Pistonhead Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Just spotted this on Harley Designs Facebook page...Lights, 2 speed tranny, front motor and lockable diffs, and a lexan Defender body that actually looks good - thing is a scale Summit! I'm far from a Traxxas fan, but i love the look of this one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Interesting, let's hope the ESC isn't a bomb waiting to go off lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 It's a shame that we'd have to sell a kidney to buy this, £350+ easily. Still looks nice tho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 ^^ my sentiments also. HPI Adventurer, first shown at Nuremberg 2016, will hit the shops around April..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Hmmm, is there any real need for another one? Between what Axial, Vaterra, RC4WD and now FTX offer. Seems very unnecessary to me. Really wish Traxxas would step up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Certainly a latecomer to the true crawler side of the hobby, that said, the hobby does seem to be more crawler oriented these days so you can't blame them for wanting some of the action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistonhead Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 Imo, competition in the market sector is only a good thing as it encourages manufacturers to innovate so they can sell more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Yes and no... It's a lexan body, so it's not really a scaler. I like the 2 speed installed as standard, that, I will admit is neat, the problem will be, they'll try and charge a small fortune for it. IF it's sub £300, then I can see the reason for it. But as Alex said, being Traxxas, it's going to be £350+ easily and for that money, you can have a proper scaler from RC4WD. I'll remain skeptical... If they compete with others on price, then yeah fair enough, but I bet it doesn't. It's not really going to get others trying to innovate new things if they price it completely too high. Axial will never try to compete with RC4WD, RC4WD will never try to compete with Vaterra, etc etc... If they release it as a scaler, at scaler price, I can't see a need. Just my view, having owned most of 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ProBlitz Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 looks nice and all that but in my opinion the price point will be too high... probably not worth the money but hope im wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 The no photography rule is obviously well enforced 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover Man Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I like it other than the arches its not a bad shell at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaZero Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Rumour is that it will cost close to £500 and will be out mid March. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) 15 hours ago, .AJ. said: Interesting, let's hope the ESC isn't a bomb waiting to go off lol They will probably reuse the xl5 esc and titan motor which I've had in crawlers and other cars without issue. Also the vid, nurnberg lol Edited February 5, 2017 by stretch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 29 minutes ago, AlphaZero said: Rumour is that it will cost close to £500 and will be out mid March. Where do Traxxarse pull these figures from?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushboy2004 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 At least it not a 2wd stampede or slash under the body. I wonder if this a licensed body as it has land rover stamped on it. 3 servos micro servos - Summit style 2speed and locking diffs? So being Traxxas it will be RTR, Waterproof, have there Sound Kit ? I know people like to be negative but if this is a big hit for Traxxas and HPI have great success with scaler this will force RC4WD, Axial, etc to up there game even more which can only be a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 6 hours ago, AlphaZero said: Rumour is that it will cost close to £500 and will be out mid March. Doesnt suprise me these days! Bet it will be that stupid TSM radio and rubbish battery and charger bumping up the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PraetoR Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 6 hours ago, Noj said: Where do TraxxARSE pull these figures from?? Hmmm... I wonder... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 6 hours ago, AlphaZero said: Rumour is that it will cost close to £500 and will be out mid March. For another £50 I'd rather have a summit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertberr Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) I think we have to be careful that we don't confuse crazy UK Traxxas prices with prices in what is by far their largest market, the US (& Canada to a slightly lesser extent). A Slash Platinum is 320 quid delivered to your door CONUS, while over here it's 429 quid... How much more (less?) expensive is it to ship an ISO container from Taiwan to the US compared to the UK? I really don't know, but if I was new to the hobby and I could get a Slash 2wd RTR for 150 quid to my door I wouldn't be thinking traxxas products were over priced. Not cheap either, but I doubt you see too many yanks complaining about price on URC... Edited February 5, 2017 by bertberr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Hmmm, if that's actually true, then this whole model is quite frankly a complete waste of time. Yes it maybe nice to have locking diffs for some and all the rest of it, but that's nothing new, it's basically a mish mash of a few different models. If it really does end up being nearly £500, I'd rather have an SCX10, with a decent electric combo and some change left over for some LiPos and probably still have change for paint and such like from that too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Well, this has been confirmed, by someone who works for Traxxas as £495 when it hits the UK shelves in the near future, how much this person actually knows, remains to be seen, but if others have been saying it'll be nigh on £500 and this is Traxxas we're talking about, I fully believe it. I must admit, I definitely got a laugh out of it when they said it. Well done Traxxas, you've done worse on the pricing of this than you did with your Xmaxx customers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 £500! That's obscene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistonhead Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 It's a bit steep, but then after seeing the size of it, it's to be expected i reckon.Sat next to a Slash it looks much bigger than most 1/10 scalers. Oh and i noticed it has porthole axles and 2.2's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mond Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 If it was a hard body then there might be some cost there, but it's not. I fail to see how they can charge that much unless it comes with machined gears, full metal shocks and an aluminium ladder chassis as well as all the RTR stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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