View Poll Results: A poll
Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll
How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
02-26-2006, 04:04 AM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Encino, CA
Posts: 774
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
O yea, I've calculated and I've spend over a grand in the past month.
You're thinking, what a spoiled kid. Hey, I'm 28, I have a full time job and I never got anything as a kid. I've been wanting an RC since I was in the sixth grade but "Daddy didn't love me." No, he did but my parents could never afford my longing for RCs.
This month:
1. RC 18t: $170
2. REVO: $474
3. TC4(drifter project): $280
4. Accessories(gas, batteries, bag, glow igniter, parts, etc.): $100
The feeling I get when my motor fires up and I pass my friend at the track: PRICELESS
When I laugh and smile, all my RCs have already paid themselves off. If something makes you happy in life, just do it because you only get one life to live.
You're thinking, what a spoiled kid. Hey, I'm 28, I have a full time job and I never got anything as a kid. I've been wanting an RC since I was in the sixth grade but "Daddy didn't love me." No, he did but my parents could never afford my longing for RCs.
This month:
1. RC 18t: $170
2. REVO: $474
3. TC4(drifter project): $280
4. Accessories(gas, batteries, bag, glow igniter, parts, etc.): $100
The feeling I get when my motor fires up and I pass my friend at the track: PRICELESS
When I laugh and smile, all my RCs have already paid themselves off. If something makes you happy in life, just do it because you only get one life to live.
02-26-2006, 05:30 AM
#2
My Feedback: (4)
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Delevan, NY
Posts: 930
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
This is therapy!
$439.00 - Savage X
$100.01 - Nubz w/ 17mm conversion
$23.99 - Venom failsafe
$6.50 - charge switch
$52.99 - JR R135-75 Rx
$17.99 - SMC 1200mAh 6v hump pack
$2.69 - charge cord pigtail for stick pack
$16.24 - dual stainless disk brakes
and a couple bottles shock oil and diff oil.
That adds up to be close to $750.00, doesn't it? I didn't add it because this is supposed to be therapy. It's supposed to be therapy. It's supposed to be therapy. It's supposed to be therapy. It's supposed to be therapy. It's supposed to be therapy.
$439.00 - Savage X
$100.01 - Nubz w/ 17mm conversion
$23.99 - Venom failsafe
$6.50 - charge switch
$52.99 - JR R135-75 Rx
$17.99 - SMC 1200mAh 6v hump pack
$2.69 - charge cord pigtail for stick pack
$16.24 - dual stainless disk brakes
and a couple bottles shock oil and diff oil.
That adds up to be close to $750.00, doesn't it? I didn't add it because this is supposed to be therapy. It's supposed to be therapy. It's supposed to be therapy. It's supposed to be therapy. It's supposed to be therapy. It's supposed to be therapy.
02-26-2006, 10:52 AM
#4
Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 42
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
I have spent about $ 1000 +for RC hobbies so far this year also with a new Savage LE and related items,
with some on my helis also.
with some on my helis also.
02-26-2006, 10:58 AM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Barrie,
ON, CANADA
Posts: 558
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
I bought a TREX Heli and everything to fly + hop ups... total is over $1000.... I still plan on buying a truggy to race... Hot Bodies LSP-R... Also $60 in tamiya parts...
02-26-2006, 11:30 AM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ayr,
ON, CANADA
Posts: 103
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
I totalled and it ended up to be around $3600 can.
I got...
lst2 $820 + swaybar $20= $840
savage 25 $550 + New body, pipe, servo, shocks...=$900
warhead $600 + broken parts $55=$655
mini t $155 +motor,bat.pack,bumper,bearings...=$350
mini lst $255+wheels=$300
Misc.Paint, oil, fuel...$100
Total=3145+tax=$3616
I got...
lst2 $820 + swaybar $20= $840
savage 25 $550 + New body, pipe, servo, shocks...=$900
warhead $600 + broken parts $55=$655
mini t $155 +motor,bat.pack,bumper,bearings...=$350
mini lst $255+wheels=$300
Misc.Paint, oil, fuel...$100
Total=3145+tax=$3616
02-26-2006, 11:34 AM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: New Kensington, PA
Posts: 722
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
oh man it must suck buying hobby goods in canada
[:@][:@][:@]oh man i feel for you[
]
lst2 $820 + swaybar $20= $840
savage 25 $550 + New body, pipe, servo, shocks...=$900
warhead $600 + broken parts $55=$655
mini t $155 +motor,bat.pack,bumper,bearings...=$350
mini lst $255+wheels=$300
Misc.Paint, oil, fuel...$100
savage 25 $550 + New body, pipe, servo, shocks...=$900
warhead $600 + broken parts $55=$655
mini t $155 +motor,bat.pack,bumper,bearings...=$350
mini lst $255+wheels=$300
Misc.Paint, oil, fuel...$100
]
02-26-2006, 01:54 PM
#11
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Pikeville,
NC
Posts: 71
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
Thank goodness im not the only one. I've got about a grand in my stuff so far this year. Just bought a Revo and all kinds of stuff for it. Spent some on the E-Maxx and my RC18MT. Whats funny is i got out of Mustangs and ATV's too spend less money. Oh well, you guys ever find yourself spending those extra few dollars on Tower to get the discount for stuff you had not planned on buying at the time? 
This hobby is addictive and costly! Alot of fun though![8D]
This hobby is addictive and costly! Alot of fun though![8D]
02-26-2006, 10:04 PM
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: trumbull,
CT
Posts: 2,417
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
i've just spent a grand this month alone. a genny le, tires etc i need to through all my reciepts from tower hobbypeople and headrush and local hobbyshop to get an accurate count. and i dont want to do that.
02-26-2006, 10:41 PM
#13
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Tyler, TX TX
Posts: 1,270
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
Within the last week:
Savage 25 = $475 (I am in Alaska, where everythings overpriced)
HPI '56 F100 Body = $28 (salesman knocked off $5 since I just bought 2 rcs from them)
4 glow plugs = $20
2 cans paint = $10
RC18B = $195
2 Quarts Top Fuel 20% = $17
TOTAL = $745
Except for fuel and replacement/upgrade parts, that'll probably be all I buy for at least a few months [&o] .
Savage 25 = $475 (I am in Alaska, where everythings overpriced)
HPI '56 F100 Body = $28 (salesman knocked off $5 since I just bought 2 rcs from them)
4 glow plugs = $20
2 cans paint = $10
RC18B = $195
2 Quarts Top Fuel 20% = $17
TOTAL = $745
Except for fuel and replacement/upgrade parts, that'll probably be all I buy for at least a few months [&o] .
02-27-2006, 02:09 AM
#16
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Encino, CA
Posts: 774
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
Damn, I want a JATO now. I will probably buy one tomorrow. O crap, there goes more money and taking time to break in another motor.
02-27-2006, 10:30 AM
#17
Senior Member
My Feedback: (-1)
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: none, TX
Posts: 8,763
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
Here goes:
LST: 300
Mayhem:350
Nylint: 50
Mini inferno: 172.50
Savage:100
glow plugs:50
glow plug ignitor: 25
fail safe: 20
temp gauge: 25
fuel: 55
replacement and hop up parts: 200
total: $1347.50 Ummmmm...
No wonder I'm always broke!!!
I'm going to get a new mini inferno because the one I bought from this one guy was in really bad shape. But I'm getting a new one.
LST: 300
Mayhem:350
Nylint: 50
Mini inferno: 172.50
Savage:100
glow plugs:50
glow plug ignitor: 25
fail safe: 20
temp gauge: 25
fuel: 55
replacement and hop up parts: 200
total: $1347.50 Ummmmm...
No wonder I'm always broke!!!
I'm going to get a new mini inferno because the one I bought from this one guy was in really bad shape. But I'm getting a new one.
02-27-2006, 09:44 PM
#18
Senior Member
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
Believe it or not around 200.00 in parts this year.
In this hobby all together:
1. LST 560.00, .28 motor 170.oo, mip driveline 100.00, alum diff cases 25.00.
2. MGT 375.00
3. REVO 420.00, new motor old one blew up, 200.00 rb323, 40. high torque servo.
4. TNX 365.00
5. genesis 525.00
6. 2 gs storms suts 800.00
7. Ofna dominator 400.00 2spd 100.00
8. Cen mt 2 250.00
9. savage .25 360.00, Flipped it new motor, pipe, shocks 3spd another 300.00
10. xfactor 325.00
11. stadium trucks Losi xxxnt 300., associated rc10gt 280.00, duratrax evader 260.00 Jato
325.00
12 buggies. Ofna 9.5 mbx 450.00 this was 2 years ago, ofna LX 250.00
13. sedans rs4 hpi 250.00, Shumacher fusion 450.00, Cen ct -r I think 300.00 its the 74 mph car, Yokomo gt-4 350.00. 1/8 ofna ultra gtp 300.00, 2spd 100.00
Thats all I can think of. I want to sell some of this and narrow down to monsters, but people want me to give this stuff away, 1/2 off, and some of its never been ran, actually a lot of vehicles never ran.
Oh yeah rc10t4 195.00, and elcetric evader 350.00 total.
Caution this hobby is very addictive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In this hobby all together:
1. LST 560.00, .28 motor 170.oo, mip driveline 100.00, alum diff cases 25.00.
2. MGT 375.00
3. REVO 420.00, new motor old one blew up, 200.00 rb323, 40. high torque servo.
4. TNX 365.00
5. genesis 525.00
6. 2 gs storms suts 800.00
7. Ofna dominator 400.00 2spd 100.00
8. Cen mt 2 250.00
9. savage .25 360.00, Flipped it new motor, pipe, shocks 3spd another 300.00
10. xfactor 325.00
11. stadium trucks Losi xxxnt 300., associated rc10gt 280.00, duratrax evader 260.00 Jato
325.00
12 buggies. Ofna 9.5 mbx 450.00 this was 2 years ago, ofna LX 250.00
13. sedans rs4 hpi 250.00, Shumacher fusion 450.00, Cen ct -r I think 300.00 its the 74 mph car, Yokomo gt-4 350.00. 1/8 ofna ultra gtp 300.00, 2spd 100.00
Thats all I can think of. I want to sell some of this and narrow down to monsters, but people want me to give this stuff away, 1/2 off, and some of its never been ran, actually a lot of vehicles never ran.
Oh yeah rc10t4 195.00, and elcetric evader 350.00 total.
Caution this hobby is very addictive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
02-27-2006, 10:37 PM
#19
Senior Member
My Feedback: (39)
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Orland Park,
IL
Posts: 1,725
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
I'm not even going in to this. C ya guys I'm off to the ER[:-] My wallets got third degree burns.
02-27-2006, 10:46 PM
#21
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Pacifica,
CA
Posts: 4,719
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
About $1200 so far this year in hardware and raw material. Just about ready to plunk down $300 for stainless telescoping driveshafts that I gave up making myself. Oy.
02-27-2006, 11:55 PM
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Ft. Collins,
CO
Posts: 275
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
Honestly I don't want to get married or have kids because it cuts into my RC budget and schedule. I'm pretty much a selfish *******. haha
In the last 3 months alone I have over $700 in Hobbytown receipts alone (Losi XXX-S, paint, bodies, parts, tools, motors, cargo boxes,), about $300 into Horizon for my E-zilla, I have $350 into eBay for wheels, tires batteries, charger and stuff. By the end of March I'll be down another $550 when I equip my XXX-S with a Novak GTB brushless system and a Spektrum radio with lap counter telemetry. The really sad part is that all this is electric, it's too cold here in Colorado to start in with nitro. The year before that it was 2 nitro RS43s, an HPI MT2 and a used Super Nitro RS4, a micro RS4 and a Venom mini-giant plus at least 2 grand on tools, paint, probably 15 bodies, raw materials, fuel, engines, motors, etc. Jesus I'm going to go throw up now. This thread was a terrible idea.
In the last 3 months alone I have over $700 in Hobbytown receipts alone (Losi XXX-S, paint, bodies, parts, tools, motors, cargo boxes,), about $300 into Horizon for my E-zilla, I have $350 into eBay for wheels, tires batteries, charger and stuff. By the end of March I'll be down another $550 when I equip my XXX-S with a Novak GTB brushless system and a Spektrum radio with lap counter telemetry. The really sad part is that all this is electric, it's too cold here in Colorado to start in with nitro. The year before that it was 2 nitro RS43s, an HPI MT2 and a used Super Nitro RS4, a micro RS4 and a Venom mini-giant plus at least 2 grand on tools, paint, probably 15 bodies, raw materials, fuel, engines, motors, etc. Jesus I'm going to go throw up now. This thread was a terrible idea.
02-28-2006, 09:31 AM
#23
Senior Member
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
Oh yeah, after I placed my post I forgot about the HPI MT, new .15 ss motor, racing clutch, cvec tuned pipe and header.
You know those warning labels on some of your rc boxes or part boxesthat say this product may contain harmful chemicals that may cause cancer and birth defects.
They forgot the part that said this product may cause you to end up spending extrorinary amounts of money and may cause you to want every new vehicle, part and accesory out there.!!!!
Oh yeah the poll, Im beyond therapy I need rc rehab detox for a month or 2!!!!!!!!
You know those warning labels on some of your rc boxes or part boxesthat say this product may contain harmful chemicals that may cause cancer and birth defects.
They forgot the part that said this product may cause you to end up spending extrorinary amounts of money and may cause you to want every new vehicle, part and accesory out there.!!!!
Oh yeah the poll, Im beyond therapy I need rc rehab detox for a month or 2!!!!!!!!
02-28-2006, 10:26 AM
#24
My Feedback: (4)
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Delevan, NY
Posts: 930
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
RC Rehab and detox??? The first step to cure is to admit you have a problem.
Hi, my name is Marty and I'm addicted to RC. I have no intentions of stopping....................
Hi, my name is Marty and I'm addicted to RC. I have no intentions of stopping....................
02-28-2006, 04:45 PM
#25
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Monson,
MA
Posts: 101
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: How much have you spent on your RCs this year?
Last year was a hefty one.
Hyper 7 Pro used ~250
TNX Pro ~400
Losi AD2 250
RC18T 160
cvrx 100
Spektrum 180?
AMB transponder 100
Blade CP 210
Those are just the big hitters. Dont forget gas, replacement parts and races.
And r/c is my therapy, nothing else gets me away from everything like R/c does...unless its $50 a sack
Hyper 7 Pro used ~250
TNX Pro ~400
Losi AD2 250
RC18T 160
cvrx 100
Spektrum 180?
AMB transponder 100
Blade CP 210
Those are just the big hitters. Dont forget gas, replacement parts and races.
And r/c is my therapy, nothing else gets me away from everything like R/c does...unless its $50 a sack