Can a WALMART Toy Grade RC ASCEND to Greatness?!? WHAT & WHY I did a Thing 🤔

I decided to see if a Walmart RC special could be converted into an "Elite" Hobby Grade RC!! I've got to say, there's alot of junk out there, BUT...come see if 10hrs of my life was worth it!!

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[TomleyRC]

0:59 I got nearly 1M views with one of them puppies haha...

right... I'll carry on watching now

[scottfirman]

I found myself in a delema like this just before Christmas. My Grandson wanted a Slash and being 5 years old, I was not eager to blow large money on a 5 year old. The RC Shop I do business with gave me a snow blower just before Christmas. I told them after I fixed and sold it, more than likely they would end up getting the money I made from selling it. Two days before Christmas the snowblower sold and I ended up buying him the 1/16 scale Slash. I enclosed a note from Santa telling him he was only allowed to run his Slash with Dad, mom, or Grandpa until he was older. He was elated and my daughter a bit miffed I spent that much on him. Hey, it was Christmas!

[CDPowell]

So my son got a Batmobile from Target for Christmas. Now I have a project. It's on!

[frankschuler]

Right out of the box it actually rips a lot better than I expected!

[mikehagquist]

I’m actually impressed with this toy for a Walmart rc. 2.4 it goes through grass n snow. Not bad for toy grade

[andrew]

Wow actually seeing it run and going in the snow. That impressed me I'm really impressed.

[ChaotiX]

damn RC toys have come a long way since I was a kid, back then they had no torque at all but this thing rips

[everardosalazar]

This video happen to come on my feed and ever since I've been into RC 36 and never had this much fukin fun man thanks

[BKing]

Things got bad for big box stores like Walmart and K-Mart when RC companies like Tyco disappeared. The grasshopper and Lobo were great cars from the 80's and 90's.

[IowaBudgetRCBashers]

You took it from awesome kids toy to rediculous man toy.. love it 😊

[andrewupsidedown]

In 2014 I took a newbright rc crawler and installed 2 axial xr10 motors an esc. futaba rx/tx used a mini hitec servo and was able to put proline flat irons on the stock wheels. Ended up being a fun truck for mud and creek bashing.

Cool video I love seeing these builds

[madixj]

Honestly, that's probably the best toy grade I've seen! Looks like it has variable throttle and steering (which is better than 99% of toy grades) and has cool lights!

[ernestuy]

My dad drove a Tamiya Hornet and I would tag along when I was about 6 or 7 years old. Redeemable quality of a nimh pack is a free “trainer mode” when it starts dying near the end of the session. He grew away from the hobby while raising my three younger siblings and me, and about ten years later I ended up fixing up the Hornet, running a 19T motor in it, modifying it again with a 17T arrma motor, and bringing it with me to college along with my Axial Yeti and his Touareg. Now my girlfriend drives the Hornet when I rip the Yeti and the Touareg is a more casual driving rig. The Hornet at 17turns is way overpowered but still the most reliable of the three. It’s so cool that it’s still kicking. Quality kits pay dividends, for anyone looking for a gift for their kid. Letting them run your rig when the battery dies down is a great option compared to a cheap walmart toy-grade thing, and if they want something like an RC car and you’re not in the hobby, it could be a nice bonding experience.

[PERTHWESTOZRC]

I have done the same thing to a toy grade RC from Kmart years ago, the process of making em faster with hobby grade electronics is fun but yep, they don't last long 😆

[benscootin]

Best rc intro ever.. ❤ These toys look like they come pre-broke. The one you got feels like it's related to HK/Wltoys.

[juliangonzalez]

Story of my life:
Grown man buys cheap toys.
Turns out to have a blast!

[erood]

I still own my favourite childhood rc car. A Toyota Land cruiser FJ40 from 1981. It already had a 2-speed gearbox, lights, and a winch. I loved it. I have been thinking about upgrading it but I am afraid to ruin it.

[cwatson]

I remember as a kid we had cool rcs from Tyco like the rebound, fast Trax and Hovercraft! Ah those were the days!

[RCRoads]

The lights are cool. It actually preformed ok. I cant believe you actually broke it down and upgraded it. Amazing effort on your part. It still jams on 3 wheels. Great job.

[alantaylor]

If I was a kid & was given one of those I'd be bursting with joy.!
That thing's awesome for a toy.!!! 👍 👍 👍
I remember being given a red Nikko buggy that looked like a Grasshopper & I was super happy... For 5 minutes, then the 8 AA batteries went dead...
I ran in & grabbed another pack... The last pack... Aaaaannnd you can see where this is going.
My parents went & got me some rechargeable batteries & a charger but as this was the mid 80's they took about 8 hours to charge & lasted about 3 minutes.!
Then the gearbox went after a week or so & maybe 10 short runs..
We went back to Toys R us but they only had a couple of RCs in stock so I ended up with a Group C Le Mans style car that needed a perfectly smooth surface to run on... Our house was fully carpeted.!.. It couldn't even run on the driveway because my Dad put ripples in the concrete.
The road was tar & gravel, the paths were wonky flagstones.... Siiiigghhhh... 😢 😢
I'm still traumatized... (maybe that's why I overcompensate nowadays by trying to cram 6 or 8S into every RC I own).??
I ended up taking it apart & pulled all the parts out... I made myself a little RC boat from a pop bottle, a pop can & BluTack which was far more durable & fun than anything Nikko made in the 80s.!