R/C Mini cars move beyond mini

Not bad eh? These tiny 35 x 25 x 20-mm remote controlled cars fit inside your choice of sport-themed balls which double as the controller. You can even dangle your ball from a lanyard... perfect for all you athletic supporters. While no real technical details are provided regarding battery life or RC range, for $13 you can afford the surprise.

[leak @ Jul 4th 2008 6:45AM]

Tiny balls..

[silverblackvoid @ Jul 4th 2008 10:27AM]

r ya talkin bout yours?

[leak @ Jul 4th 2008 6:46AM]

Tiny balls..

[Metkis @ Jul 4th 2008 6:47AM]

For those that wear their balls around their neck.

[j_g_puff @ Jul 4th 2008 6:58AM]

I can think of much better things to make with a hunk of plastic stock, and much better things to do with my $13.

[MARSHAK @ Jul 4th 2008 4:40PM]

I can't. I'm an overpaid tradesperson. I buy tons of crap like this. Its great.

people who buy crap mark me up

environmentalists mark me down.

also, im not american.

[~~Tito~~ @ Jul 4th 2008 7:00AM]

These have been around for awhile. Except in pens and other things. I have a pen cap one and its almost the same size.

[Moe @ Jul 4th 2008 7:38AM]

sorry engadget but i've had one of these like 4 years ago
and they actually make a submarine too

[Macfly @ Jul 4th 2008 7:58AM]

Hey! A whole new way of beying a nerdy dork, what an exciting world we live in....

[Asta Solilja @ Jul 4th 2008 8:06AM]

"You can even dangle your ball from a lanyard... perfect for all you athletic supporters."

Ah Engadget, always taking the bold initiative in e-journalism. Happy 4th!
;^)

[Lakeuk @ Jul 4th 2008 8:25AM]

I had one of these 5 years ago, they were very popular in the UK one xmas, they cost £4 ($8), you gave the car a 30sec charge by attaching it to the remote control and that gave you about 5mins runtime, the car had a range of about 15 foot and you could buy cars on different freqencies so you could race each other, although they were more fun for doing tricks.

The big thing at the moment is these pocket size PicoZ R/C Helicopters

[Jack @ Jul 4th 2008 8:31AM]

a friend of mine used one like this to make a mini RC plane

[忆忆 @ Jul 4th 2008 8:39AM]

It's so cute!

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[Kris @ Jul 4th 2008 9:15AM]

I like your name. People cant flame you coz its un-pronouncable ;)

[sid @ Jul 4th 2008 9:34AM]

omg.. i got this on my trip to china.. it took 6 hrs to break down, lol
and range is about 10m max, costed 50 yuan= $ 7 to 8..
i got the yellow one..
its pretty cool, it charges from the base itself, which uses AAA cells, and those cells power the remote as well..

[J-Rad @ Jul 4th 2008 10:05AM]

Com'mon Engadget, "Dangle your ball!?" That's just not fair! Your making it hard for me not to say it!! ...

..Cant-t-t f-fight it any longer-r... THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!

[SimonRichards @ Jul 4th 2008 11:52AM]

Pah, I had one of these five years ago! Old news rocks!

[nanobis @ Jul 4th 2008 1:55PM]

must be a slow news day then.

[John H. @ Jul 4th 2008 2:11PM]

lemme guess, it has 2 buttons "forward" and "back" and it's the annoying kind that turns itself...and who would wear a necklace with a car in it?

[McFly @ Aug 21st 2008 1:52AM]

i guess left, right, and forward if you push both buttons

[Frank @ Jul 4th 2008 3:45PM]

Imagine the disappointment in a child's face when they get a new toy, throw it around, and open it up to discover a broken car....