Traxxas TRX-4 Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG 6x6

I was ever so close to ordering the Axial 6x6 now this has put me in two minds! 

Now this will put the cat amongst the pigeons 🤣🤣

Much prefer this over axial's offering with this having completey new extended rails rather than extensions. 

With the lights and everything included this is going to put a serious dent in gaz's udr fund!! 

Who will be the first to do a jurassic park body for one?

 

 

$629.99 retail apparently

Very nice, can’t see there being much change from £600+ vs £450 for the Axial version 

Sigh.

2 hours ago, .AJ. said:

Very nice, can’t see there being much change from £600+ vs £450 for the Axial version 

£719 on modelsport site. Ouch!! 

26 minutes ago, Daddyroo said:

£719 on modelsport site. Ouch!! 

 

 

Where do they get there UK prices I’m thinking they use old phone books 🤷‍♂️ 

 

Someones going to have there wallet crying under the strain but it won’t be me 🤣🤣

2 hours ago, mydoddy69 said:

 

 

Where do they get there UK prices I’m thinking they use old phone books 🤷‍♂️ 

 

Someones going to have there wallet crying under the strain but it won’t be me 🤣🤣

 

Remember the US prices will not include sales tax and our price will as well as import duties plus mark up.

7 minutes ago, mond said:

 

Remember the US prices will not include sales tax and our price will as well as import duties plus mark up.

 Yeah more the case of mark up let’s face it we get screwed over good and proper here on rc products compared to pretty much everywhere else. 

 

Like I say though this one won’t matter to me as I have my eye on something else coming later in the year 🤫

Edited August 29, 2019 by mydoddy69

Super low pound doesn't help....but we're getting our blue passports etc etc etc so there's small mecy's.

 

This bothers me:

 

Remote Locking Differentials

Traxxas scores another RC first with three transmitter-operated locking differentials. 

 

What about ARRMA's Nero diff brains?  Admittedly they seemed to give owners nothing but niggles but.

Sweet Jesus!!!

 

i had funds in place for a udr, decided to buy the wife a new air tent and got my daughters Trx4 for Christmas.

 

this I would absolutely love but at that price, I’d settle for the axial, that’s purely on price point and how “likely” I could fund one of them.

 

if it performs like its 4x4 variant, Traxxas will be coining it in again! If I start saving now, I could have it a week before it’s been discontinued lmao.

 

not be long before we see some 8x8’s coming through, if we do I’ll have to sell a kidney!

 

love it though 

It looks cool but agreed on price just mental. Does trump's trade deal offer any hope? Mayb not from traxxas if they really did ban UK exports. But could they legally if we have a trade deal? I hope the trade deal goes through and opens up the rc bargains to us atleast. 

7 hours ago, RCbutcher said:

It looks cool but agreed on price just mental. Does trump's trade deal offer any hope? Mayb not from traxxas if they really did ban UK exports. But could they legally if we have a trade deal? I hope the trade deal goes through and opens up the rc bargains to us atleast. 

Why would they ban UK exports to the US? Who is banning what? It's a grey area, the the US and UK would agree that X it Y WTO code is only going to pay X % duties rather than the default amouy, but that's if the product is from the US. If it's shipped to Rotterdam or Antwerp, then distributed out of a central European hub which is often the case, or shipped straight from China where it's made, you'll still pay duties if there's no reciprocal agreement with the EU or China.  The only way the UK can change the default on codes is by raising a schedule, which it can't and won't be allowed to any more because we just have that up because blue passports or some crap. We took a gun, aimed it at our own feet, missed and blew our legs off.

Edited August 30, 2019 by mond

Looks lovely but being a traxxas will require much more dough plowed in to make it reliable. 

 

Having had two traxxas models in the past they needed far more nurturing than anything else (well maybe not the Carnage I had!). I spent less time fixing an Ansmann Mad Monkey than my MERV !

The TRX4 breaks that mold. I'll crap on Traxxas all day long where they deserve it but the TRX4 is good value for money and quite reliable.

Generally i'd agree, but at £720, no way. 

 

If i could order one on RCMart, i actually would do so right now, for nobody could argue with a sub £500 pricetag. At £720, nah.

Dont understand any of the gumf, but thats the only Crawler Ive ever seen that makes me go WOW!!

 

 

I assume one axle locks, then two then all three rather than individually?

Either way be interesting to see, must be a bit complicated

Hm, could someone briefly point something out to me: RCMart isn't sending Traxxas stuff to the UK amongst other countries, now i thought that goes for the entire EU. I'm not sure if it's a mistake on their part, but if i look at the list of restricted countries, germany is absent. Did they forget to add it, or is it indeed possible to get Traxxas shipments to germany? 

 

I got a few mates in germany, some of which owe me a favour.

 

3 hours ago, markymarky said:

I assume one axle locks, then two then all three rather than individually?

Either way be interesting to see, must be a bit complicated

From the description it seems to be similar to the 4x4 ie either all diffs open, front only locked or all locked - both rears locking simultaneously. Be interesting to see if it's a mini servo for each rear or if they've somehow linked them together. 

Price has completely put me off so pre-ordered the SCX 6x6 just short of £418 in the UK 

On 31/08/2019 at 12:21, m4inbrain said:

Hm, could someone briefly point something out to me: RCMart isn't sending Traxxas stuff to the UK amongst other countries, now i thought that goes for the entire EU. I'm not sure if it's a mistake on their part, but if i look at the list of restricted countries, germany is absent. Did they forget to add it, or is it indeed possible to get Traxxas shipments to germany? 

 

I got a few mates in germany, some of which owe me a favour.

 

 Try it and see but I think it’s all of the eu but if it’s not listed you could possibly argue the point 🤣👍