Tuesday evening I took a little trip to Wal-Mart. My wife, my step-daughters, and I each scoured the toy aisles looking for RC toys that caught our interest.

Daughter Lyla beat my wife to the Speed Racer RCs (Go Speed Racer, Go has been her theme song lately) but they both zeroed in on Hot Wheels R/Cs. Sarah went for a big truck (despite being a wired model aimed at 4 year olds) while Sam spotted a flashy sports car that turns out to be from a company that specializes in collectible diecast vehicles as well as RCs with really nice paint jobs and good details.

As for me, with my renewed interest in things that fly I was drawn to an indoor airplane with a cool kind of oontroller. Instead of buttons or sticks, you control it with a flick (or more properly a twist) of your wrist. Tilt the controller left or right to make the plane fly in circles. Aimed at age 12 and up, I think kids as young as seven or eight -- with help from mom or dad -- would have a lot of fun making this RC fly around in circles. Older kids and adults could add some figure 8 flying. Check out this selection of RC toys that we found on the shelf this week.

Have you tried out one of the Estes planes with the motion-sensitive controller or any of the other RC toys mentioned? Tell us about it.