| |
09-16-2011, 12:10 PM
| #21 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: tri cities
Posts: 582
| 
if all that changes are the links then I'm not gonna wait for the kit. You get extra electronics for and extra $40. Idk about you guys but I'm on somewhat of a budget so I like having spare parts sitting around. Extra radio, reciever, servo and esc. Heck, if someone was selling thoughs parts all together, you guys know you would pay $40 for all of them together. I always by rtr and then upgrade cause they don't cost much more and with the spare parts I can build little basher trucks for me and my son to go destroy  . Plus the link kits are only $50-$80 depending on what metal you get. But all of this is just IMO
|
|  |
| Sponsored Links | |
| | |
|
09-16-2011, 02:48 PM
| #22 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Derbyshire UK
Posts: 623
| Wraith kit |
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 02:54 PM
| #23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: USA
Posts: 128
|
Yes, FB had a link, looks like 300+/- when it's released (end of Oct?) the article had a comparison chart too!
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 02:58 PM
| #24 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: USA
Posts: 128
|
So, Includes Auminun Links Universal Joint Axles Softer Springs R35 Tires Clear Body Panels Black seats No: Electonics, or Lights $300+/- Late Oct? |
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 03:06 PM
| #25 |
| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chezzetcook Nova Scotia
Posts: 537
|
If the specs are right and tower hobbies price is right then i see this as NO deal at all.. Tower has them for $50 less than the RTR.. All you get is 2 cvd's. Lower (only lower) aluminum links and a bit more grippy tires. What you don't get.. LED's, radio, reciever, ESC, motor. To me, that's worth a lot more dollars than 4 links and a pair of CVD's. Links you can make for $15 with all thread and brake line. CVD's that I always hear people complaining about instead of dog bones that seem bullet proof minus a couple degrees steering angle.. Just my opinion,, but seems like the wait was for nothing special for the selling price. Sent from my highly abused iPhone using Tapatalk |
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 03:13 PM
| #26 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chezzetcook Nova Scotia
Posts: 537
|
A REAL kit should include all the aluminum goodies.. Come on Axial... Traxxas does it with their platinum and ultimate editions.. Your pathetic offering of 4 links and, 2 CVD's and grippy tires won't cut it.. The RTR will out sell it 10 to 1 I guarantee. Sent from my highly abused iPhone using Tapatalk |
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 03:22 PM
| #27 | |
| I joined the Band! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sacramento
Posts: 1,303
|
you know the price will drop again after a little while... Quote:
| |
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 04:04 PM
| #28 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bay Area (RWC)
Posts: 536
|
I think $340 for the rtr and you have replace most of everything is alot to ask.
Last edited by MaxxPain; 09-16-2011 at 04:16 PM. |
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 04:14 PM
| #29 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Detroit and Denver
Posts: 344
|
Too expensive Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk |
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 04:28 PM
| #30 |
| 20K Club   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
Posts: 22,981
|
I think it's about a wash. The good tires and CVD's about offset the cost of the electronics. The clear panels are also a big plus as far as I see it.
|
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 04:41 PM
| #31 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bay Area (RWC)
Posts: 536
|
Well $299 being the list price, it should drop more once released.
|
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 05:15 PM
| #32 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Folsom
Posts: 215
|
Just thought Id offer my 2cents.... Its all a matter of what your looking for.... and or who it could be for.... i like the idea of the kit so i can add DMG parts too it and slowly build it.. but if your looking for something you can run instantly then yes the RTR is your best option.... Also a matter of how personalized you want to make it... I will wait for a better price then 300 bucks for the kit... since the RTR is 330 off of RPPhobby.com.. |
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 06:27 PM
| #33 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: USA
Posts: 128
|
Here's a pic from Axial's site:
|
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 06:31 PM
| #34 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: USA
Posts: 128
|
Universal joint axle:
|
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 08:17 PM
| #35 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Detroit and Denver
Posts: 344
|
I'm still gonna get one..... Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk |
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 08:26 PM
| #36 |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Vermont
Posts: 2,016
|
Yeehaw! I've been waiting for this.. I just want to build it myself so it's done right the 1st time.. That's what's most important to me. |
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 09:12 PM
| #37 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2011 Location: Port st. lucie
Posts: 162
|
yeah, forsure getting one.
|
|
| |
|
09-16-2011, 10:38 PM
| #38 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Michigan
Posts: 895
|
On the home page.... Happy Birthday to me is gonna be Awesome!!http://www.rccrawler.com/news/axial-...kit/#more-2727 Last edited by BLKXJ 96; 09-16-2011 at 10:41 PM. |
|
| |
|
09-17-2011, 05:08 AM
| #39 |
| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: backwoods of ny
Posts: 130
| the kit..
i believe that its just a matter of if you need or want to instantly take it out of the box and bash it today..myself i have plenty to play with-i want my build to be individual and unique to me--so for ME the kit is the perfect platform to build an individual and unique ride with all of my own personal touches thrown in...its all a matter of what you as an individual choose to do....THANX AXAIL the kit is fine for me..... |
|
| |
|
09-17-2011, 05:46 AM
| #40 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 361
|
If they sell for ~$250 like the Honcho when it came out then I might snatch one up.
|
|
| |
 |
| |
Linear Mode
