RC Car Action

KING TRITON

I remember my first RC truck; I was about 9 years old and was obsessed with 2WD RC stadium trucks. Being 9 I didn’t have a big budget, so I decided to scour the local Recycler paper (now I feel old). After a lot of searching I found a well-used Tamiya Stadium Blitzer, a 2WD truck kit they made back in the 90’s.

I bought the truck used for a couple of reasons. First off, I was 9 and didn’t have a lot of money. The second reason is that entry-level RTR kits didn’t really exist back in those

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