Is This A Good Find?!?!?! Help!!!

[ihor14448]

hi, can you please help me, i got this hovercraft.
a tyco rc mini typhoon (II)
ive been told by one person that its over 15 years old
please tell me if its true, and how much would it cost today? i never seen those around.
the hovercraft hovers, but the controlls are messed up, any imput you put in the tx the HC does the same thing(spins the props)

PLEASE LMK i really want to know it its worth anything

[tigerbay]

If it does what you want, and you did not pay more than something comperable then you got a good buy.

Lots of RC stuff was designed a long time a go and some of the boat kits have been in producction for a long time.

The only advice I would give about hovercrafts is, not all of them can be taken on water.

[Kmot]

Looks like it is not even worth one dollar. :rolleyes:

Your hovercraft on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-TYCO-RC-Hovercraft-LOOK!!_W0QQitemZ110203661518QQcmdZViewItem)

[papower]

I would have to say Tom is the one who had a good find!LOL :D :D
Bruce

[CG Bob]

Tyco, Nikko, Nkok, Airhogs, and anything else available at Radio Shaft, Wally World, K-mart, et al is a toy. They're made chaeply, don't have much range, only come on a few channels, have little or no upgrade parts, etc. To paraphrase the GMC ads -they are toy grade.

If you want hobby grade stuff: look for Futaba, JR, Hitec, Airtronics radios; AquaCraft, ProBoat, Midwest, Dumas, Scale Shipyard, MicroGlass boats and hulls; etc.

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Typically all the production "toys" are too heavy, under powered, and don't run long enough to be worth their price. Great for kids on christmas, but in the long run they end up under the bed, or the back of the closet, or used as push toys with out radios.

Once in a while a hobbyist will tear them apart for motors or to put good equipment into. But that, at least, makes it worth a dollar... ;)

[ihor14448]

Looks like it is not even worth one dollar. :rolleyes:

Your hovercraft on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-TYCO-RC-Hovercraft-LOOK!!_W0QQitemZ110203661518QQcmdZViewItem)

LOL naa, i had 8 watchers on it, i stoped it to ask around some people, its worth alot more than a dollar, you can find some on the bottoms of deep rivers and stuff, i tried my on water, works good

[ihor14448]

i dont care, i dont even want to use that hovercraft, i just want to know if its a vintage

[Kmot]

Okay, seriously now.............. ;)

It is not worth anything, except to someone who collects Tyco toys. You can buy brand new, latest state of the art toy hovercraft for $29.99 so this one being an older generation and performance wise even more miserable than the current iteration of miserably performing toy hovercraft, its value is going to be low. EXCEPT to someone who collects old Tyco toys for some reason.

So, your best bet to find out its value is to go ahead and list it on flea bay and see what it will bring. ;)

[ihor14448]

LOL, well its old, AHH screw it lol, ill see how it goes.

[lowdive]

old? maybe in years but it's basic design and function are the same as current models in stores now. there is little to no value in that toy unless you maybe get it working and give it to a kid. the smile on their face will be worth well more than the couple of bucks you'd get for it.

[der kapitan]

CG Bob said it in a few words, toy grade---. ;)

And if it doesn't perform right, s :censored: t grade---. :D

[ihor14448]

well, i just traded it for a pede roller, well not yet but am, and a tx with crystal.
YEP!:D