RC Flashbacks Ep. 2 - 1990 Radio Shack Aero Buggy Cat. No. 60-4073A

[@Rc_Alex_76]

Brilliant reminds me when I got a nikko about 89 thanks

[@guilhermecampos8313]

My brother and I had this one when we were children back in the nineties. Very nostalgic to see this again. Thank you very much.

[@ReadytoRunRC]

@@guilhermecampos8313 that’s great. Glad I could trigger some nostalgia for you with this video.

[@leejackson5387]

Brought back some memories! This was my very first RC car when I was 7 years old except I had the blue one. My mate had a Taiyo mini hopper that was a fairly even match for racing.

[@ReadytoRunRC]

That’s great! Glad I could bring back the memories. That was the intention when I decided to start putting vintage RC’s on the channel. We all love a good dose of nostalgia.

[@RustydriftRC]

It's awesome to see these older cars still around, brings back memories. Some of the old radio shack and Nikko cars were actually very similar to, or even shared parts with some of the low end hobby grade cars of the time.

[@ReadytoRunRC]

Yeah eBay is loaded with these vintage rc's. Just hard to find one's that work with original box and original instruction manual. The one's that do work perfect are so expensive.

[@eddieneutelings6455]

That is so awesome you have those.I wish I had my old RC stuff.I look for those we I go to Goodwill or yard sales.

[@ReadytoRunRC]

Really been appreciating the vintage RCs lately and I have 3 more coming in future videos.

[@obadiahsmith2345]

I remember spending so much of my parents money on AA batteries. So much they got rechargeable ones for me for Christmas. Only problem it took several hours for them to charge. But it did cause me to save some of the AA battery money that I would earn. I bought a used hornet with battery , charger and radio. My first hobby grade r.c. . Thanks for the flashback .

[@ReadytoRunRC]

These went through batteries so much. I didn’t play with mine much because my parents wouldn’t keep buying me batteries all the time. That Hornet was a great investment with the money saved on batteries. Thanks for checking out the video!

[@elvispresley2328]

man that brings back memories .thanks for sharing brother.im a little late watching your videos,my computer crashed,so i bought a new pc and laptop.lol

[@ramsessilent]

amazing shape for a 30 year old car! sadly my family was poor the few rc cars i remember having where tethered but i remember friends and cousins having the silver one you had last week.

[@ReadytoRunRC]

Whoever had this car didn’t use it much. Couldn’t believe how nice it was when I pulled it out of the box. I’ve had a few tethered RC’s growing up. Cheap department store RC’s that I can’t even really remember exactly what they were. That’s awesome about the silver one I had and remembering it.

[@eddieneutelings6455]

I am a vintage video game collector.Still have the original NES my parents got me in 85 and it still works

[@ReadytoRunRC]

That’s awesome! I also have my NES. I will never get rid of it. I only have about a dozen games still but I also have my Super NES with a few games and a Sega Genesis. There’s just some things us kids can never let go.

[@eddieneutelings6455]

@@ReadytoRunRC That’s right man. I have all the Nintendo systems and PlayStations almost all the hand held systems.Boxes and boxes of video game stuff.Never letting it go.

[@eddieneutelings6455]

My first rc was the Tandy/RadioShack 4x4 off roader (1985) Man I wish I still had it

[@ReadytoRunRC]

I've been watching a few of them on eBay and they are fetching a pretty penny. I don't think I'll be able to get one in running order with original box and controller for as much as I picked up these buggys.

[@tonymaurice4157]

Great memories growing up... Back when kids were normal and no cell phones!👍

[@ReadytoRunRC]

🙌🏼

[@cthebikeman9733]

Nice ! Getting this one tomorrow $20 not bad!

[@user-cz3xl7fr1m]

Keep up the cool videos bro

[@ReadytoRunRC]

Trying my best. Thanks!

[@djwilson48625]

I have a pic of me in 92 with an Aero Buggy. Last RC car I ever owned....

[@ReadytoRunRC]

That’s awesome. Never too late to get another RC and get back into it.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

The frame buggy is the one that I made brushless. And it flat out rips

[@ReadytoRunRC]

I just bought the Frame Buggy last night. Won’t be making it brushless because it supposedly works but yeah your brushless conversion on yours is awesome.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

@@ReadytoRunRC I think now that I’ve got a gps speedo I’m gonna see how fast it actually goes 😁

[@ReadytoRunRC]

@@IowaBudgetRCBashers I’m pretty curious myself.

[@nathanduke5323]

My grandma bought me one of those #3 Aero Buggies for my 6th birthday. I don't remember what happened to it.

[@ReadytoRunRC]

That's awesome! Radio Shack RC's were one of my favorite memories of my childhood. I never was able to get them but I would always go in the store and dream about having them.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

Also Tandy was radio shacks corporation name, these were made by Taiyo who also made Nikko

[@ReadytoRunRC]

That explains the huge similarity between the Radio Shack RC’s and the Nikko’s and Taiyo’s.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

@@ReadytoRunRC yep.. Nikko and taiyo made all of radio shacks stuff, and all of Tyco’s stuff too .. there’s a few Tyco cars identical to these but in white or red

[@ReadytoRunRC]

@@IowaBudgetRCBashers I knew Taiyo made Tyco’s RC’s but yeah never knew about Radio Shack or even Nikko’s.

[@johnlaurens5252]

Story time! I used to have a rc car JUST like this and I drove it into my super old neighbors pool by accident (they had like no fences around their house) the guy got super mad and called the police on me….. anyway good review

[@ReadytoRunRC]

Oh man. Hope you got it back and didn’t get in any trouble.

[@johnlaurens5252]

@@ReadytoRunRC I did get it back but the cops gave me a warning for “not respecting properly”

[@JuliaLong-c8t]

I have this exact one. Looks very good but can't get ot to go

[@ReadytoRunRC]

@@JuliaLong-c8t hopefully you can get it going.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

Here’s the link to the playlist where I converted it kzbin.info/aero/PLB8dUG5DdHTL9wx9HZsAGd6yXxXuHBrli

[@bradkalman2353]

What scale are they?

[@ReadytoRunRC]

I am not really sure because I haven’t seen it stated anywhere but this one looks like it would be somewhere around 1/14 scale. The other Aero Buggy I mentioned in the video is slightly bigger.

[@ReadytoRunRC]

Actually I just found out the scale. It’s 1/16 scale.

[@dodgeramsport01]

Why is it always about speed? Thats not the point of these!

[@ReadytoRunRC]

And speed is not the whole point of this video. I simply just put the gps on it out of curiosity to see what speed it does get to in high and low gear. This video was made more for the nostalgia factor than anything.

[@dodgeramsport01]

@Ready To Run RC Yes to me, it's not about speed! It's about the fun and nostalgia! But all one ever hears is " how fast is it" lol crazy! Great video BTW!

[@ReadytoRunRC]

@@dodgeramsport01 yes most definitely. I love the fun factor too. Speed does help with that but speed isn’t everything. Look at crawling. That’s one of the slowest types of RC’s but yet to me it’s so much fun crawling around on rocks and whatever I can climb. Thanks for checking out the video.