Recently I got interested in these tiny whiny R/C cars called Q-Steer produced by Tomy. A few years back I ordered 2 Bit-CharG cars from a japan hobby website. Those were the smallest consumer r/c car toys of that time, measuring around 6cm in length. Now, I discovered Q-Steer. Its even smaller.

What is the size of Q-Steer? If you have visited any toy shops, you should have noticed a series of over priced pull-back cars measuring 4cm long, called Choro-Q, which are also produced by Tomy. Well, Q-Steer is branded under the Choro-Q umbrella, and if not for the electronics inside it, Q-Steer cars are totally identical in look and size as the pull-back Choro-Qs.

An interesting point is that these cars do not contain rechargeable batteries, unlike other tiny R/C toys. They run on 2 LR44 batteries, the very same batteries that power your Digimon toys. Instead of transmitting via radio waves, these cars are controlled via Infra Red. As a result, gadgets with built in infra red sensors like handphones and PSP can also be used to control those cars as long as you have the necessary applications.

Here is a pic of my collection. (Only 3 cars, will get more soon!)

In my opinion, these cars are priced rather inexpensively. $16.95 for a box with a car only. $24.95 for a box with a standard car and a remote. $29.90 for a box with a special car, speed upgrade accessories and a remote. $59.90 for 2 special
cars, a bunch of accessories and 2 remotes. Compare this with the price of a Bit Char-G ($29.95) for a car and remote, or Digi-Q ($70) for a car a remote which were released a few years back and no longer available today.

After watching a few Youtube videos which featured a bunch of guys racing their Q-Steers on racing tracks which they made themselves, I’ve decided to make one too for the budget of $5. I overshot my budget slightly, but the end result is worth every penny.

1) Grade 1200 Sandpaper $0.50 - for the Slope
2) Large black thick cardboard $3.60 - for the base
3) White glue $1.00
4) Ice-cream sticks $0.80 - for the corners and structures

I’ll be getting some green plasticine to add patches of “grass”, some plastic trees, etc to beautify it later today.

Update: After applying some plasticine and adding some new elements:

The next logical step is of course to use ice-cream sticks to block up everything so that the cars won’t fun out of the track.. but I’ve ran out of ice-cream sticks for now so this will have to do.

Q-Steer is really, really fun!

And if anyone is feeling generous! Kindly make a donation so that I would be able to afford more cars! My birthday was just over btw (18 Jan). I can use some belated birthday gifts!

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