First Looks - HPI Jumpshot SC & ST

Noj · February 25, 2016

Unless the gearbox internals have been seriously improved, these are a pair of lemons.

PraetoR · February 25, 2016

And how, exactly, would you know that, Sir!? :whistling:

Tug · February 25, 2016

And if you've already got the Blitz and Firestorm, why bother releasing these? Especially when the X-Maxx is taking the world by lemon? Sorry, storm, taking the world by storm, that's what I meant.

capri-boy · February 25, 2016

8 minutes ago, Praet0r87 said:

And how, exactly, would you know that, Sir!?

Our resident citrus RC tester told us all so

I must say though the ST colour scheme looks suitably impressive - I concur re all the other comments though - Unless Hpi are disconituning the branding I think HPI should have released them under there Maverick brand.

PraetoR · February 25, 2016

No idea what you're on about...

stretch · February 25, 2016

Alex97 · February 25, 2016

3 hours ago, Tug said:

And if you've already got the Blitz and Firestorm, why bother releasing these? Especially when the X-Maxx is taking the world by lemon? Sorry, storm, taking the world by storm, that's what I meant.

So they should never Release a new RC as they already have two good ones?

Si Coe · February 26, 2016

Obviously they should still make new models, but in this case they already have a really good ST and SC. The Jumpshot ST, even with a sorted gearbox, is no Firestorm so why would you choose one? The current MT version is only £20 less than a brushed Firestorm so its not like its a cheaper option.

My bet is that once the SC and ST Jumpshots are released we'll see the brushed versions of the Firestorm and Blitz in favor of just Flux models. They might well get a few upgrades (alloy shocks would be nice) and a higher price tag to match. That would set up the Firestorm platform as the 'premium' chassis and the Jumpshot as the 'budget' option.

Incidentally as I understood it Maverick aren't exactly HPI. They are Himoto's rebranded and distributed by HPI Europe through their network. As the current 'under administration' situation has shown, HPI Europe and HPI Worldwide are very different entities.