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Vintage Radio Shack RC Boat
I got this boat for my nephew for Christmas back in the mid 90s, can't remember what year. I remember when I bought it, I also bought the battery for it as well as the little 9v battery for the controller bit I didn't buy a charger as I figured my Sister and Brother-in-law could provide that. Well, they never did get a charger and the boat was played with only one time. I remember my Brother-in-law telling me that the battery had a little charge on it and they played with the boat once and then it was never played with again.
When my Brother-in-law passed away recently and my Nephew and I were going through things, we found the boat on a shelf in a closet. There, it was in it's box all these years!!! My Nephew said I could have it so now it has come full circle. So, here is a vintage Radio Shack Stinger RC Boat, with Radio Shack battery pack and original Radio Shack 9v battery.          Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
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How cool is that! Are batteries available to use it?
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I'm going to try and charge the battery pack, it has never been charged, and see if it will work. I am really surprised that the 9volt wasn't all corroded after all these years, it was still in the controller when I first unboxed it. My Nephew was about 6 or 7 years old, I think, when I got it for him, he is 30 now. It's been sitting for a long time, that's for sure.
I'm pretty sure I could still get a new battery pack for it if that one doesn't take a charge. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
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Oh yeah, I Love all the graphics and wording on the boat, pretty cool stuff. This same boat was sold by NIKKO as the Barracuda by the way.
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Great Flashback to my youth, going to Radio Shack looking at all the radios, test equipment, and toys.
I bet you can find replacement batteries for the boat pretty easily.
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The compatible Radio Shack chargers are marked on the battery pack.
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I have this charger. I bought it several years ago at Hobby Town USA when I started getting into RC boats, I think it may be up to the task. Lol.
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