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Radio Controlled Mario Kart Cars
Can't get enough Mario Kart in your life? Or do you need a really cool present for a huge Nintendo fan? Well now you can recreate the Mario Kart experience at home with these very cool radio controlled Mario Kart cars.
The "MarioKart Advance Mario Bit Char-G Full Function" model is perfect for desktop races as the car is small enough to fit into your hand. The package comes with either Mario or Yoshi as well as five plastic banana peals, two shells, a mushroom, and R/C remote.
The other model, the "Large Turbo Model", is over a foot high and comes with a very cool GameCube R/C controller. There are no bonus items included with this set, but the cars can say "Mario Karty-things" like "mama mia" or "lets go". This model is definitely suited for those outdoor races as it handles like a standard R/C car, and you can select from Mario, Yoshi, or Donkey Kong.
If you are lucky enough to live near Manhattan New York you can pick up the Char-G cars at the Nintendo World store at Rockefeller Center. But for everyone else I would suggest the awesome import store lik-sang.com which has no shortage of very cool video game-related toys.
Definatly want the Donkey Kong
Posted by Danzik at December 13, 2005 03:29 PMI was wondering when they'd do that.
Posted by Gauphastus at December 13, 2005 04:42 PMit would be neat if there was some way that they would actually throw the bananas or shoot the shells somehow, but yeah, it's another neat little toy.
Posted by Crippits at December 13, 2005 04:48 PMI believe the Nintendo Customer Support store (in Redmond, WA) has these (quite sure I've seen at least the little ones there). If the bigger ones are newer, I'd say there's a good chance they have those, too.
Posted by RealmRPGer at December 14, 2005 02:52 AMI had one of those years ago, but it didn't have such a nice controller...shame it broke..
Posted by Gil at December 14, 2005 10:20 AM