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Boys Toys. Big Trak, RC helicopters etc

thx1138thx1138
edited November 2011 in Chit chat
I've got one for Christmas. Did a 2 gifts for 3, and my dads getting a solar powered 6in1 kit, and an electronic bag weighter.

In other news, if I get this job, rather than buy Skyrim (which is awesome by all accounts, but will distract me too much from O.U study, and trainee role studying, I'll get it eventually) I'm buying myself one of those easy peasy to fly RC helicopter things. :D

not allowed the Big Trak till Christmas though. Had one in 1980, got it from America.

http://www.boots.com/en/Big-Trak-Junior_1220565/

http://www.boots.com/en/RED5-6-in-1-Solar-Kit_1220573/


I reckon I can treat myself up to ?50 for a helicopter. As a kid I had one of those ones on the end of a flexible plastic pole, still pretty cool.

This one is ?30 from Boots
http://www.boots.com/en/RED5-RC-Scale-Helicopter_1220585/
but what else is out there, anyone else got one?

Only want indoor toys!!, not full blown out door RC stuff.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited November 2011
    As mentioned in another thread, I got a little remote control Chopper, but Mrs. Boozy broke it about 2 days after I got it.

    I'm too lazy to re-attach the landing gear.

    It was a nice deal from Amazon apparently they were usually $130, but she got them for $20, and they charge from a USB port on the computer. The only downside is they take ages to charge and you can only fly them for about 10 minutes. Not that it lasted long enough to flat the batteries :evil:

    Bliddy Wimmin! :mad:
    Every night is curry night!
  • milemile
    edited November 2011
    i got a stig racing car one year, must have only played with it for the day, would prolly do the same with a little helicopter.

    if the helicopter had some sort of grabber on it that could do a rescue mission on my lighter that fell off the couch, then yes, i would get one.

    also some sort or crude rocket launcher for shooting moths

    or perhapse a little spy camera for doing a recce on moths before the attack huey moved in.

    these would be good.


    drat i want one now, thanks thx.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited November 2011
    mile wrote: »
    or perhapse a little spy camera for doing a recce on moths before the attack huey moved in.

    Or flying it outside the hot neighbours bedroom window :D
    Every night is curry night!
  • milemile
    edited November 2011
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Or flying it outside the hot neighbours bedroom window :D

    hmmmm, hot mum, 8 year old daughter, if i get the wrong window, im in deep ****.

    just had a look you can get the camera kind, but they are like 40 quid.

    saw one with missles for 30 quid, gonna get that my self

    and maybe a chinook for 20 quid for my bird, and we can have air battles.

    and later i can fit the chinook with some sort of hook so i can collect things off the floor.
  • MorkinMorkin
    edited November 2011
    mile wrote: »
    and later i can fit the chinook with some sort of hook so i can get the missus to collect things off the floor.

    Fixed...

    I've come to associate remote controlled flying things with Christmas nowadays, they seem to always have demo stands in the shopping centres round here showing them off.

    P.S. Who's been messing with the tags again? (points finger at mile) :-D
  • milemile
    edited November 2011
    Morkin wrote: »
    Fixed...

    I've come to associate remote controlled flying things with Christmas nowadays, they seem to always have demo stands in the shopping centres round here showing them off.

    P.S. Who's been messing with the tags again? (points finger at mile) :-D

    yup, been having fun the past few days adding tags. :grin:

    i agree though, it is probably better to threated the gf with a missle attack to make her do stuff, of course it may turn into an arms race
  • joefishjoefish
    edited November 2011
    Those mini helicopters just get better and better every year. I've got a bigger foam one that was a bugger to control (it would rotate far more easily than it would go forward) but then I got a tiny 2-channel one which is great fun. From experience though, the tiny ones with IR control instead of radio are useless outside and have poor range in big halls; at home, the IR signal typically bounces all around the room off your magnolia walls.

    For family Christmasses I often pop into a Poundland or something for remote-control-on-a-wire cars with cheap rotting batteries so we all have something to smash up on Christmas day. Disturbs me that I can remember when those were the height of toy technology and cost a fair wad on their own.
    Joefish
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