Traxxas release new affordable slash

Great set up and it’ll run a 2s as well when the esc is set to LVD, good step up before modding to the vxl or similar system.




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LOL...this one made me chuckle

 

'affordable' version...or as it used to be known...the brushed version. Using the XL5 and 12T Titan combo ...er... how old is that?

 

The 2WD version is already out and goes for £245 from Modelsport, and the 4x4 version is going to be a £324  'affordable' RC.

 

Now I am not a 'hater' of the brand per-se, but I can see why some members on here rave about the competition. When Arrma can sell a similar quality 4x4 1/10 brushed SC truck for £100 less, if they could actually get stock over here they would clean up. Traxxas are, without doubt, the laziest manufacturer when it comes to updates and development. Prices go up, well above inflation, yet they do not address any issues with their designs.

 

I still can't believe you can go buy a brushless Stampede for over £300 .... in 2WD form! It's £100 more than the brushed one, and good combos can be bought for less than the price differential retail....All that in a chassis that has been around since 1994..and in XL5 format since 2006.....unchanged!

 

The Slash is a 'new' design as the 4x4 only came out in 2009 ...... so well done there. You have dropped a lower powered ancient brushed combo into a 9 year old chassis with a new paintjob.

 

Next .....Volkswagen release a new Rolls Royce, with an aircooled beetle engine. Pre order your budget Roller for a reasonable £1,135,000 today.

( please note...this may be sarcasm. If sarcasm offends....please ignore the last comment )

Edited August 18, 2018 by Nitroholic

1 hour ago, Nitroholic said:

LOL...this one made me chuckle

 

'affordable' version...or as it used to be known...the brushed version. Using the XL5 and 12T Titan combo ...er... how old is that?

 

The 2WD version is already out and goes for £245 from Modelsport, and the 4x4 version is going to be a £324  'affordable' RC.

 

Now I am not a 'hater' of the brand per-se, but I can see why some members on here rave about the competition. When Arrma can sell a similar quality 4x4 1/10 brushed SC truck for £100 less, if they could actually get stock over here they would clean up. Traxxas are, without doubt, the laziest manufacturer when it comes to updates and development. Prices go up, well above inflation, yet they do not address any issues with their designs.

 

I still can't believe you can go buy a brushless Stampede for over £300 .... in 2WD form! It's £100 more than the brushed one, and good combos can be bought for less than the price differential retail....All that in a chassis that has been around since 1994..and in XL5 format since 2006.....unchanged!

 

The Slash is a 'new' design as the 4x4 only came out in 2009 ...... so well done there. You have dropped a lower powered ancient brushed combo into a 9 year old chassis with a new paintjob.

 

Next .....Volkswagen release a new Rolls Royce, with an aircooled beetle engine. Pre order your budget Roller for a reasonable £1,135,000 today.

( please note...this may be sarcasm. If sarcasm offends....please ignore the last comment )

Don't hate on traxxas, the fan boys will get upset. 

Volkswagen make Rolls Royce [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33][emoji26]


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Well...actually...they did...but sold it to BMW after some commercial blackmail in 2003. Basically..BMW made the engines and VW made the cars. BMW had tried to buy Rolls but had been outbid. VW ended up having to sell to BMW after they threatened to stop supplying engines when the contract expired. That would leave VW nowhere...so they sold. It would not have been commercially viable to re-tool for new engines.

You know a company knows it's selling overpriced items, when they release a line of "affordable" models... For all you peasants  

Bloody hell, when does it end with this company.

20 hours ago, Nitroholic said:

LOL...this one made me chuckle

 

'affordable' version...or as it used to be known...the brushed version. Using the XL5 and 12T Titan combo ...er... how old is that?

 

The 2WD version is already out and goes for £245 from Modelsport, and the 4x4 version is going to be a £324  'affordable' RC.

 

Now I am not a 'hater' of the brand per-se, but I can see why some members on here rave about the competition. When Arrma can sell a similar quality 4x4 1/10 brushed SC truck for £100 less, if they could actually get stock over here they would clean up. Traxxas are, without doubt, the laziest manufacturer when it comes to updates and development. Prices go up, well above inflation, yet they do not address any issues with their designs.

 

I still can't believe you can go buy a brushless Stampede for over £300 .... in 2WD form! It's £100 more than the brushed one, and good combos can be bought for less than the price differential retail....All that in a chassis that has been around since 1994..and in XL5 format since 2006.....unchanged!

 

The Slash is a 'new' design as the 4x4 only came out in 2009 ...... so well done there. You have dropped a lower powered ancient brushed combo into a 9 year old chassis with a new paintjob.

 

Next .....Volkswagen release a new Rolls Royce, with an aircooled beetle engine. Pre order your budget Roller for a reasonable £1,135,000 today.

( please note...this may be sarcasm. If sarcasm offends....please ignore the last comment )

 

Whilst I am over the moon with all my Traxxas Rc, I can only agree with this...

If I’m honest, the new paint jobs look quite funky compared to the pre Jurassic versions.

 

As for overpriced, well MOST are, but when you line up the Trx4 sport against a Axial scx10.2 rtr, price is similar but the trx4 would walk all over the scx10.2 “out the box”. (I know, I have both) albeit the trx4 Defender and a kit version scx10.2

 

Wonder if there was as much “ooh aah” about vw when their cars flounced the eu emission rules?

nope, just as many vw’s on the road.

 

i guess to some folk the product comes above anything else (manufacturers ethics etc.) 

end of the day though, your money, your choice.....

I agree you can get better for less, Traxxas are aiming at the newbie to the hobby, while we may wince and shudder at the prices at what people are willing to pay these trucks do deliver bags of fun right out of the expensive [emoji403] in one nice neat easy to understand expensive package.

 

Truck batteries charger Bluetooth, technology with the hassle removed all you have to do is plug it in and pull the trigger, when you think about it it’s brilliant.

 

Hobby shops have ripped off people for years selling them stuff they don’t need, by the time you’ve spent on the hobby shop truck + batteries + charger + upgrades connectors that they persuaded you to buy you’re almost up to a complete traxxas package, except dad and little Johnny haven’t got a clue about volts NiMh or lipos 2s3s or how to charge them correctly 1 2 3 amps, traxxas take away that headache for dads.

 

I’m not defending traxxas but they have got it right commercially, the markets moving on, at our truck club there’s a guy who has...

“Built not bought” ....on the back of his truck, I’ll help anyone new members old members, he’s old school and won’t share his knowledge and everything else is crap apart from his stuff, he’s in the corner having a brew on his own [emoji848] wonder why.

 

My son loves Traxxas it’s easy for him to work on and repair it keeps him interested it just dose what it says on the tin, is it money well spent ? If you can get something to work repeatedly then yes, if it ends up on a shelf because it’s blown your mind then no, but we all now it’s a bit more involved than that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Imagine little “jonny’s” face Christmas morning when out pops a ftx carnage or whatnot, takes it out for the first run and after 5 minutes it breaks.

 

at this point, “jonny’s” mum is furious at dad for buying him crap. Then it’s sat in the shed a couple of years before digging it out to sell on or go to the tip.

 

now if he had been bought a Traxxas of sorts, yes they aren’t indestructible but I guarantee a damned sight better built than the ftx and the fun wouldn’t stop till after the holiday period.

 

my theory anyway.....

I have to say as bad as traxxas ethics are. You can't knock their builds and even if you bought one for your kids and they get bored at least with a traxxas you got a reasonable chance of getting near what you paid for it back.

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9 hours ago, big gaz said:

Imagine little “jonny’s” face Christmas morning when out pops a ftx carnage or whatnot, takes it out for the first run and after 5 minutes it breaks.

 

at this point, “jonny’s” mum is furious at dad for buying him crap. Then it’s sat in the shed a couple of years before digging it out to sell on or go to the tip.

 

now if he had been bought a Traxxas of sorts, yes they aren’t indestructible but I guarantee a damned sight better built than the ftx and the fun wouldn’t stop till after the holiday period.

 

my theory anyway.....

 

Yes, but "little Johnny" could have been bought an Arrma for far less than the "affordable" Slash and end up with a much better and tougher RC.

 

Comparing to a Carnage is a bit of a stretch... they can be had for almost £200 less than this Slash.

Why are we still trying to suggest Arrma is a sensible purchase in the UK? You might as well set fire to the money, absolutely ridiculous advising someone in the UK to buy an Arrma. If everything goes to plan with them and Horizon, brilliant, ill be the first to buy one, but even considering one at the moment is suicidal imo

Id love Traxxas to do a roller slash 4x4. No electrics, and ill put my own 1/8th scale bits in

5 minutes ago, Guns said:

Id love Traxxas to do a roller slash 4x4. No electrics, and ill put my own 1/8th scale bits in

 

Which, with the XL5 'new' version, is what most people will do to it. Expect lots of Titan 12T / XL5 combos on E-Bay

1 hour ago, Nitroholic said:

 

Which, with the XL5 'new' version, is what most people will do to it. Expect lots of Titan 12T / XL5 combos on E-Bay

Unfortunately youre right. They have such a high profit margin on the electrics because theyve been around forever that even Platinum editions come with the VXL

1 hour ago, PraetoR said:

 

Yes, but "little Johnny" could have been bought an Arrma for far less than the "affordable" Slash and end up with a much better and tougher RC.

 

Comparing to a Carnage is a bit of a stretch... they can be had for almost £200 less than this Slash.

 

With little or no parts support (as of yet) poor little Jonny would have to avoid the skate ramps, just in case he breaks something and get put in the shed to slowly deteriorate.

 

as for the comparison thing, lots have been made between ftx outlaw and Axial Yeti, when there is a gaping chasm in quality difference.

but hey, 

 

one mans any junk is another mans treasure and all that...

Just buy little Jonny an x Maxx and be done with it. ?

Little Jonny can go get a bloody job and buy his own.....about time he learnt the reality of money. Ungratefuil little child

Wish I was little Jonny then if that’s what he’s gonna get..... 

Lol

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1 hour ago, big gaz said:

 

With little or no parts support (as of yet) poor little Jonny would have to avoid the skate ramps, just in case he breaks something and get put in the shed to slowly deteriorate.

 

as for the comparison thing, lots have been made between ftx outlaw and Axial Yeti, when there is a gaping chasm in quality difference.

but hey, 

 

one mans any junk is another mans treasure and all that...

 

While that is true, the parts support issue is Traxxas' fault!

Little Johnny’s mum and dad had a big Dong Dong and there now divorced, little Johnny hates RC now and plans to become an environmental officer for the government and ban RC’s totally.

Should have bought a traxxas [emoji23]


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Could have been worse...Little Jonny could have become a Patent Lawyer

13 hours ago, Nitroholic said:

Could have been worse...Little Jonny could have become a Patent Lawyer

 

He'd never be out of work... 

25 minutes ago, Oh How Original said:

 

He'd never be out of work... 

Especially if he moves to Texas hah