Another one of those sets I don't get. There's hardly any LEGO in it.

I had 8183 before it finally gave up the ghost 3-4 years ago, which had a studded top you could build upon. I mostly used to build minifig-scale heavy trucks and emergency vehicles. Now that was a good idea. It allowed one to build an RC LEGO vehicle without the knowledge of Technic and use of complex gearboxes and the like to build an RC vehicle.

What is something weird?

Only RC set I have (though in pieces)

The graphic designer thought hard about the stars on the antennae.

It's definitely red.

@cody6268:
They made a few System-based RC sets (a yellow one in particular got used by a few of us to make an RC version of RC from Toy Story, since the timing was convenient). The problem with those is that they really weren't designed for use outside. They were tiny, had low ground clearance, and weren't really protected from water. Oh, and it was really easy to lose pieces if you crashed into stuff. This line was meant to cater to LEGO fans who wanted to drive them outside. They were more robust, had higher ground clearance, were at least nominally water resistant (I think), and removing parts usually required use of a tool (trees don't count). The problem was, they were really trying to cater to a market without really knowing if it actually existed. And the solution they came up with just didn't feel like a LEGO set, which kinda defeated the purpose for those who were interested.

I only just found out these existed fairly recently. They sure had some... interesting parts in them

Is this even LEGO?

@Darth_Mule said:
"Is this even LEGO?"

Clikits: Am I a joke to you?

@Vladtheb said: "I have this one! Other than the two silver ribbed tubes that outline the windshield, it doesn’t have a single standard Lego part."

Yeah! I was just going to say, looking at the photo, I can't see a single actual Lego piece on that. Not one.

I guess around 2K Lego tried everything to stay afloat. It may have looked cool to some new Lego fans in 2004, but as an AFOL I wouldn't even think of buying it, even back then. I love Lego but I do not eat and sleep with it, and certainly do not feel the need to buy everything they put on the shelves.

@Darth_Mule said:
"Is this even LEGO?"

I get it. In fact, for a moment, I thought I was on the wrong site! Certainly interesting nonetheless, but the PPP is awful (although expected).

@Isabella_and_Lego_Liker said:
" @Darth_Mule said:
"Is this even LEGO?"

Clikits: Am I a joke to you?"

Clikits are no joke to HuwBot!

People hate Galidor, while this was Technic:The Galidor.

These seemed to be the slimmed down indoor version of the outdoor dirt crusher 8369, which had suspension, gear box, rechargeable battery etc. but at a higher price. I never really understood why Lego decided to abandon the brick and compete against highly competitive Chinese RC buggy manufacturers?

I have parts from this in a bulk lot, the silver intakes would make for interesting spaceship components

@xboxtravis7992 said:
"Somebody could make a MOC challenge to try and encourage people to actually use these pieces in something. "

iirc Mark Stafford built a spaceship using 2 of those fenders.

Oh jeez what is that?

I picked the right era to have my dark ages.