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While touring the Pro-Line facility in California last week, we got a chance to take a look at the 1/16 Apocalypse for the Traxxas Mini Summit in person. Like the full sized version, it has a tough military type SUV look to it, with lots of small details to make it pop. After one look we knew it would be [...]
Want big traction on your small basher? Hate spending time gluing up tires? If so, Pro-Line has your hook-up with their new Pre-Mounted Big Joe II 2.2″ Tires. The pre-mounts come with PL’s Big Joe IIs mounted up on their popular 6 spoke Desperado Wheels to not only give your truck more traction, but to also add to its scale [...]
Our friends over at Pro-Line have released a few “sneak peak” pictures of their new Big Joe II 2.2″ tires. The Big Joe II 2.2s are made to fit trucks like the HPI Savage XS Flux and the 16th scale Traxxas Summit. These should make a nice option for all you mini monster truck drivers looking for more traction. More [...]
There are a few advantages to widening your Traxxas 1/16 Revo or Summit. A wider truck makes it less likely to roll over in corners and it keeps bigger tires from rubbing against the body. Here at BigSquidRC we are big fans of the bling, so just the tougher looking stance might be our biggest reason to “go wide”. TheToyz.com makes [...]
We first posted about the Traxxas LED Light Kits back in our HobbyTown USA National Convention Coverage, now there are more pictures and information available. Traxxas now has lights kits for your Stampede 4×4, Summit, 1/16 Summit, 1/16 Revo, and their Monster Jam replica trucks. Some of their features include- * Light kits do not require a separate battery * Illustrated instructions for [...]
The Traxxas 1/16th Summit is a versatile bash machine, but just like the bionic man it can be made stronger and faster. The crew over at T-Bone Racing (TBR) have just announced a new chassis brace for the little Summit. Made out of .125″ black nylon and mounted with 12 screws along the bottom of the truck, the TBR brace [...]
TheToyz has a pretty nifty carry bag for all you HPI Savage XS and Traxxas 1/16th scale Summit owners. The new TheToyz bag features heavy duty construction, a removable pit mat, and adjustable storage separators. Size is 15.5″x12″x8″ and has a street price of $70. For complete info HERE’s the link. Want to read up on other Traxxas Summit news here [...]
A bit of smaller big news from the Traxxas booth is the new 1/16 Summit VXL. This little bad boy is based on the Mini E-Revo platform and is setup for 1 or 2 battery operation. As with all Traxxas cars it’s fully RTR and comes with a single 7-cell battery. According to the guys at Traxxas it’s ready to [...]
