigjs · 02-01-2006, 08:02 PM

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LastGTA · 02-01-2006, 09:03 PM

bossdog Wrote:Yeah i had a Bandit to right around the same year of age. :joy: With the two speeds high low with the switch on the back. that thing was awsome.

If you think about it the bandit was the first ever stadium truck.

**Tex** · 02-01-2006, 11:54 PM

I had a couple Traxxas Bandits......

FreeRideFrosty · 02-01-2006, 11:58 PM

I am 18 and have been involved in the hobby for about 3 or 4 years. My first RC that was all mine was a FT RC10GT this past summer. I then moved to buggy and quickly to my current Revo. I probably have about $2k into the easy. With the price new of the Revo and everything done to it I think I am already at about $1k. I got a 4-tec drifter somewhere in there...

**DAVEC-NITRO-RS4** · 02-02-2006, 09:33 AM

Update: I'm cough*46*cough but since getting into RC 16 months ago I have lowered my "true age" number to about 20. Playing with toys again makes me feel like a kid. Thanks to all of you guys for putting up with my infantile (sorry for the big, adult words Roc) behavior in my posts. You guys are the hobby! And without fun people to hang out with and enjoy the activity, it is a boring "toy" that would eventually gather dust on the shelf. It's the community of RC that will keep me interested and participating for many years to come! Thanks for being a cool bunch of people.

JOE · 02-02-2006, 04:25 PM

im 25 and have been in the hobby for almost a year now and have 4 rcs tmaxx, revo, K3, Mugen truggy

deranged01 · 02-02-2006, 04:52 PM

im 22 got into the hobby like 10 days ago with a rustler i have like five minutes of run time and until i pay for the parts and car i have no money invested in the hobby

**Tex** · 02-03-2006, 10:14 AM

Wow, now that's a beginner...lol
You'll love the hobby man!

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