This week the worlds largest Toy Fair is held Nurnberg, Germany. A lot of companies introduce new products at the show. Since I had to go there for some non rc related business and it is only 1,5 hours drive from Munich, I decided to take the oppertunity to check out the rc stands as well.

Definitely the biggest new trends were the CORR-style trucks like the Traxxas Slash and 1:8th scale cars with lipo/brushless electric power.

Just about every brand has at least one of the CORR-trucks now, and they come in all shapes and sizes. Gas and electric, 1:8th scale down to 1:16th with the new Traxxas Slash XLS, which looked really trick with cantilever shocks. I think a group of these cars would make some great indoor winter racing!

1:8th electric versions were all around; Associated, Losi, LRP. From now on also not limited to off-road anymore. French company DXF Competition showed an electric 1:8th on-road car. Looks like electric is the wave of the future, although there will always be a group of people who love the smell of nitro of course!

Also new from a couple of manufacturers are the 1:10th scale pan chassis touring cars of which a lot of people have high hopes. I'm not sure this class will help the racing community. A couple of people at the show already mentioned the racing scene is dying. There seems to be a big shift towards the hobby type trucks etc. which you can also see by the number of RTR kits on offer. A new racing class will only split up the already deminishing racing community. 1:12th scale pan cars are very similar and already established. Why kill off two existing catagories to start a new one where everybody has to invest in first? The future will tell.

For a full gallery of all the pictures I took at the show, follow this link.