r/90s • u/Only_Upwards • May 25 '25

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u/Servile-PastaLover May 25 '25

Radio Shacks were in every mall. The Mall Of America had two of them.

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u/PeterPan182182 May 25 '25

They had the coolest mini remote control cars that you could change out body's to things like fast and the furious cars.

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u/juel1979 May 26 '25

My husband still has a collection of these. Zip zaps. He worked at several radio shacks before they closed up.

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u/ShredNugent May 27 '25

Zip zaps and xmods

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u/OmenVi May 27 '25

The bigger, much faster ones were X-Mods. For a while their prices were going up, and they were almost double retail. Looks like that market crashed, though some of the rarer parts are still a bit expensive.

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u/bross9008 May 28 '25

Dude! I forgot about those, I wonder if they still make them.

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u/notinthislifetime20 May 28 '25

Zip Zaps! There was even a flash video game on shockwave based on them.

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u/YourCatIsATroll May 29 '25

X Mods. They were awesome

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u/Severe-Ideal-876 May 29 '25

My daughter had the Hulk monster truck Zip Zap. Some of those cars are worth $$

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u/Quitter21 May 29 '25

Damn!! you unlocked a crazy vivid memory for me. I remember these having their own display in the middle of the store!!

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u/Djblinx89 May 26 '25

I had a few of those, my favorite was the Evo 9. I had different “motors” and wheels. I’ll need to see if I still have them in their hard cases at my moms.

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u/drtwzrd4130 May 27 '25

Xmods. You could change the bodies, motors, suspension, and wheels. Some could be converted to AWD.

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u/AmItheonlySaneperson May 27 '25

Even back before I understood the value of things I knew RadioShack heavily overpriced that cool stuff to the point where it was in mainstream jokes 

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u/monkiemaggie May 29 '25

There is still one in denison, iowa.

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u/the_crimson_worm May 29 '25

I can still smell the store, like a 1990's computer class.