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I wasn't sure where to post this, but I guess here is the best place since this was cutting edge stuff about 1989. At the track where we raced the owner bought a whole butt-load of these and convinced everyone that they were the hot ticket(what a genius). We all bought them and I'll admit that I'd have one on every radio I have if they were available. There are similar wheels available, but I was just curious if anyone else had one of these bad boys?


By the way, I'm lovin' these VGA photos. They upload in about 90 seconds from home.

they were readliy available up until very recently, I just bought one a few weeks ago
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXS480&P=7

i have one on a brand new junior just like that one. i got it from an old racing buddy.

oh by the way, that battery showed up. thanks a bunch.

aconsola wrote:they were readliy available up until very recently, I just bought one a few weeks ago
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXS480&P=7

Well,.......shows how much homework I did don that one. Not a bad run for 'em I guess....Once again, I'll crawl back into my hole.

scr8p wrote:i have one on a brand new junior just like that one. i got it from an old racing buddy.

oh by the way, that battery showed up. thanks a bunch.

Glad to see it go to a worthy build. Man, I can't believe this wheel stuck around that long. Good for them. At least now I know what the little kp symbol meant. I actually meant to ask that in the original post. So all is not lost on this after all.

they are still available from another company and there is also a 2nd gen version.

** ok these are slightly different than the Kimbrough ones but the same basic concept. plus they come in colors.

i did have one of the kimbrough's back in the day. wish i still had it today.

old style



new style

who makes those? got a link to a vendor?

aconsola wrote:who makes those? got a link to a vendor?

with me being a new guy and not knowing the site rules on posting vendor links i don't wanna do it just in case. but the company that makes and distributes them is "blue groove concepts". google it and it should be the first link. if you get their original style in yellow you are looking at a price of $2.49 each plus shipping.

if a mod could please tell me what the site's policy on posting vendor links is that would be great. i don't want to get banned for being naive. thanks

There is no harm in posting a link for these. It would be no different than posting a link to Tower hobbies.

http://www.bluegrooveconcepts.com/cart/index.php?target=categories&category_id=202

now i would like to state for te record that i looked for these because i wanted a few. but i have yet to order them. so i can not tell anyone good or bad about them. i do know they have been around for a while and had advertised in rcca in the past. i am not sure if they still do or not. i havne found any other styles yet but is i ever do find some that are different i will post them up.

I have an old style on my Nomadio. My Futaba has the foam type on it. I haven't noticed a difference in using either, like them both.