Dragon Radio Controlled 1/72 Tanks

Philip · Post by **Philip** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:27 pm

Have you guys seen the Dragon Radio controlled 1/72 tanks (Micro Tech)? I have seen some radio tanks, 1/72, but didn't think they were made by Dragon. Stratton's Toys has several, including a Tiger I, winter camo. Is anyone familiar with these? Anyway, thought I would pass this on. They are all ca. $50.00.

WGP Klaus · Post by **WGP Klaus** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:07 am

They're actually pretty nice little pieces, I've got the Tiger and the M1. Detailing is excellent, and functionality is great. Price was a bit high in my opinion, but they were too cool to pass up.

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:51 pm

Go to www.geeks.com they are mostly computer stuff but go to the remote control vehicles section. The have a 1/70 scale remote control tiger 1 for $9.99 each. It has recorded vehicle sounds turret rotates and the main gun and machine gun fire with sounds. The tank rocks back when the gun fires. All in 1/70 scale!. For $9.99 I order 3 of them, 1 for myself and 2 for ebay. The picture looked decent except for the front drive sprocket, but a little panzer gray paint will take care of that. I will right a review soon as I get it and play with it. I had the dragon 1/72 tiger. it was fun while it lasted, but the gears wore out to soon.

nfafan · Post by **nfafan** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:17 am

WGP Klaus wrote:They're actually pretty nice little pieces, I've got the Tiger and the M1. Detailing is excellent, and functionality is great. Price was a bit high in my opinion, but they were too cool to pass up.

If I may ask; How long do the little Dragon Tiger I's run before requiring a re-charge?

reason I ask is that I have the Radio Shack Late Tiger I approx 1/50th scale, 4-channel action, MG and cannon sounds, cannon light flashes, turret turns, recoil, neo-proportional speed - but only runs about 5 mins before you have to plug it back on to it's "base" for recharging.

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:46 pm

Radio shack had an RC tiger tank? Whem, where and how much?

nfafan · Post by **nfafan** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:34 pm

luftpanzer wrote:Radio shack had an RC tiger tank? Whem, where and how much?

About 2 Xmas's ago, they had them in R/S stores for a brutal $40.00++. Cute, neat, but not $40.00 worth.

Last Xmas, R/S was dumping them at $10.00 each, for $10.00 - worth it.

It's bigger than 1/72nd, maybe 1/50~ish scale, with rubber band tracks.

Represents a Late Tiger with steel wheels in the typical Normandy 3-tone. No zimm, but does have a nicely done MG34 A/A and the main tow cables are molded seperately. Markings are basic clear stickies.

Comes with a covered "diorama" base of a brick street, brick wall, tele pole.

The "dio base" is the charger for the tank itself, Holds about million AA batteries; pop on the Tiger, press the button, and when the light tells you, the Tiger is ready to go. Pull the Tiger off the base and use the seperate remote (switchable between two freqs) to control the tank.

Has MG, cannon, recoil action. Turret turns via the remote. The "neo proportional" (IMHO) is that if you determine the speed in FWD or REV by how much you push the controls.
You can literally crawl this along swinging the turret back and forth as you spray the area with MG fire.

Well done and a lot of value for $10.00, maybe not so much for the original price. They show up on eBay from time to time.

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:12 am

Ok here is my review. They are about 1/72 scale. The model is that of a late war tiger 1. The model looks pretty good except for the paint job. The paint job is dark green with black camo. The tracks are like rubber bands. In the box was the tank the R/C controler a wall section, sand bags and obsticals. It has engine nose and main gun noise coming ffrom a speaker in the R/C Unit witch takes 6 AA baterys witch where in cluded. The tank itself charges up from the R/C controler. Here is the fun part. These tanks have infared seneors on them so you can battle other tanks.
The controller has 4 chanels so you set what chanel you want. The chage last abou 4-5 minutes and recharges in about the same time. Not bad for $9.00.

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:50 pm

I received two of the four 1/70 Tigers I ordered today (one grey, one green and black). I'm at work, so I haven't had the opportunity to really put them through their paces. I did pull one out to fool with a little bit, and it's a hoot! Best $10 a piece I've spent in a while.

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:18 am

flpickupman wrote:I received two of the four 1/70 Tigers I ordered today (one grey, one green and black). I'm at work, so I haven't had the opportunity to really put them through their paces. I did pull one out to fool with a little bit, and it's a hoot! Best $10 a piece I've spent in a while.

You dont play with em at work? Am me and the guys here have been having a blast wth them every chance we get.

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:42 pm

It's tough to play with em at work when you're the security officer posted in the main lobby of an office building. They frown upon that...

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:26 am

I've noticed that the Hen Long itty bitty RC Tigers (from Geeks.com) are the exact same size as my new Dragon Armor Tigers. Now I can have acurately scaled Tigers running through my girlfriend's 1/72 dioramas. Now nice is that?

nfafan · Post by **nfafan** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:55 pm

luftpanzer wrote:Radio shack had an RC tiger tank? Whem, where and how much?

Here is an e_ay listing of the same "RipMax" 1/50-something Tiger I that was available at Radio Shack a couple Xmas's ago.

This one is overall yellow, vs. the R-S version in the 3-color cammo.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-54TH-RADIO-CONTRO ... dZViewItem

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Dragon Radio Controlled 1/72 Tanks

Dragon Radio Controlled 1/72 Tanks

My R/C Tigers arrived yesterday