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I wish there was no leak... I'm getting impatient now. Weather is getting colder and grosser and I'm wanting to take my Yeti and Yeti XL out... I need a Jr. for indoors

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Where was Axial during the MRC heyday when we were all wanting a 1/18 crawler from them?

Somewhere a Losi exec is just shaking his head.

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Bump.

Anyone found 'For Sale' link yet for me yet?

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Don't worry bud, the second I find one I'm buying. The next second I'll come here to share a link.

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Has there been any other sources hinting towards the yeti?

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From what I've seen just repeating the same information, though I did see crawler innovations has released new 1" micro foams for the Losi/Summo/Ambush,RC4wd Gelande micros. They oddly list the foams compatible with the Axial Mini which is surprising because I assumed it would be an RC scale 1/18 on 1.5's like the losi mini rather than a true scale 1/18 like the RC4WD mini Gelande with the typical 1" micro wheels & tires

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Re: Axial 1/18 Yeti (and Yeti Score)
 

I saw that and said insider info or a complete tease. Either way i am ready for a 1/18 Bomber. Hurry up already.

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Lil' Nova Single Stage Micro Firm - Crawler Innovations

Those foams show compatibility with the 1/18 yeti

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I literally posted that right before here lol. I have doubts though. maybe Crawler innovations guessed? I feel like axial would be making a mini 1/18 on 1.55 or something not a true scale 1/18 using 1.0 wheels. I know I'm in the minority and overall they don't perform as well, but I'd personally rather have a micro that was a true 1/20-1/18 than a mini. A mini is still so large you may as well have a traditional Crawler. A micro is much more friendly in doors.

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I would go either way. Micro or mini.

A Micro Yeti would be awesome to have indoors on a course of books and sh!t. But a mini Yeti would be just as cool to have also.

Honestly. If they were to scale down their entire line up they'd sell a pile of them instantly. Presell would be months behind.

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I would get a few micros for sure. I find the minis dont get much use. A micro smt10 would be really cool. You could buy a few bags of kinetic sand and make a really nice indoor course!

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I just hope they hit soon, too much longer and they may miss the perfect time of the year for launch and get skewed results on sales..

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ya i need one for my rollback 6x6........"thumbsup" Still waiting...or just buy RC4wd 1/18 d90 since Axial has no coupon deals.....

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I love minis and micros. What great news! Buying a yeti jr asap!

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If Axial wants to sell it for the xmas (which should be the perfect time to sell this kind of rc) they should announce no later than next week.

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That's what I'm thinking too. My uneducated guess would be the beginning of next week, Monday or Tuesday, the 1st full week of December.

I have a Losi Trail Trekker 1/24 scaler/crawler thing (that i kinda hate) and I don't even use foams in the RC4WD Super Swampers. I find them useless at that size and weight. The truck itself is so light, even with mostly aluminum parts, that the wheels get so little grip even without foams. I hope that the 1/18 yeti will at least be heavier, if not I wouldn't use foams in it anyway.

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I started off buying a 1/24 Losi SCTE along with a co worker to see if R/C was something we'd want to get in to. Then we bought trail trekkers. Our first time running them we said "Screw this!" and decided to order our Yetis :mrgreen:

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:ror: yeah, stock trekkers are pretty lame. You can do a lot with them though, and for cheap. Not for everyone but if you've only got a mini/ micro sized rock pile they can be more fun than a big rc

Micro wraith
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...8_130848-1.jpg

Micro dual esc moa rig
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...4_140635-1.jpg

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IMO micros are a great platform to build a custom rig from. Especially if you go bigger than 1/24 up to 1/20 which is perfect IMO. Because of the small size its easier to find a challenge. It's also nice to be able to easily crawl indoors which IMO a mini isn't much better than a 1/10-1/8 for indoors, a micro is just right.

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One of the reasons I decided to go 1/10 was that working on 1/24 was soo painful with all the tiny parts and screws. I have about 300 CDN in my SCTE which is now a shelf queen. I was considering selling the Trekker but since it's in mint condition and discontinued I decided to hang on to it.

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I have about the same into my Trekker, but I'm in the same boat; all the tiny parts and screws are a hassle. I've stripped out so many because the tiny parts aren't hardened steel nor are the tools. Everything is so soft that if it's in too tight, you're going to strip it almost immediately. When I got the RC4WD bead lock wheels, I stripped out probably 1/5th of the screws on them b/c they were in too tight. I had to dremel slots in the screws so I could get a screw driver in there. Now that I've had the wheels for about a year, I keep losing some of the screws b/c they don't stay tight...

My point being, 1/24 is a shit scale. I'm relaly hoping this Yeti Jr has better hardware than the Trekker and it's 3rd party upgrades.

Re: Axial 1/18 Yeti (and Yeti Score)
 

Associated has a $50. 1/28 scale truck now....pass


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Re: Axial 1/18 Yeti (and Yeti Score)
 

Just saw the SC28 email from Tower. Every time I've seen the 'new release' emails this week I get ready for a 1/18 Yeti. Damn you AXIAL!!!

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I saw that 1/28 scale truck as well. I wonder if it's another micro SCT clone just labeled as 1/28 scale. As far as stripped screws on micro Crawlers I've yet to strip one since the original losi micro crawler about what? 10 years ago? I'm just using cheap integy and dynamite drivers

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Axial 1/18 Yeti (and Yeti Score)
 

I use a set of the Dynamite drivers and haven't stripped any since getting them. The smaller bolts use less torque. I've stripped more on my SCX10 than anything else.

The SC28 looks to be something slightly different. I've got three daughters and a wife all with shoulder length hair. RCs indoors and long hair don't go well together.
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It's nothing like the Losi Mini SCT. The Associated chassis looks like a garbage toy.

http://www.bigsquidrc.com/wp-content...SC28-RTR-6.jpg

Mini and micros don't have staying power. That's why they come and go so often.

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THe Latrax Teton and SST are awesome machines once you pop in rc18 ball diffs. Once I burned out my second stock motor running lipos, I took the brushless plunge and have gotten many hours of insane entertainment with minimal repairs. Just a few spurs here and there from running balls out at the track and landing on throttle.

Yea, so.... where is this 1/18 Yeti? Hurry up. I do repairs at a local hobby shop and asked our hobbico rep about it. She claimed to not know what I was talking about until I showed her this thread. Then she said "somebodies gonna be in trouble..."

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Looks like Axial is finally talking! Should be a live video on Axial's fb page shortly

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What's with the limited quantities? Part support should be great then.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eumoRPqZJZo

http://www.axialracing.com/t/vehicles/yeti

Re: Axial 1/18 Yeti (and Yeti Score)
 

That looks... awesome

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Only available direct from Axial. I guess this means we can't use any coupon codes on this one either. :ror:

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Can I get two?

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Hemistorm has a video up as well.

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I will pass on this. Doesn't do much for me. I have a yeti 1/10 and haven't even put a battery in it yet . Been sitting on the shelf for 2 Years now. There has got to be a bomber on the way hopefully in a mini class to compete with the ambush. The whole limited quantities thing ...Really:roll:.

Re: Axial 1/18 Yeti (and Yeti Score)
 

Axial Racing - Yeti Jr.

well it's here....

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Watched the Axial video (need to check out HemiStorm's video), but I didn't see anything that pointed to the rig being brushless ready/capable? The gears all seem to be plastic, so not sure if it's qualified as brushed only. Brandon (or someone else), can you please clarify?

Thanks,
Steve

Re: Axial 1/18 Yeti (and Yeti Score)
 

Only if you act now. Supplies are limited. Operators are standing by!

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http://www.axialracing.com/products/ax90054


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