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Post by Rob #28 on Aug 16, 2008 6:30:19 GMT -5
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Post by Rob #28 on Aug 16, 2008 8:06:20 GMT -5
The body is hideous, but the solid rear axles is cool. I think people are going to be paying alot for something that doesnt perform even close to the slash. Its the scale part of it though. I want it. It looks like they are now using a MIP AX-10 rear driveshaft setup. And there's always other choices for bodies. |
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Post by rocketrob40 on Aug 16, 2008 9:01:50 GMT -5
The body is hideous, but the solid rear axles is cool. I think people are going to be paying alot for something that doesnt perform even close to the slash. [/i] .... (eye of the beholder kinda thing)..... but I don't think the point of the project was ever to be a full-out race truck as we've grown to expect over the last 15 years - otherwise it would have full independent suspension, wheels hanging out of the body, one big slab of a chassis plate that doesn't reflect what's really being raced in the real world - but instead it's to look more realistically like the real thing. These guys were the first to coin the new class (OK, retread the class) back at the Chicago Toy/Hobby Fair (I think) almost a couple of years ago - and were the hit of the show - and it's everyone else that's jumped on the scaleRCracer bandwagon. They are about the only one that has a truely unique vehicle, and not something that's a rebodied/re-tired version of something else pre-existing in the stable (can you say Slash, DT, etc. ?) that's no longer selling. Of course they can't compete side-by-side on the track with the Slash, but the Slash (ack, err, um... Rustler) can't hold it's own against the Losi Desert Truck (XXX-T). Am I gonna get one? Absolutely. Am I gonna replace the body? Sure, probably, but only because the ABS will make it top heavy. Will it being different keep me from running it on the track? Not a chance. Everything has it's place, and if anything this definately has much more to it in the way of scale-realism cool-factor than anything else I've seen as yet. |
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Post by beef on Aug 16, 2008 16:35:58 GMT -5
i wonder if the losi desert body will fit on it?
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Post by rocketrob40 on Aug 16, 2008 19:27:05 GMT -5
I guess we'll have to wait and see  |
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Post by chiefmasterbeast on Aug 17, 2008 1:00:56 GMT -5
is anybody else having trouble with the thundertech link up there? cuz everytime i click i get that explore cant find it or what have you. also, the pictures dont show up that are posted in the thread
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Post by rocketrob40 on Aug 17, 2008 9:20:50 GMT -5
I dunno.....tried it and it seems to work fine for me............. .....maybe it's your " if Korea" IP. ...just kidding buddy |
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Post by Rob #28 on Aug 17, 2008 20:43:43 GMT -5
Link and pics are working for me.
I am really excited by this truck, would love to watch that rear axle droop down as it flies through the air! That's half the fun of watching CORR racing, is watching the suspension do its thing.
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Post by rocketrob40 on Aug 18, 2008 18:07:57 GMT -5
.......and that should give you clue to how it happens
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Post by bar321 on Aug 18, 2008 18:23:07 GMT -5
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Post by slashfreak on Aug 18, 2008 18:24:18 GMT -5
How much is it going for?
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Post by bar321 on Aug 18, 2008 19:08:18 GMT -5
500 for a kit i think
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Post by mdb on Aug 18, 2008 20:36:12 GMT -5
The solid rear axle is cool, but nothing else on that truck appeals to me.
And $500 for the kit? I hope that is a joke, I wouldn't pay that.
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Post by rocketrob40 on Aug 18, 2008 20:51:28 GMT -5
where do you guys get your information?  it clearly says on the website $385 |
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Post by rocketrob40 on Aug 18, 2008 20:58:31 GMT -5
it clearly says on the website $385 Still wouldn't pay $385 for something that has only one good thing that I like, the solid rear axle. so you'd pay 200 bucks for a rebadged Rustler, but you won't pay another 185 for a completely new specialty vehicle? to each his own, but don't use these threads to bash the manufacturers - it's very un-cool |
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