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These cars are basically the same chassis design as the 1/43 Vipers offered last year at Radio Shack as well as the DG master cars. Many things have been written about the pros and cons of these cars in the past. I personally have always like them but felt that the initial price of $49.99 kept them from being more popular. (especially now that xmods are out) The current price of $35 makes them more attractive. I bought one of the Vipers last year for only $9.99 on clearance. The Corvettes are already out of stock at many stores so they may not go as low. The fact that it is a 50th anniversary Corvette may make these sell faster than the Vipers without the need for drastic markdowns. I just bought one of the Corvettes as a companion to my Viper.
To me these cars are right in the middle as far as 1/43 scale rc cars are concerned. They have stepped proportional speed, steering and suspension which Superslicks lack, but they don't have the precision proportional control of Epoch indoor racers. They are even priced right in the middle.
These cars are available in either 27mhz or 49 mhz band. Each car and transmitter has an A,B,C channel switch. If there were 3-27MHZ cars and 3- 49MHZ cars in the same location, six cars can run at the same time.
If Radio Shack would have offered more body styles at the same time ala Xmods and Zip Zaps these cars would have probably been more successful.
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