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The folks over at Team Corally are attempting to take over the bashing world. Recently, Corally announced a line-up of new hardcore bashers. We’ve had a couple weeks to bang on their all new Kronos XP 6S Monster Truck to see how it stacks up to the competition. How does it handle? Is it crazy fast? How easily does it [...]
Attention hardcore bashers, Associated Electrics have announced a new monster truck! That’s right, AE has just dropped the Rival MT10. The MT10 is a 1/10th scaled 4wd monster truck that comes as a brushless RTR, or as a RTR combo with LiPo battery & charger. Here are the highlights- * Reedy 3300kV brushless motor * 3S Reedy ESC with t-style plug * Licensed [...]
It’s the end of 2019, and that leaves us with one post left. It’s hard to overstate how difficult this decision was for us. Everyone here in the office has been arguing their sides, coming up with lists, and I think if Cubby didn’t have to leave for his New Years Eve party, there may have been fisticuffs. It’s the [...]
Another year down, and 2019 brought some incredible crawling/scaling vehicles. There were so many releases in 2019, at one point Jeremy (or scale guy) was letting anyone who wanted to work on a scale review take it because he was so swamped. We were basically doing daily unboxings, and it was all scale/crawler stuff. Like all the categories, this one [...]
We started the Bash Product of the Year category in 2018 because we wanted to recognize some of the great products that were released but didn’t get the hype of the Vehicle of the Year category. Since it’s inception, this category is a tough one, and here in 2019 it was quite the debate. The one product everyone could agree [...]
Coming early next year from Axial Racing is the Raw Builders Kit version of their SMT10 Monster Truck. The kit version comes with the chassis, but leaves the body, tires, and electronics, up to you. Here are more details- * Chrome zoomie style headers * Straight axle scale monster truck * Dual pad slipper clutch * AR60 axles * 4-link suspension * AX10 transmission * 32-pitch gears * [...]
Whoa, ARRMA just dropped a 1/5th Scaler?!?! Yes indeed hardcore rc enthusiast, ARRMA has just announced their highly anticipated 1/5 Kraton 8S RTR Monster Truck. Yes it is huge! Yes it is designed for hardcore bashing! Yes it comes with a Spektrum 8S capable SMART speedo! Yes it has huge tires! Nobody reads this part anyways, LOL, so let’s just [...]
After a full month of teasing, ARRMA has officially announced the 1/5 Kraton 8S BLX Monster Truck. The largest truck that ARRMA has ever made, the 1/5 Kraton was designed to withstand the rigors of hardcore backyard bashing. Here are the highlights- * Massive new 1/5 design * Triangular center brace system * Laser-etched aluminum chassis * Massive 20mm oil filled shocks * Easy to [...]
The crew at Carisma have been putting out highly scale realistic cars for decades. Ivan and his crew have always gone a bit above and beyond to ensure their products not only performed well, but also looked immaculate. Case in point is Carisma’s new 1981 Range Rover scale crawler. The Range Rover sports a classic off-road look with a seriously [...]
There is no doubt that Traxxas is best known for their monster trucks. Their latest is the 1/10th scaled Maxx, which is modeled after the beastly large scale X-Maxx. Designed to be the “king of the hill” for tenth scaled monster trucks, the crew at Traxxas spent months on the Maxx dialing it in. How fast is the new Maxx? [...]
New from Losi is the freshly updated 1/5 DBXL-E 2.0 RTR with Smart Electronics. The original DBXL was well known in the bashing world for being a beast, the 2.0 brings new electronics, as well as more features and durability upgrades. Here are the highlights- * Spektrum DX2E Active transmitter * Spektrum SR6100AT 6 Channel AVC telemetry receiver * Spektrum Firma 160 Amp [...]
The day is finally here, it is officially launch day for the Kraken RC Stryker Hyper-Scale 4WD UTV/SXS! Today is the day when you can get your very own Kraken Stryker on order. The Stryker was designed for incredible scale realism, while also being highly capable off-road, which is perfect for backyard bashing. Use this link to get your own Kraken [...]
RC rock crawling is all the rage now days and Gmade has been producing some very cool trucks for the genre. Over the last couple of months, we’ve been able to check out their GOM Rock Buggy RTR. The GOM is an affordable rock buggy that was designed for serious off-roading. How long does it take to get the GOM [...]
Scale trucks are all the rage now days, but most of them are of the crawling/slow variety. For the ever growing bunch of consumers that demand some speed with their scale looks, Kyosho has released the Outlaw Rampage PRO Kit. The Outlaw Rampage is big on the scale detailing, but also caters to the hardcore hobby crowd by coming as [...]
Well, someone had to go and wake up the sleeping giant that is Traxxas. A few weeks ago Traxxas dropped a bombshell otherwise known as the TRX-6 Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG 6×6. The pictures alone sparked up a fire of conversation that consumed anything else that was happening in the scale world. So how did Traxxas do with their first [...]
