As most of you know, RCSoup is all about giving back to the community. We do what we do for fun, and not for profit. What little money we do generate from advertising and Merch sales, all goes back into the site, to either pay for travel expenses for event coverage, being able to bring you more gear, or to pay for promotional items like banners and business cards.

Last year was our first year as a site, and Tamiya USA was generous enough to help us get started with some actual vehicle reviews. They sent us a CR01 Land Cruiser to build up and review. We eventually wanted to pass that generosity along and we came up with the 2011 Children’s Miracle Network Charity Benefit. We ended up raising $1,585 for CMN. We thought it was a brilliant success and wanted to do it again this year!

So let’s talk about what we are doing this year. The focus is on raising money for a great cause, Children’s Miracle Network. With most of Team Soup being active fathers with young children, we think this is an excellent benefactor of our generosity. There is NOTHING we hate more than seeing a sick child, it’s absolutely heartbreaking.

I asked local CMNH Director, Michele Adams to tell everyone a little bit about Children’s Miracle Network, and what they do. Here’s that:

You can learn more about CMNH @ the national website. As you can see in Michele’s statement, all funds we raise stay local to our Central New York location, which to be honest.. could use all the help it can get.

Now that you know a little about CMNH, let’s talk about what we are giving away to help show our appreciation for your donations (by the way, EVERY bit of what is raised goes directly to CMNH, we make nothing from this).

Let me tell you, this year is INSANE! We had originally planned on repeating with just 1 vehicle, but we had such overwhelming support from some of the biggest names in the industry, that we are not just bringing you 1 vehicle up for grabs.. but 8!! EIGHT vehicles, means 8 winners!

Keep in mind, these are all “Projects” that we raffle off, not new in box kits.. they were built up on our site for your viewing pleasure, and we’ll give them all a thorough review before this is over if we haven’t reviewed them already. They will all be cleaned up before they are shipped, with the help of our friends at Canalside Racing Products through the use of their Pro Shop Services.

Let’s look at what we’re giving away.

ZRP Diablo Modified Tamiya Clodbuster
View the Build Up | Read the Review (coming soon)

Parts Donated:
Axles: Tamiya Super Clod Buster Axles – Tamiya USA
Chassis: ZRP Diablo Chassis – Zyck Racing Products
Shocks: Pro-Line Power Stroke 3.5″ (Slash Front) – Pro-Line Racing
Wheels: Tamiya Chrome Clod Wheels – Vinyl7
Tires: RC4WD Rumble tires – RC4WD
Motors: Reedy 4900kv Brushless – Reedy
ESC(s): Associated XP SC700-BL’s – Team Associated
Servo: Savox SC1258TG – Savox
Radio: Futaba 4PL – Futaba
Bearings: Team Fast Eddy Metal Shielded – Team Fast Eddy
Body: Donated by Michigan Monsters of RC Club
Paint Work: Slipstream Graphics
Misc: Wheel Wideners from RC4WD, Kimbrough HD Servo Saver, Racer’s Edge Glitch Cap
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC

Retro (Stock-ish) Tamiya Clodbuster
View the Build Up | Read the Review (coming soon)

Parts Donated:
ESC: Tekin FX Pro – Tekin
Servo: Savox SC1258TG – Savox
Radio: Spektrum DX3C – Spektrum
Bearings: Team Fast Eddy Metal Shielded – Team Fast Eddy
Body: Original Parma “Big-Foot” body, donated by Eric Krush
Paint Work: Vinyl7.com (for the Black Stallion) / Stock body is also included, paint by Travis Deruby.
Misc: Servo Mount / Rear Steering Lockout from Crawford Performance Engineering,
Pulling Hitch from AJS Machine
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC

Axial EXO Terra Off-Road Buggy
View the Build Up | Read the Review (coming soon)

Parts Donated:
EXO Kit donated by Axial Racing
Novak Havoc Pro SC ESC donated by Team Novak
Novak 4.5T Ballistic 550 motor donated by Team Novak
Hitec HS-7955TG Servo donated by Hitec
Hitec SRX Pro 2.4ghz radio donated by Hitec
Bearing kit donated by FastEddy Bearings
Gens Ace Lipo Battery donated by HobbyPartz.com
Police Light bar donated by HobbyPartz.com
Vinyl Graphics work donated by Vinyl7.com
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC

ECX Torment 2wd Short Course Truck
Read the Review

Parts Donated:
ECX Torment donated by Horizon Hobby
Xtreme Chassis Extension & other parts donated by Xtreme R/C Racing (soon to be posted)
Stock ECX parts to finish conversion above donated by Team Soup
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC

ARRMA ADX-10 2wd 1/10 Buggy
Read the Review

Parts Donated:
ADX-10 Buggy donated by Hobbico
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC

ABC Hobby USA Genetic 1/12 Mini 4wd Touring Car
View the Build Up | Read the Review (coming soon)

Parts Donated:
ABC Hobby USA Genetic Kit donated by ABC Hobby USA
Hitec HS-625MG Servo donated by Hitec
Novak Club 17.5 Brushless system donated by Team Novak
Fly Sky FS-GT3B radio from Hobbypartz.com
Replacement bearing kit from Fast Eddy Bearings
Custom paintjob donated by Kustom RC Graphics
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC

ABC Hobby USA Grid 1/12 Mini FWD Touring Car
View the Build Up | Read the Review (coming soon)

Parts Donated:
ABC Hobby USA Grid Kit donated by ABC Hobby USA
Hitec HS-625MG Servo donated by Hitec
Novak Edge / 17.5 Ballistic Brushless system donated by Team Novak
Fly Sky FS-GT3B radio from Jim Decker’s Garage of “Too much R/C stuff”
Replacement bearing kit from Fast Eddy Bearings
Custom paint job donated by Kustom RC Graphics
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC

Atomik Metal Mulisha Brian Deegan 1:18 Scale Ford Fiesta RC Rally Car
Read the Review (coming soon)

This vehicle, the recipient will actually be receiving a New in Box car, not our test model.

Parts Donated:
RTR Rally Car donated by Atomik R/C
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC

So you want in?? Here’s the details you’re probably dying for.

Details:
In order to track donations, we are selling tickets to those we see in person. Online donators will be purchasing custom printed Benefit Decals, generously printed by Gary’s Precision Graphix. These will actually ship to you, and you can put them on your truck, pit box, wherever to show your support for the cause.

As the flyer above states, tickets/decals are $5 each, or 5 ticket/decals for $20. We will be selling tickets online, as well as working with local hobbyshops, and selling in person. Every ticket/decal purchased is a chance to win a giveaway vehicle (actually 8 chances). With this big of a prize pot, and so much cool stuff, $5 for a chance is a no brainer… and it all goes to help kids!

The decal design is below. They are approximately 3″x1″ printed vinyl.

If you purchase a decal online, Team Soup will transfer your entry information to a physical ticket.

Only one win per person. If a person wins a giveaway vehicle, and then their name is drawn again for another, we will redraw. It’s only fair to everyone. We want as many different people as possible to enjoy these vehicles we’ve built.

Winning tickets will be drawn on December 11, 2012. We will record the event and post the drawing online in a Winners Announcement post. Winning tickets will be drawn by one of CMNH’s “Miracle Children”. Once the giveaway winners are chosen, We (Team Soup) will contact them, if they have not provided a shipping address, and then Children’s Miracle Network will mail the vehicles and any extras to them.

Eligibility:
We’d like this to be US only to help CMNH with shipping costs; however we know we have at least a few international readers. If you would like to participate and are outside the US, please consider shipping costs. We’d like to ask that the winner be responsible for any shipping costs over $40USD on any vehicle package if you are outside the United States. If a winner is outside US, they will be contacted after the raffle to arrange additional shipping payment once shipping is quoted. If the winner is local (within 30 miles of Utica, NY), we’d ask they could pick up their package in person from CMNH, or meet a member of Team Soup somewhere. All arrangements will be made via email or phone after raffle ends on an individual basis.

Since this is community driven, for a good cause, and also with the winners drawn by a 3rd party.. we are allowing all previous R/C Soup contributors (other than our 3 founding members, Matt, Jim & Kevin) to be eligible to donate/win as well.

Ticket Info:

Tickets/Decals are no longer available.

Contact us at rcsoupdotcom@gmail.com if you have specific questions or need further assistance.

*Donations to Children’s Miracle Network will go to our local CMNH office in Faxton-St. Luke’s of Utica, NY. We’d also like to thank Sherburne News for printing up the paper raffle tickets. They turned out great!