I don't even care about crawlers (minis are neat), but I had to watch this video. You just do such an awesome job with your video content, and I love how you show what it takes to get into/repair the cars you review.
I think quite a few Traxxas cars in the US are fairly priced, with a few just slightly over priced and a few others quite a bit so. Specifically I think the Rustler/Slash/Stampede 4x4 vxl line and below are a good value, the Maxx I think should be max $549, the Sledge is easily $100 too high. I have seen some listings for Traxxas in the UK and I doubt I would buy one if I lived in any European country.
@@FlailinMonkey yes UK pricing on all Brands are ABIT silly, traxxas takes the cake though for the pricing. It is unfortunate but it won't stop me from buying 1 or 2 of the cars I want lol.
@DoRC it still takes more commitment to spend the money for traxxas in the EU. At least 10% up to 30% more expensive depending on where in the EU you live and on the model
@@AsurasWrath164 yes, I can tell you the bronco he has was £665 in my local hobby shop for over a year. It eventually got discounted to £600 but it's still alot.
Your the best for disassembled, this truck are better than the trx-4 for sure but I will buy the redcat ascent brushless before this one just because he have brush motor.
The new Ascent brushless is good though at least in my experience brushed motors on crawlers really aren't much of a problem. They've got pretty smooth startup and you don't need crazy power on a crawler
Good looking truck. I've got a couple trail trucks already so this probably won't be coming into the stable but it looks like a good option for someone looking to be some money and get into trail trucks.
I agree. It definitely has a lot of similar features and it's hard to make a crawler without some common characteristics but this is definitely its own truck
Luv my fms k5 . Had to play with the end points on the servos. Keep popping out of 4x4. An ended striping screws in front portals. When I was trying add grease. Debating on doing the rwd mod. Did the signal light delete mod.
I love the orange version of this truck. If i was more into crawling and didn't have a TRX6 G63 already I'd definitely grab this one. Anyone wanna trade a barely used Traxxas for one of these in orange? I'd seriously trade straight up even tho the TRX6 cost nearly twice as much. With this out and having a Vigilante i might be rid of my Xmaxx and TRX6 and be completely out of the Traxxas hustle.
Fms should have stuck to larger detailed rigs. Market is saturated with fcx10 rigs already. Plus alot of folks say they have issues with trims etc. If im paying for a rig it better work 100% out the box. Now had they made a k5 that was 1988 and up id consider. But everyone makes 1977 blazer models.
Traxxas bashers are overpriced for what you get, but I’ve always found the TRX4 line to be a good value. The TRX4 Sport is a really nice basic crawler for $369, and the full featured TRX4s, at $499 are comparable to the full featured models from Axial and Element. In my experience, TRX4s have some of the best shocks, axles, and transmissions in the business. Some of the Traxxas hate I’m reading here is justified, but their TRX4 lineup is solid and worth considering. The High Trails are overpriced, though.
It's cheap. No hard body shell, no functional doors..no interior. For $399 it's to much..for that I'll get the fms fj40 toyota for $350 with all that plus more..although the fj40 is over scaled bigger than 1/10 I believe it's worth it..plus you can add lights all over the truck...😮😮
I think it depends on what your goals are. The FJ40 definitely is a much cooler scale truck but this is going to be a much more capable off-road rig. The two speed transmission selectable four-wheel drive and selectable lockers means you can take this thing trail riding then turn around and take it rock crawling and it's equally at home both places.
@@DoRC I agree on some of the cool features this comes with. But it needed a hard body shell with functional doors and interior unordered to be more worth it..we need to put drivers inside our rigs for off road or trailing or toyphotography..lol ty
I never will buy a traxxas these is the most rip off company ever how is an x maxx worth 1000 when its got 275quid worth electric s at most 50 tyres 50 body and rest is all plastic. Arrma is by far better value and team associated seriously you rc people wake up an stop buying Rip off s from traxxas.Come on Arrma an team associated offer us a plastic 1 5 truck for 750 quid
@DoRC Atleast with an Arrma exb your getting 7075 premium parts with X maxx it's very wierd parts are cheap might be cheaper buying the parts and building it up
@owen8538 I've done the math before and it isn't cheaper. The x platform does have a lot of plastic but that doesn't necessarily make it inferior. Modern plastics are very very good and it's also important to keep in mind that whereas each individual plastic part costs very little to make the initial investment in creating the injection molds is pretty high.
well like all china products , show me the traxas plant??? location etc. like many other brands ,,, they make nothing just a name and contracted through a co to make them. lol if you only new the truth
I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to but I know that Traxxas is not made in the United States. That being said they are made in Taiwan and not in China. At least all of their products say made in Taiwan. I suppose they could be lying though. I'm also aware that most of these companies use OEMs to make their products. I'm not sure who the OEM for Traxxas is but I'm sure there is no plant in Taiwan with a big Traxxas logo on it :-)
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I don't even care about crawlers (minis are neat), but I had to watch this video. You just do such an awesome job with your video content, and I love how you show what it takes to get into/repair the cars you review.
Glad you enjoyed! I don't normally do videos on crawlers but I really like this one and thought you guys might enjoy seeing it
This guy deserves so much more subs. Love his teardowns!
Thanks man Glad you enjoy!
I recently discovered your channel and really love your teardowns. Very entertaining and informative
Thanks glad you're enjoying :-)
Def on my list based on looks alone.
It's a sweet truck!
Thanks for the detailed tear down bro. Cheers 👍🏼
You're welcome thanks for watching :-)
These breakdowns are so good.
Glad you enjoy! I really like doing them.
ive always thought a traxxas was overpriced in the 2023-2024 market but that could just be the UK market.
I think quite a few Traxxas cars in the US are fairly priced, with a few just slightly over priced and a few others quite a bit so. Specifically I think the Rustler/Slash/Stampede 4x4 vxl line and below are a good value, the Maxx I think should be max $549, the Sledge is easily $100 too high. I have seen some listings for Traxxas in the UK and I doubt I would buy one if I lived in any European country.
@@FlailinMonkey yes UK pricing on all Brands are ABIT silly, traxxas takes the cake though for the pricing. It is unfortunate but it won't stop me from buying 1 or 2 of the cars I want lol.
No they're pretty expensive here too.
@DoRC it still takes more commitment to spend the money for traxxas in the EU. At least 10% up to 30% more expensive depending on where in the EU you live and on the model
@@AsurasWrath164 yes, I can tell you the bronco he has was £665 in my local hobby shop for over a year. It eventually got discounted to £600 but it's still alot.
Great review 👍🏻
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed :-)
Your the best for disassembled, this truck are better than the trx-4 for sure but I will buy the redcat ascent brushless before this one just because he have brush motor.
The new Ascent brushless is good though at least in my experience brushed motors on crawlers really aren't much of a problem. They've got pretty smooth startup and you don't need crazy power on a crawler
I had no idea all of this went into a crawler. Well, if I was to get one, this may be it
Yeah there are a lot of fun. Being able to change all the different settings on it on the fly makes for a pretty dynamic driving experience
I've got one in each color, and drive them about 3 hours daily. Great trucks!
Wow that's awesome! I've put a few more hours into mine over the weekend and I'm still really happy with it.
i just purchased the black one. before i know it i’ll have the orange n white one
@@BrayyRC. They are very fun and reliable, enjoy!
Good looking truck. I've got a couple trail trucks already so this probably won't be coming into the stable but it looks like a good option for someone looking to be some money and get into trail trucks.
Yeah it's a lot of fun. I've been enjoying it camping all weekend. My opinion has not changed :-)
I think FMS plough their own furrow, definitely no a traxxas clone. Nice video
I agree. It definitely has a lot of similar features and it's hard to make a crawler without some common characteristics but this is definitely its own truck
FMS provides much better scales than traxxas while comparing prices.
I had a TRX-4 blazer (before got my K10 High Trail pickup) and I do like the half cab style of the FMS blazer!
Yeah it's definitely a good looking truck!
Luv my fms k5 . Had to play with the end points on the servos. Keep popping out of 4x4. An ended striping screws in front portals. When I was trying add grease. Debating on doing the rwd mod. Did the signal light delete mod.
Yeah I'm still really happy with mine. I think it's a great little trail basher.
Nice breakdown, liooks good for the money 👍
Yeah I took it camping this weekend and beat on it pretty hard. Held up great
Great video , hoping to get one on my show in the uk , soon
I don't think you'll be disappointed! It's pretty sweet.
@@DoRC cheers cant wait
very cool body, very detailed
Yeah it looks really good and in my experience so far has been very durable
I love the orange version of this truck. If i was more into crawling and didn't have a TRX6 G63 already I'd definitely grab this one. Anyone wanna trade a barely used Traxxas for one of these in orange? I'd seriously trade straight up even tho the TRX6 cost nearly twice as much. With this out and having a Vigilante i might be rid of my Xmaxx and TRX6 and be completely out of the Traxxas hustle.
If mine were orange I might take you up on that. I've never messed with the 6x6
Fms should have stuck to larger detailed rigs. Market is saturated with fcx10 rigs already. Plus alot of folks say they have issues with trims etc. If im paying for a rig it better work 100% out the box. Now had they made a k5 that was 1988 and up id consider. But everyone makes 1977 blazer models.
Haven't had any issues with the trims on mine.
What is the name and model of brushless motor which you put in your granite grom plese say me😀😀😀😀
Keenso Is the brand parade I don't remember the exact model but it is at the end of the brushless upgrade video for the granite
does it come with battery
No
Ok thank you
Traxxas bashers are overpriced for what you get, but I’ve always found the TRX4 line to be a good value. The TRX4 Sport is a really nice basic crawler for $369, and the full featured TRX4s, at $499 are comparable to the full featured models from Axial and Element. In my experience, TRX4s have some of the best shocks, axles, and transmissions in the business. Some of the Traxxas hate I’m reading here is justified, but their TRX4 lineup is solid and worth considering. The High Trails are overpriced, though.
Yeah I think the TRX4 trucks are definitely reasonably priced. You do get more for your money with these though
When comparing to Traxxas original, any "clone" is better than the original. It's "cheap" because Traxxas is overpriced.
Traxxas vehicles do generally seem to be overpriced especially these days
It's cheap. No hard body shell, no functional doors..no interior. For $399 it's to much..for that I'll get the fms fj40 toyota for $350 with all that plus more..although the fj40 is over scaled bigger than 1/10 I believe it's worth it..plus you can add lights all over the truck...😮😮
I think it depends on what your goals are. The FJ40 definitely is a much cooler scale truck but this is going to be a much more capable off-road rig. The two speed transmission selectable four-wheel drive and selectable lockers means you can take this thing trail riding then turn around and take it rock crawling and it's equally at home both places.
@@DoRC I agree on some of the cool features this comes with. But it needed a hard body shell with functional doors and interior unordered to be more worth it..we need to put drivers inside our rigs for off road or trailing or toyphotography..lol ty
I never will buy a traxxas these is the most rip off company ever how is an x maxx worth 1000 when its got 275quid worth electric s at most 50 tyres 50 body and rest is all plastic. Arrma is by far better value and team associated seriously you rc people wake up an stop buying Rip off s from traxxas.Come on Arrma an team associated offer us a plastic 1 5 truck for 750 quid
The X-Max is actually $1,100 now
@DoRC Atleast with an Arrma exb your getting 7075 premium parts with X maxx it's very wierd parts are cheap might be cheaper buying the parts and building it up
@owen8538 I've done the math before and it isn't cheaper. The x platform does have a lot of plastic but that doesn't necessarily make it inferior. Modern plastics are very very good and it's also important to keep in mind that whereas each individual plastic part costs very little to make the initial investment in creating the injection molds is pretty high.
@@DoRC X maxx is a gr8 truck tho it's not worth the money evryone upgrading esc s so even that ain t gr8
well like all china products , show me the traxas plant??? location etc. like many other brands ,,, they make nothing just a name and contracted through a co to make them. lol if you only new the truth
I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to but I know that Traxxas is not made in the United States. That being said they are made in Taiwan and not in China. At least all of their products say made in Taiwan. I suppose they could be lying though.
I'm also aware that most of these companies use OEMs to make their products. I'm not sure who the OEM for Traxxas is but I'm sure there is no plant in Taiwan with a big Traxxas logo on it :-)
Traxxas is headquartered and manufactures their RC cars in McKinney, Texas.
@@coleearnhart traxxas's headquartered in Texas but the cars are made in Taiwan.
Traxxas is actually made in china😂
@farhanfaiz1998 last I checked according to the stickers on the vehicles and boxes they are made in Taiwan. Is that something that recently changed?