Piero Torregiani has contacted us to announce that he has left ATS tyres, ending his involvement in the company. After years of helping to build the ATS brand he has decided to go and do something new in the area of tire production. Piero will start his own company, bringing together his experience in the production of foam tires as well as some of the people who worked with him in the past to help win many major titles in the past. He wished to express his personal thanks to all the people that he worked with over the past 4 years. We can expect an announcement on his new project in the next few months.

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British micro racer Carl Venter has been working in collaboration with Keith at Kamtec models to design the new ‘Goblin’ bodyshell for LRP Shark 1/18 buggies that have been modified with the longer SC chassis. The bodyshell is named after the Goblin shark (known for its sleek and unorthodox shape) and allows for maximum airflow to the electrics. Made out of 1mm top quality lexan the body is strong and sturdy and should stand up to the rigors of racing while protecting your expensive electrics inside. On it’s very first outing at the BRCA micro nationals Mark Stiles took the Goblin to TQ and first place in the A-final and in doing so wrapped up his second consecutive national title in the class.

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To be precise, toys that use infrared technology aren’t really RC since they aren’t radio control. But in most other ways they are like radio controlled toys. However, the Air Hogs Vectron Wave moves even further away from RC with their infrared UFO. That’s because there is no transmitter, infrared or otherwise. Once you get past the sort of “wow, that’s kind of cool” use of infrared sensing technology though, you’re left with a toy that really doesn’t do all that much. I normally like Air Hogs toys, but this one just isn’t all that great where it really counts – the fun factor after day one. Check out my review of the Air Hogs Vectron Wave IR UFO. And if you disagree or have a different perspective on this toy, submit your own review.

Catching the Wave… the Air Hogs Vectron Wave originally appeared on About.com Radio Controlled Vehicles on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 17:12:04.

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Kyosho America have dropped us a mail to say they are hiring and are looking for a strong candidate for the position of Sales Representative for its headquarters based in southern California. If you’re a talented, confident and charismatic individual who knows how to create, maintain, and develop successful sales strategies with the rest of the sales team, thry want you. You will be responsible for building solid customer relationships with their dealers and for sales support.

Kyosho Corporation of America is a worldwide leader in the R/C (radio-control) hobby manufacture industry. With notable brands such as Peak Racing and Route 246, with a diverse portfolio of labels provides endless opportunities for personal growth and success.

Job Title: Sales Representative

Kyosho Corporation of America is looking for a strong candidate for the position of Sales Representative for its headquarters based in southern California. If you’re a talented, confident and charismatic individual who knows how to create, maintain, and develop successful sales strategies with the rest of the sales team, we want you. You will be responsible for building solid customer relationships with our dealers and for sales support.

Primary Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain accounts in specific territories across the U.S., Canada and South America.
- Run a series of weekly and monthly reports on sales activities and trends in your territories.
- Ensure that all orders within the specified territories are processed and shipped within the allocated shipping window.
- Interact in an efficient and pleasant manner with a variety of other departments like Marketing, Accounting and Warehouse.
- Set up and maintain customer accounts.
- Meet or exceed assigned sales goals.
- Assist the Accounting department with invoice problems.
- Perform a variety of data entry task, including entering dealer orders, dealer info updates, and sales statistics, and produce useful reports from that data.
- Solicit orders from customer by phone, email and at tradeshows.
- Send press release updates, and follow up with new press release order.
- Be responsible for handling dealer complaints and successfully turning them into a sales opportunity.
- Keep accounts up-to-date on all upcoming and new products.
- Work closely with the sales group to develop and implement successful sales strategies.

Minimum Requirements:
- 1-3 years of successful performance in sales
- Strong PC computer skills, must be proficient in Excel and Word
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Proven problem solving skills
- Ability to multi task
- R/C experience and knowledge a plus
- Experience using Mas 90 / 200 a plus
- Experience using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator a plus

Salary will depend on experience. Please email resume with salary history to efrain@kyoshoamerica.com

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