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Monster Truck Madness – 3 Predictions for 2019
Happy New Year to all! As we head into the new year, I want to start it off by making three predictions that I believe will come to fruition by the time 2019 fades. Of course, these are all monster truck related. Let’s get to it. #3 – 1/10 4×4 Truggies are going to get really popular. Ok, so this one isn’t [...]
Monster Truck Madness - Merry Christmas, now let's build a B…
Welcome to a special holiday edition of Monster Truck Madness. Merry Christmas to you and your family! First off, a big congrats to all of our winners in the Arrma Granite giveaway! Especially the grand prize winner and new owner of the Granite, Eimhin from Charleston/SC! Let met tell ya something, you are are gonna freakin’ love your prize. The truck is an [...]
- 12/25/2018
- 6:08 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Sassy Looking Chassis
When many of us build new monster trucks, it’s only natural to focus the cosmetic attention of the build towards the body. The body gives a monster its identity, after all. That’s whether it’s a giant snake, a super-hero or just a simple Chevy pick-up. Not enough attention gets paid to how the chassis looks. And by chassis, I’m also extending [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Ditchin’ the Foams
Greetings everyone and welcome to another edition of Monster Truck Madness! The great looking retro truck that’s being shown off here was built by my friend Lonny Childress. When talking about the build with him, the subject of foams came up. Specifically, the lack of them. The conversation reminded me that it was something I wanted to touch on here! If you [...]
Monster Truck Madness – The War Between Wheels and Axles
Hey all, it’s already December and the year is almost over. Time flies, doesn’t it? I had planned on chatting about something else this week, but I feel I need to follow up on last week’s MTM post in which I answered a reader e-mail who was asking me if I knew a way for him to stop blowing out wheels [...]
Monster Truck Madness – SMT10 Parts Eater
As I fired up the laptop to write this week’s MTM post, this e-mail popped up in my inbox. Great timing!Hello Doug, I have a family of SMT10’s currently and would like some input/direction. My personal smt10 has most of the usual upgrades, gears, metal axle housings, metal links, etc… What I am struggling with at this moment in time, is [...]
Monster Truck Madness – What Makes a Monster Truck?
Greetings all, I hope many of you out there are nearing the end of a short work week as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US. I know that I’m looking forward to a long weekend of turkey and being able to tear down my fleet of trucks and give them the once over after a long Summer [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Turn Back the Clock Tuesday
This past weekend I was rummaging around in my basement, checking out some old boxes of Hot Wheels that I snagged from my parents house (yes, I used to collect HW Treasure Hunt cars) when I came across an old Pro-Line Racing flyer-catalog from 2002. This was like being stuck with a nostalgia-filled syringe. It immediately brought me back to high school [...]
- 11/13/2018
- 3:26 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
Pro-Line - By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness - Granite 3S BLX 4x4 Post-Review Disc…
With our review of the ARRMA Granite 3S BLX 4×4 1/10 RTR now behind us, I wanted to take part in a little post-review discussion as well as go over my immediate plans for the truck. Oh, and if you haven’t read the review that I wrote, you can find it right here. I’ve been helping with vehicle reviews around here [...]
- 11/6/2018
- 2:08 pm
- ARRMA RC
Monster Truck Madness - By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Remembering “The Claw”
The 80s and early 90s were a magical time for young monster truckers like myself. In addition to various TV programs and cartoons featuring the rigs, there were some truly awesome toys made available in this era, be it die-cast, battery operated or remote controlled. Being a kid that was absolutely obsessed with monster trucks, I pretty much got my [...]
- 10/30/2018
- 5:44 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
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Review – ARRMA Granite 3S BLX 4×4 1/10 RTR Brushless Monster
The ARRMA Granite 3S BLX 4×4 1/10 RTR is the latest version of the vaunted Granite platform; a truck that’s taken previous Basher of the Year honors from us in its 2WD form. How does the newest 4×4 version fare? Read on to find out… From: ARRMA RC Direct Link: Granite 3S BLX 4×4 1/10 RTR Review By: Doug Welker Pictures By: Doug Welker #gallery-1 [...]
Monster Truck Madness - Let's talk about the CEN Racing MT-B…
Hello everyone, welcome to Monster Truck Madness! This week I want to touch on the CEN Racing MT-B50, which was announced about 3 weeks ago. I’ve been meaning to make it a topic of conversation here, it’s just that other things kept getting in the way. That changes this week so let’s gab, shall we? The MT-B50 is a solid axle monster [...]
Monster Truck Madness - Tamiya Needs to Re-Release the Jugge…
Classic kit re-releases seem to be everywhere these days, but there is one kit that I’ve been waiting on for years to see the light of the day again. A vehicle that if released in the near future at a semi-reasonable price point would do VERY well at the retail counter, methinks. The Tamiya Juggernaut II. Before talking about why I feel [...]
Event Coverage – JConcepts King of the Monster Trucks
Greetings, o ye of the monster truck faith! This weeks Monster Truck Madness is a day early and a tad different, as I have an event report for you versus the standard blog post. The JConcepts King of the Monster Trucks event was held this past weekend at Vinyl Images in Fenton, MO (just outside St. Louis) and wow, what a [...]
- 10/8/2018
- 1:34 pm
- Events
JConcepts
Monster Truck Madness - By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness - Unboxing the ARRMA Granite 4x4 3S BL…
Happy Tuesday! It’s time for Monster Truck Madness. Several weeks ago I wrote that I was trying to decide on a bash-truck, and in today’s blog you can see what I chose – an ARRMA 1/10 GRANITE 4×4 3S BLX Monster Truck RTR. Check out what you’ll find when you open the box: #gallery-11 { margin: auto; } #gallery-11 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 20%; } #gallery-11 [...]
