Traxxas Maxx Slash

stretch · February 27

Great now I feel old😄

Tug · February 27

mydoddy69 · February 28

Hopefully it won’t be another case of do the promo vid and then have a lead time of 6 months!

supersavage · February 28

Got to be honest I think I'd rather go for the Arrma Mojave over this but I think that's probably down to body style more than anything and I'm pretty sure that this will be significantly tougher than the Arrma. Be interesting to see what the price will be in the UK.

Juggernaut jims · February 28

It's $699 in the States for pre-order so around the same here I'd say

Gaz! · February 28

Nothing to say really apart from,

Tug · February 28

Don't like the fat tyres, seem out of place. However, the sound they make on road is superb, see Mark Santa Maria's vid for proof.

Kpowell911 · February 28

4 hours ago, mydoddy69 said:

Hopefully it won’t be another case of do the promo vid and then have a lead time of 6 months!

Traxxas usualy arent like that. March 8th Im hearing in the US.

Kpowell911 · February 28

3 hours ago, Juggernaut jims said:

It's $699 in the States for pre-order so around the same here I'd say

If it starts with a £6 in the UK I'll be suprised. Pleasantly.

Lone-wolf · February 28

2 hours ago, Kpowell911 said:

If it starts with a £6 in the UK I'll be suprised. Pleasantly.

UK rc people get shafted i guess this will be £749, not that it will worry me

Kpowell911 · February 28

1 hour ago, Lone-wolf said:

UK rc people get shafted i guess this will be £749, not that it will worry me

Thats the price Ive got in my head. Hmmm

locky · February 28

USA/GBP exchange rate isnt what it used to be and UK 20% VAT, US has on average 5-7% sales tax and this is added at checkout so not added to the display price, it is what it is.

Edited February 28 by locky

Lilredmachine · February 28

Cracking news, this means there will no doubt be more 1/7th wheel/tyre options for my proper 1/7th short course truck. 👀

I'm sure the Maxx Slash will be a grand old time once you've paid the £200 aftermarket part tax to get it to run for longer than a pack without reducing itself to plastic slag. 😏😂

mydoddy69 · February 28

After doing some part number searching it would appear there are lots of carry over parts from the maxx so if you have a maxx v2 would you get this or wait on jennys to get parts and convert ? If it’s gonna be in the £749 bracket it might be a better and cheaper option for some

Kpowell911 · February 28

49 minutes ago, mydoddy69 said:

After doing some part number searching it would appear there are lots of carry over parts from the maxx so if you have a maxx v2 would you get this or wait on jennys to get parts and convert ? If it’s gonna be in the £749 bracket it might be a better and cheaper option for some

I did think this, as I have two highly hopped up Maxxs with 6S and 8S Systems, all the alloy parts etc But I dont know what arms they Slash will use (as I dont want to lose the CVDs) and I’d imagine the body/body mounting/wheels/tyres are a significant part of the cost.

Im on the fence, but I didnt buy a single Traxxas in 2023…… soooo

ReggieC · February 28

15 years since the Slash came out, jheez 🫣.

Do get the impression this is flogging the dead horse that is Short Course though, don't seem to be anywhere near as popular anymore.

Lilredmachine · February 28

6 minutes ago, ReggieC said:

15 years since the Slash came out, jheez 🫣.

Do get the impression this is flogging the dead horse that is Short Course though, don't seem to be anywhere near as popular anymore.

I think the thing that helps the SC class is most SC releases tend to be parts bin specials. If you have a truck (or a buggy in 2wd) in the range you can lengthen the chassis a bit, bolt some nerf bars and bumpers to it, put some smaller wheels on it, slap a new body on it and out it as a new short course. If it makes a few thousand sales worldwide then you've probably made a profit. We're probably at the point where any new RC car/truck is designed with an eye of how many spin offs it can spawn for the various classes with as little effort as possible.

Exactly the same for the rally class, which is far less well supported than even the SC class and I suspect only exists at all as most are easily built from other vehicles at the factory level.

Nick · February 29

I ran a Slash on 6s and 8s over 13 years ago... just saying. 😄

Alex97 · February 29

7 minutes ago, Nick said:

I ran a Slash on 6s and 8s over 13 years ago... just saying. 😄

Don't tell traxxas, they'll set their lawyers on you!

mydoddy69 · February 29

Modelsport have pricing up £759

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/traxxas-maxx-slash-1-8-4wd-6s-brushless-short-course-truck-green-1359923

Kpowell911 · February 29

54 minutes ago, mydoddy69 said:

Modelsport have pricing up £759

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/traxxas-maxx-slash-1-8-4wd-6s-brushless-short-course-truck-green-1359923

Hmmm. More than I wanted to pay considering Id also want a new ESC. Im out. It shouldnt cost more than a Sledge. My XRT does everything this will, and is bigger. Id rather spend £750 on old Tamiya’s

Edited February 29 by Kpowell911

stretch · February 29

56 minutes ago, mydoddy69 said:

Modelsport have pricing up £759

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/traxxas-maxx-slash-1-8-4wd-6s-brushless-short-course-truck-green-1359923

Only £41 less than my first 1:1

Lone-wolf · February 29

Here in the UK we do get stung on price i guessed at £749....was £10 under , im sure it will be a good model but as always not one for me

mydoddy69 · February 29

1 hour ago, Kpowell911 said:

Hmmm. More than I wanted to pay considering Id also want a new ESC. Im out. It shouldnt cost more than a Sledge. My XRT does everything this will, and is bigger. Id rather spend £750 on old Tamiya’s

Got to be honest I kinda think the same for another £300 you can get a xrt or for £280 less you can get a 4s arrma or £10 less you can get the sledge so this is a bit of a wonder. I’m not going to say NO but I will hang off for some running vids but not those freebie bottom licking YouTubers

Kpowell911 · February 29

27 minutes ago, mydoddy69 said:

Got to be honest I kinda think the same for another £300 you can get a xrt or for £280 less you can get a 4s arrma or £10 less you can get the sledge so this is a bit of a wonder. I’m not going to say NO but I will hang off for some running vids but not those freebie bottom licking YouTubers

My girlfriend actually hit the nail on the head for me. I showed her the Traxxas Video (which is extremely good IMO) and she said it look like it drives like the old Slash youve had plenty of, and you always preferred driving trucks over the short course because as good as they look, they dont drive as well as truck due to the silly parachuting.

Lets say Im out in the terrain that is showm in that video, would this do anything that my XRT, or Sledge, or even my Maxx doesnt? Then on top of that I have an X Maxx. Where does this fit.

Before getting into my Tamiya’s, I had pretty much the whole Traxxas catalogue. Ive since sold my E Revo 2.0, Slash 4x4, Rally, UDR, Stampede 4x4, and 3x Revo’s. In terms of bashers I still have an X Maxx, XRT, Sledge, Rustler 4x4 and 2x Maxxs (which this is based on). What does this Maxx Slash do that I cant do with my current depleted stable? Id argue my XRT would still drive and bash better.

I could sell a Maxx as we have two, to buy this maybe but Id be lucky to get half the cost of this (as Id sell my least modified one) and is it going to be any better? For me, Trucks are better than short course trucks (but dont look as good I admit). So the Maxx Slash wouldnt get much use. I can justify that with my Tamiya’s, not another £750 basher