Comments on: Super Mario and Yoshi radio-controlled karts

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:23:00 +0000

What is the half-life for this toy? Would anyone concur or disagree with the Amazon reviews?

By: Stephen Green

Stephen Green — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:27:00 +0000

Note: they make larger ones. 1/8 scale they say. The wife got Mario for the boy and Yoshi for herself.

http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Large-Radio-Control-Kart/dp/B005B8LPO6/ref=pd_bxgy_t_text_y

By: Matthew Petty

Matthew Petty — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:25:00 +0000

If these are 1/24th scale, we can calculate how big they would be in real life, and therefore how tall Mario and Yoshi are.

By: IronEdithKidd

IronEdithKidd — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:07:00 +0000

After the Everest dead people story Maggie posted, it would be really nice of you to post video of said kiitens attempting to upend the karts, Mark. Pretty please with sugar on top?

By: nixiebunny

nixiebunny — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:04:00 +0000

Do they get bigger when they drive over a mushroom?

By: James Churchill

James Churchill — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:39:00 +0000

The trick with controlling cars like these is to not think of the controls as left and right, but as anti-clockwise and clockwise. Or that the controls only affect the side of the car furthest away from you (regardless of whether that is the front, back, side or a corner of the car.) Both are effectively equivalent, and both stay the same no matter what the car is doing (unless it has been flipped onto it’s roof…)

By: sqyntz

sqyntz — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:15:00 +0000

> controlling on incoming vehicle eventually becomes second nature.

the more expensive the toy, the easier it gets ;)

By: SamSam

SamSam — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:10:00 +0000

But can thew throw shells and bananas?