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February 8, 2009

Toy Fair 2009 – Corally

Dutch manufacturer Corally had a number of new items on their stand, including the RDX Phi 09 (they scrapped the Phi 2 name), which we brought you the first pictures off back during the DHI Cup in Denmark at the beginning of January. The car has fully adjustable roll centres on both the top and bottom wishbones, a higher top deck and new bulkheads to allow the higher capacity LiPo packs to be easily fitted. Other new features include the stronger differential they released late last year, longer steering arms, new steering lever for better Ackermann. The car shown is the foam version, with a rubber version following soon and expect a number of current plastic items to be available in optional aluminium soon after the cars release at the end of March.

February 8, 2009

Toy Fair 2009 – Team Magic

Seen on the stand of Swiss Team Magic distributor HRC was the new tentitively named G4 Two, a new platform based on the double European Championship winning G4. It features a lightweight transmission with super small diameter front and rear differentials, a new clutch and a new 2-speed system. This car has been developed in collaboration between the Italian distributors Electronic Dreams, who work closely with European Champion Dario Balestri, and Team Magic and this prototype is the result and we are told is in no way the final version.

February 7, 2009

Toy Fair 2009 – Picco & IDM

World Champions Picco Micromotori are present, and are one of the only RC manufacturers to not be in the hall 7A. They are showing off their new .12 engine, the Evo 4, which has been completely revamped with a new crankcase, cranksahft, conrod and liner, with the liner having its ports raised by 0.2mm to help deliver more torque. The crankpin has also been modified to be smaller, which allows the conrod to have more material around the conrod bushing to improve durability.

February 7, 2009

Toy Fair 2009 – Team Orion

Located on the Kyosho booth, as was the case last year, Team Orion have been displaying their latest and greatest wares. While the electric motors remain pretty much un altered from last year, their new engine line has been completely revamped with the new Alpha line joining the previous CRF engine to complete a formidible gas powered line up. On display is some of the new Alpha line including the ABI (Adrien Bertin Influenced) versions which will include the lighter cooling heads and some other extras.

February 7, 2009

Toy Fair 2009 – EDAM

Taiwanese firm EDAM are also present here showing off their new 980 1/10th scale 200mm chassis. A solid looking effort it doesnt bring anything new to the market in terms of features, but has the same features you would expect from most competition cars in this class.

February 6, 2009

Toy Fair 2009 – GRP Gandini

GRP Gandini are back once again with their very orange booth, which as ever is very clean and well presented. Big things this include their new cut and glued foam inserts, which unlike their previous molded inserts, don’t compress over time, giving the tire a much more consistent handling over runs longer than around 10 minutes. The foam is cut from a sheet and then glued along a seam. This in turn is now also glued to the rim, which creates a much more stable tire laterally. GRP will also sell their wheels with these new inserts separately for racers that want to mount their own tires.

February 6, 2009

Toy Fair 2009 – Hobao

Located in the Graupner stand was the completely new brushless powered Hobao Hyper 9. Not just another BL conversion, this car has been heavily altered to fit the necessary parts into the very narrow chassis of the Hyper 9. Using the suspension from its gas brother, everything between the front and rear of the car has been made new. With the motor mounted to the rear and facing backwards, the ‘centre’ differential is now at the very back of the car, while drive to the front transmission is handled by an extremely long front drive shaft.

February 6, 2009

Toy Fair 2009 – Tamiya 2

In our haste at the Tamiya stand earlier trying to get photographs of the 801X buggy, we missed the other important releases by the Tamiya Racing Factory on display. The most notable of which is the all new 511X, the replacement for the successful 501X platform. Essentially everything on the car is new, according to a spokesman on the stand but they didnt go into specifics, but looking at the photos in the gallery, you can work it for yourself.