XRC car names?

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I'm trying to think of some old 90's RC cars I had when I was a kid, and either my memory or Google is being a complete jerk. I'm pretty sure I'm thinking of the old "XRC" brand, because their cars always had neat little power/gimmicks. Some of their cars were crap but I remember a few gems. Specifically..

I had a remote control motorcycle called the XRC Ricochet. It had a little weighted dude on it that went from side to side and that's how it kept its balance and turned. It also had huge wheels so it could bounce off of anything and keep going.

I'm nearly 100% certain I had another car from the same company, XRC and I swear it was called the Firestorm or the Bladestorm, and it was a car that had two back wheels that started out like cylinders about the size of empty toilet paper rolls (horizontally) and by the time the car got full speed, the wheels were completely transformed into almost propeller-like fan blades. The car was crap off road but on concrete that thing could nearly keep up with some low-end gas powered mods that my buddy had. Keep in mind this is at least 15+ years ago, so I was probably 13 or younger, so my memory is likely trashed.

For some reason I can't find footage or pictures of this elusive "Firestorm/Bladestorm" anywhere so I'm thinking maybe the name's off, but I can't find much on XRC cars either. Does anyone remember this thing?

[j0pp3]

Maybe you mean this one? TirestOrm!

[lxxv]

Ahhh thank you so much!! That's the one! Man I was so close. Can't believe Google didn't help me out a little more.

You've put my mind at ease, kind soul.

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This was my favorite car when I was a kid. I remember it was horrible for offroading but I beat every single one of my friends' expensive top of the line RC's in races all the time. Damn thing flew! It looked so cool, too.

XRC was always kind of the knock-off brand but they always had awesome gimmicks. I miss RC cars like this. My dad got my son a 70 dollar RC monster truck for Christmas from Wal-Mart, a New Bright Mega Blast, and the remote build and response is so piss poor, I've had better 12 dollar models. They just don't make 'em like they used to. My dad already pitched the box (he wanted the RC car out on display under the tree) so I can't take it back. Not that I like taking back gifts, but New Bright.. holy crap I can't believe they charged 70 bucks for it. There can't be 50 cents worth of decent hardware on that thing.

Now I'm broke after Christmas but find myself wanting to get my son a good quality RC car. He's only 3 years old, though. So it's not like it matters. He is a huge Monster Truck fan and the New Bright is HUGE. It just doesn't turn, the remote cuts out, and the battery lasts 10 minutes before you charge it again. I can't believe it was 70-80 price range. When I was a kid, 70-80 would get you the best freakin' RC car on the mainstream/non-hardcore hobbyist's market.

[j0pp3]

You are welcome my friend

New Bright models are useful for scale crawler builders. New Bright's licensed ABS plastic bodies are detailed and good looking. But that's about it

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It's a beautiful truck but its performance is awful. I really need a good remote control "TRUCK" (doesn't really have to be monster truck styled, it'll be bigger than his other toys by default) that is very very affordable and has a control system easy enough to understand as a 3 year old. The good ol' fashioned "up/down left/right" layout would be ideal.

If anyone has any ideas, please share <3