Anyone else fool with Zip-Zaps?

 

HUH? What is a zip-zap?

 

>HUH? What is a zip-zap?

Ditto!????????



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zip zap? fill me in too

 

Isn't a Zip Zap an RC Car ?



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Get your Zip Zaps here http://www.radioshack.com/Partners/ZipZaps/ZipZapsHome.asp

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Oh...I see

 

In what state/country do they use the term "zip-zap" for R/C cars? Is this a British thing? Canadian?

 

We've got them here in the US. There's some kids in my area that are real into this thing - the one kid's got a little honda "zip zap" (I never knew what they were called before now) and that thing is stupid fast - I'm talking REALLY fast. Kinda interesting, if you ask me.

XXL

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 24-Nov-02 AT 04:52 AM (EST)]As 94Van showed you guys they are the Worlds Smallest R/C car. Zip/Zap refers to the smallest cars available. They don't have room for a battery, so they have a capacitor in them, and you charge it by setting it up on the controller for 35 seconds.

You can get neat stuff for them. Body changes, new mag wheels, lo-pro-tires, parking cones and barrels for those desktop and tabletop races I just got a tuneup kit and changed the rear gearing (with a tweezers and magnifying glass from the tuneup kit) and I have much better low end grunt.

Hey laugh if you want but my old lady won't let me bring my truck into the house and it often gets too cold out there to play, besides it costs $20. to participate in Zip-Zap.

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 24-Nov-02 AT 06:07 AM (EST)]>In what state/country do they use the term "zip-zap" for R/C
>cars? Is this a British thing? Canadian?

haroutd

I believe it's a Radio Shack Trademark, so anywhere RS is, you'll have ZipZaps.

I've seen other brands on eBay a little cheaper.

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They only sell at Radio Shack and they are $20. But they are in very short supply. I visited maybe 5 stores in two states some of them several times and I only found one available for sale and that was by asking when the next shipment came in and having the wife go to the store first thing and have the guy open the box. That shipment only had one car.

I guess RS is having problems with meeting demand. Most stores are starting waiting lists. I do not NEED another zip zap til January for my kids bd. #2 son got the first one in Oct.

They are cool, about the size of a matchbox or hot wheels car. Thy are kinda fun and it is amazing how long they will run on a quick recharge. They do not do well on anything but solid smooth floors. Carpet sucks them dry in seconds if they move at all. They are not very fast, probably a good thing if you run on table tops.

The kits include all kinds of things for relatively low cost. The motors on these things are tiny, maybe the size of one of these mechanical pencil erasers.

If you want one, you need luck or you need to get on a list.

I can harldy wait for the frenzy to end, then they will be easy to get and maybe cheaper. Remember Cabbage patch kids at hundreds of dollars and the fist fights to get them? The Zip Zap is not so bad but they are a pain to find.

Jim Henderson

 

Jim, check out the ebay. They sell them by the dozens if you want.