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pretty cool getting that toy from your childhood you always wanted I finally got the big trak I actually had one but it disappeared on dads work bench to fix then I got my original 80s Clod Buster running led me down this rabbit hole of newer rcs and my channel good video fun to watch cant wait to see the upgrades

I had one when I was a kid. Great memories

4:39 and if your battery starts to smoke and catch fire u can just go get a another one

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I agree is not a crawler but looks very cool 🔵🔵🔵🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍🔵🔵🔵

Nice boat 🔵🔵🔵🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍🔵🔵🔵

Why would you have a rubber band in your wallet? 😂😂😂

I am 49 now, and had one of these when it was new back in the day. I have been into RC cars and boats since I was a kid and still am. I moved away from home 25 years ago and was home to visit my parents a couple weeks ago and went into my moms basement (or as I call it, the time capsule because she has saved everything from my childhood) and found this boat with all the components in the original box preserved as I left it over 30 years ago. It's practically brand new still. I contemplated taking it back home and upgrading all of the electronics and making it brushless. So I am so excited to see what you guys do with it. I also found my clod buster that I built back then, along with a Tamara Bigwig and an RC submarine that I used to have! Please build this one up so I can see the potential!.

Put your receiver in a balloon, works great for water proofing

I have an xray m18 and a HPI micro RS4 that I used to race years ago (I believe a but over 12 years ago.) found them maybe 2 years ago, with old electronics and motors. Would love to get a simple brushless system in them and run them at my local hobby shop that I race at. We race mini-z’s, and 1/10th scale touring indoor.

Such a great boat. Love the steering too! 👍

Please make a list of all the parts you used please.

Just picked one of these up my self used of for 100$ I upgraded the remote to the exact same one you did! With the zees 2s

This makes me want to resurrect my old Traxxas Villian. It's probably been about 20yrs since I let a friend run it, and he sank it. It was running 2x 7,700kv Castle Creations brushless systems, 2x 5,000mah 2s Max Amp lipos, and a Futuba radio system at the time. All the electronics were ruined😭😭😭 Most definitely time to bring it back 💯%!!!

The body looks awesome but the Losi drag cars aren't near as good as the Traxxas Slash, with the Losi soon as you touch the break wheels lock up and your body is scratched all to heck!! Traxxas all day

A pair of 4600 kv short course truck motors (550) should make it hustle :)

When using super glue , sometimes using baking soda can help the glue keep things together.

Friends and I had GT3, ALL had very short range. Have a G7p, hate it. Thought I would eventually learn how to navigate with that 1 stupid button- nope. Most aggravating radio Iv'e ever used, the GT3 was MUCH better in that respect. So I ordered the Radiolink, I know it has excellent range and 4 individual buttons for much better navigation. Hoping 3rd time is a charm. Shame the 3GT has lousy range, it was not hard to learn, but 8 AA batteries?! If it could be lipo'd and had range I would have been thrilled with it. (I have 5 of them, came with trucks). Oh well, at least they're cheap to buy!

How do u bind the gt3c with the redcat receiver I've been trying and it don't seem to work

My uncle had 1 when I was a kid It seemed so fast .they had some on eBay the other day

Absolutely love that boat, got one years ago in a trade, I swapped out the motors for dual speed Gem 12 turn motors and that thing ripped! Would get maybe 5 minutes of run time out of some old 5,000mah NiMH packs 🤣

When I was a kid it as the ABC Super Hawaiin that was a dream. I remember putting it on layaway while cutting lawns. I still have till this day with a modified Huey brushed Twin Drive system. It was like a rocket ship back then at 35mph stock 45mph with twin motors. I love these vintage videos. The Villian was at the top of my list, too. Thanks for another banger, boys!

When I was a kid I always wanted a Tamiya CC01 Pajero. They were so cheap then but I still couldn't afford one. I finally bought one a couple of years ago brand new in box kit. I paid way too much for it but I'm so glad I did.

Loved my nitro villian. Electric backup was genius

It’s more for looks then anything but ya know what they say if ya got ‘‘em smoke um.

Where can I find the other two cars you show on the video, the supra and mustang

Radiolink, I can dig it

I've still got my old aquacraft Rio EP that works great 👍

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Awsome video guys. This is what the hobby should be all about. Tapping into your inner child and having fun. So many people take it way too seriously and take things too far. Im currently in the middle of one of my childhood dreams myself. The wife got me a black edtion Tamiya Lunchbox as an early Father's day gift and we're building it together. Keep up the awsome videos guys. 👊 Also wondered where you guys are from. Your videos look alot like Indiana where im at....lol

HOLY POOP. I just threw mine out. An old timer gave it to me years ago and i never did anything with it. The hobby shop didn't seem interested in rehabing it and I held on to it for years bouncing it from storage bin to garage and back to storage bin. It's time was up!

Rides pretty smooth! What a couple of seamen👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾

You have the first version, the Villain IV, and i have the newer version, Villain EX. Cool boats just not really meant to go fast unfortunately.

I had one of these until last month. I traded it for a Tamiya grasshopper at a swap meet.

I owned one of the villain ex’s for a long time, it’s a great boat for what it is but if you’re going to run it much faster than its intended it’s not at all worth the time or money, the Spartan and many other rc boats that come factory with a brushless (and are 25-30 years newer) are much more worth the time. Doesn’t mean you can’t make a video and try but in the end it’s not at all worth trying to go faster, the hull is not at all capable of that.

Nice restoration! It's like resto-modding an old car.. no need to make it a speed runner. Just get it working right and appreciate it for what it is 👍 Good stuff guys!

Shouldn't one prop go clockwise and one go anticlockwise to cancel torque steer and improve steering?

Congrats! Some hydrogen peroxide/sunlight should brighten the hull.

Got my age 11 on recently with a return of the actual Taiyo 4x4 Racing Pick Up (4wd Tyco Bandit) that I sold to a friend many years ago. My second ever RC the first being the Tyco Jet Hopper which I will be getting one of soon!

This is awesome guys! Glad to see your inner child is alive and well. Can't wait to see more.🤙

Yesterday my red spider arrived to my house in CHILE, it is beautiful and behaves very well. good, pretty and cheap. The only detail is that it is not very smooth when accelerating or requiring torque, but the rest is all very good.

My nitro can’t drive straight ? I’m a newbie, what can it be? Thanks a lot, it’s an old one !