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The World’s Greatest Toy is NOT a Toy!

Posted by ngreene on Apr 1, 2010 in Technology

A friend of mine recently called me to tell me that he had purchased a gift for me. Of course, I was eager to find out what the gift could be, but I never would have guessed it would be a Losi Micro Rock Crawler. This small wonder is the most fun “toy” that I have owned in a very long time. The reason I use the “quotes” is because of the first line in the operation manual is:

This unit is a 1/24 scale, hobby-grade model with fully replaceable parts. It’s not a speed demon, but it’s not intended to be. It is a Crawler, which means that it’s use is for slowly crawling over obstacles. And really, the slower and more deliberate you can be, the better your experience as an operator.

I don’t have any video yet, but here is an exact duplicate of my machine in action:

Every day this week I have turned my living room and / or bedroom into an obstacle course. I can’t get enough of this thing. You can even make modifications to customize the experience. It actually came with two different gears to change the amount of power you get out of the motor. I am excited to take it apart, but its a long and involved operation so I haven’t had the time to tackle it. I think I should probably get a few more man hours under my belt first before starting any mods anyway.

Awesome gift. Thanks again Brian!