Hot Wheels K.I.T.

[Namuna]

Hobbico licensed the Bit Char-G and is selling it in the US as the 'MicroSizer'.

Hot Wheels has followed suit and licensed the Bit Racer and is selling it in the US as the Hot Wheels K.I.T. Racer.

Check out the review of the KIT Racer
HERE (http://groups.msn.com/TheAdmiralsLair/kitracing.msnw)

[TheFanMan]

damn! DAMN! y did they have to go and buy bit racer??! yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??????!!!:confused: :eek:

[usagi]

Hey I have seen this design before a few years ago here in Japan.

[Namuna]

Originally posted by TheFanMan
damn! DAMN! y did they have to go and buy bit racer??! yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??????!!!:confused: :eek:

It makes sense that Hot Wheels would buy Bit Racer. Ever since I can remember Hot Wheels toys always had the Hot Wheels tracks and you would run your Hot Wheels cars on them.

So now instead of having some lame spring action contraption to launch your Hot Wheels car for a short duration...You've got a powered vehicle whooshing around the track!

[kbtoyz902]

i agree with your statement completely. Days are gettin technical, we got 3 year olds surfin teh net and stuff, at least my sister does(well surfs nick jr ).

[TheFanMan]

I suppose your right. when I got tired of watching my bit racer go around and around on that little piece of string and plastic you can strap it to, I was about to buy 150 pieces or orange hotwheels track off ebay for $50 cuz I couldn't find any of the real tracks for it.

[arch2b]

i just picked up a kit racer for under $10from walmart. not a bad price for extra (2)tires, (1)battery, (1)motor cap or heat sink and (1)2.6 motor. i don't have any use for the rest but the useful parts are well worth the price.

[Shacky]

Would you happen to know what the difference is between the 3 heat sinks? I'm not sure what the purpose of the different color and the rounded one is for.

QFM has a mod that utilizes some of the extra parts from the K.I.T. Racing set for making Monster Truck grills and bumpers.

The K.I.T. Racing set is only $29.99 at Toys-R-Us. :)

[DrkRAM]

I snagged 2 KITs as well. One with the 2.2 motor and black tires (2 front & 2 rear), red gear set and the other was with the 2.6 motor and green gear set with white tires (only 2 rear tires).

I installed the 2.6 motor with the rear axle, transfer gear, and pinion gear (from the KIT) into my Bit and it wouldn't move on the ground. When I held it up the wheels would spin. But I'm not sure why it couldn't propel itself when it was on the ground. So I ended up using just the 2.6 with the stock parts from my Bit instead.

Just to note:
- Rear axle has to modified to fit in the Bit.
- Transfer gear is to small to use with the stock rear axle of the Bit.
- The teeth on the black pinion gear from the Bit doesn't mesh well with the transfer gear from the KIT racer.

[datamonster]

is it just me or fo the K.I.T. racer motors seem to have more power. example K.I.T. 2.6 vs. 2.6 BC-G

[defor]

the kit racer motors as well as all other parts are the exact same as the tomy releases in japan, down to the motors, gearing, and chargers- only differences are in minor cosmetic changes- stickers and body paint.

-dan

[Redfire]

so i guess the K.I.T. is good jus for extra parts huh?

[defor]

Unless you like bit racing...

[Redfire]

good point

[batesjm]

will the bodies fit a bit char-g?

[323iT]

Originally posted by batesjm
will the bodies fit a bit char-g?
no they don't fit because Bit Char-g MicroSizers have a larger front end because of the steering mechanizms

[MTL]

has anyone seen the new hot wheels commercial for those cars that have decals n stuff on them?
i forgot the name but ive only seen it once and it wasnt a KIT car...
i need to go to walmart :D

[323iT]

^are you talking about modifiers or muscle machines?
the decals on muscle machines are pre applied. modifiers come with a small decal sheet:cool:

[go_zz_go]

well i was yelled at for starting my own thread so ill jump in here the charger can be moded to hold a zip and charge em and the motor works good also the battery is a tomy nicd but it is a little smaller than the zips. so i can get four in my zip i know this is the bits page but i only have a zip and i cant start a thread there so my zip friends i hope you find this if you do instant message me or email and i will tell ya what it can do for ya cause i know these bit boys dont want to hear it espicaly tech lord ya i know they are gay so what its cheap fun

[MTL]

Originally posted by 323iT
^are you talking about modifiers or muscle machines?
the decals on muscle machines are pre applied. modifiers come with a small decal sheet:cool:
NO NO
its a HOT WHEELS car....i just saw a new commericial of it...
i know what modifiers and muscle machines are haha..i have a few...and plus they dont make commericials...i think

[MTL]

umm nevermind, i think i was day dreaming when i thought of it..
because its not on the official hotwheels site
but it was a kool dream though.....:D

[go_zz_go]

hey yall whats up i got one today they do have decals(hot wheels kit) and lots of stuff can be done with the parts first i tore the charger apart and threw away all the stupid timer stuff and moded it to hold my zz charger runnin straight from the 2aa batts that gives me enough juice to charge my 3.6 volts of batterys. and since its straight off battery i can set the charge time. so now my zz controler is just for driving. it was very easy to do and i dont have a bit so i dont know how they hook up to the charger. i just used my exacto knife to cut a sqaure to hold the new charger. a tip on cutting the hard fragile plastic is to heat up the blade first,no broken blades,and it cuts like butter and the 3.0 motor is insane fast and with the antenna mods i truly loose the car outside its gone and gone far

[d7onr8]

Originally posted by datamonster
is it just me or fo the K.I.T. racer motors seem to have more power. example K.I.T. 2.6 vs. 2.6 BC-G

I agree with this old post about the KIT 2.6 motor being faster than the Bit 2.6 motor. I originally had a Bit 2.6 and put it in another BIT I had for a present. But I got anxious and just started to switch the motors out and test them at the same time, and there is an obvious speed difference in favor of the KIT 2.6 motor. I know that they are both Tomy products and are supposed to be the same thing but there is a noticeable difference using the same setups.

[Bit BOoster]

the bit racer bodies don't fit the bit char-gs they are to long

[DraKhen99]

Hey, I lost one of my steering springs... will the Hot Wheels K.I.T. Racer's steering spring [does it even have one???] fit my bit? If so, I could save some dough!

[arch2b]

kit racers do not have steering. they are made to run in tracks, thus the guide wheels assmembly on the front. do a search on the subject, i know i've seen temporary solutions to your problem posted.

[DraKhen99]

Yeah, I've looked... the best replacement so far has come from QFM, with the shock spring to steering spring mod... i was looking for a real replacement spring. Oh well... I'll just have to make one then.

[PhillyB]

ok i just saw KIT at wally world and bought the high speed version - motor seems to be decent - around a 3.0 - the gears thou are wayyy too high - in my two celler it barely starts em - and it gets speed but runs out of room and kills batts quick - tires suck - tomy nicad - i think ive got like 4 now - 4 cells anyone? but are any of the gears low enough to work with the bits?

[cowfish_29]

Yeah, I've looked... the best replacement so far has come from QFM, with the shock spring to steering spring mod... i was looking for a real replacement spring. Oh well... I'll just have to make one then.


You could just go out and buy a clone that has magnetic steering at...like walmart or something. The steering springs are about the same. They are only like $10-15, and you get some clone stuff.

[microsizer]

do they have a website up yet?

[Blue Bit]

i had the same experience too when i bought a K.I.T.T. in walmart with a 2.2 yellow and put it on my NSX, and bought a microsizer Lan-Evo with 2.2. The K.I.T.T. 2.2 motor was faster. :confused: I returned the microsizer the next day.

[microsizer]

so wats the fastest kit motor?

[Blue Bit]

the fastest one in walmart was an orange 2.6. some one posted a 3.0 was available but i have not seen one in any store(toys r us, kmart)

[mbartell]

I just wonder if Hot Wheels will actually put out their accesory kits or not. They say on the instruction sheet the you can get a 3.0 motor- available in Aug. 2002

Best deal I've gotten around here is a microsizer for $29 and the KIT racer for $10- all at target.
The local R/C shop has the microsizer for $36 and just a 2.6 motor for $10.

Not bad if you know what you'r looking for, and know where to get it.

[DesertJedi]

Target just dropped their prices on KIT racers. They're now just under $10. Wally World still rules price wise at just under $8. But how can you tell what the RPMs are on KIT motors?? I haven't found any specific RPM info on the packages or in the instructions. Very cools bodies though...I can't wait until some 3rd party vendors start making Sci-Fi type bodies for Bits and ZZs...the Speed Racer series is cool, but something out of Mad Max would be great!

[Blue Bit]

Originally posted by DesertJedi
But how can you tell what the RPMs are on KIT motors?? I haven't found any specific RPM info on the packages or in the instructions.


they are color coded just like the bits.
the one's i saw so far are yellow and orange bottoms ( 2.2 & 2.6 ) for the KITTs

[JBit]

went to fao schwartz in nyc today, and yep the 2.2 and 2.6 racers were there (yellow and orange) but i wouldnt go for them there, they are 16 bucks. interesting, they had the kit racer track there for 50 bucks, with an exclusive racer included in the box. couldnt see which motor was in it, but it had a different body.

[microsizer]

any1 got ne picks?

[JBit]

http://www.fredmeyer.com/images/top_10_gifts/toys_10-12/073059_32192544_full.jpg

they sell the individual racers too.

[mbartell]

I got annother of the kit racers, and figured out what the deal is with the curved motor cover- it holds the motor in there like a VICE. Really tight, and kind of hard to get on. It will not hold the zip zaps motors, but it really grips the other ones really well.

[DarthRacer]

Does anyone have a list of what motor comes with which KIT Racer?

I'm looking for a 1.6 or 2.6 motor and a set of 4 tires.
I don't know which of the KIT Racers will match what I'm looking for.

[tinyrc]

So does anyone actually own the track? Or does everyone just buy KITs for parts?

[DarthRacer]

LOL. I'm just going to buy one for parts. :D

[Shacky]

Oh yeah, this thread about the KIT Racing sets. Forgot I had posted to it about the motor clips/heatsinks. Well, I managed to find the answer on my own.

The KIT Racing sets come with 3 different heatsinks. The normal one, a copper one, and a rounded one. The copper one is a better conductor and should draw the heat away more efficiently than the normal one (although at this size, I don't think it makes much of a difference). The rounded one is a temperature sensing heat sink. Since it has more contact surface, it is able to draw the heat better. There are two more heatsinks supposedly available as accessories. All I know is that one of them is blue.

I already broke the charger it came with. I didn't realize it was spring loaded for the timing mechanism before opening it. I haven't bought the track. I'd rather play with RC cars than watching them go around a track.

[BMW325]

Went to Target yesterday got
a Microsizer for $20
and
a HotWheels KIT for $8.88

The gear from the KIT is sooo LARGE!

[arceeguy]

Just got a Hot Wheels KIT racer from Target, they are on sale for $5.88. They were out of the MicroSizers. KayBee toys had the MicroSizers, but they were selling for $34.99!!!! I've been wanting to get a "real" BCG, but 35 bucks is pushin' it. Especially when my Sen Fa BCG "clone" seems to run quite nicely. Tomy should have just bypassed Hobbico altogether for distribution, after all - they do sell stuff under the Tomy name brand here in the states, and Hobbico is just another "middleman" to feed!

[rmyc]

i have no idea on what HWs were thinking when they made the kit....
only one car fits on the track... so what they expect ppl to do.
stare at a car making loops.

[arceeguy]

Originally posted by rmyc
i have no idea on what HWs were thinking when they made the kit....
only one car fits on the track... so what they expect ppl to do.
stare at a car making loops.

My kid still plays with the HW XV Racers I got him a couple of years ago. The XV's were like the KITT racers, except they didn't have interchangeable bodies/motors/gears. They have an internal NiCd that charges on a base w/2AA batteries (no timer). No racing here, the cars just loop around the track for 20 seconds or so, but he finds them entertaining.

The KITT racers look like miniature copies of the Tamiya mini 4WD cars in Japan. I heard a couple of years ago that the mini 4WD craze was eating up more than half of Japan's AA batteries!

I hope that the KITT racers become popular here in the states, to keep our cheap supply of motors and batteries! Mattel is going to wonder why they sell tons of cars, and very few playsets......
And mini-RC fans are going to have to figure out what they can do with a 30 second mechanical timer. I think that free flight airplane enthusiast may have a use for them as fuel cutoffs for their engines.......