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10-24-2010, 01:51 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: harriman
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|  Our New WalMart Crawlers.....
Well i've come to realize that this crawling is kinda addicting.been doing it about 2 month, and already have an axial, a losi mrc, and another axial. anyways on to the meat of the story. went to walmart with the wifey and kiddos early and just happened on these Maisto rock crawlers. 29.99 so i bought all 3 that they had. one for me, my little boy and little girl. he is 4 and drives the mrc, and i'm just trying to get her interested. we are about to drop in some batteries and see what they will do. pretty need probably about 1/16 scale or so. has MOA and decent tires. steering seems pretty strong. here are some pics and i'll update after some action.
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10-24-2010, 05:55 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hayesville
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Well how did they do?
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10-24-2010, 05:57 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: milton,wv
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i seen those today while there also
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10-24-2010, 06:06 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: douglasville
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10-24-2010, 06:07 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: foothills of va.
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hope you like them better than i did. i bought 1 early in the summer off ebay before they hit the shelves of walmart, i tried it for about 5 minutes &boxed it up &put it right back on ebay luckily i got exactly what i paid, mine wouldnt even climb over a pair of shoes, i wouldnt have another one if it was give to me. i did but the jeep crawler from toys r us &it put the maisto to shame.for a toy grade r.c.
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10-24-2010, 06:16 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: West GA, USA
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When I saw Walmart Crawler, I thought of...  2003, baby. |
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10-24-2010, 06:48 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: harriman
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well after burrning through 18 aa(6 each) batteries here is the verdict....my little boy whos 4 is pretty good with his losi mrc. he wasn't impressed. my little girl thought it was ok. myself....i mean it would climb ok. i did climb a few rocks around outside. would i buy another one when this are toast? probably not, but for $30 it ain't bad. so overall on a scale of 1 to 10 i'll go about 5-5.5
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10-24-2010, 06:57 PM
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| cherry bomb   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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as for the maisto crawler, it has crawling power but just clodstalls so all power is waisted. if you keep it on some pretty tame terrain they are kinda fun, I think getting the kids and yourself one was a great idea to all have comparable rigs, it was a good attempt, here's some action shots of mine.    looks like toys-r-us has a shafty out for about the same amount of money, I dont think I will get it just cause of the experiance with this one. but it looks like it has alot more potential, adding a hobbygrade servo and electronics seems very feasable, not much can be done with these unfortunatly. | |
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10-24-2010, 07:04 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Tan Valley
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10-24-2010, 07:06 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: harriman
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yea we saw the ones at toys r us as well....probably is a better choice in the price range. oh well it's just something else to tinker with...
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10-24-2010, 07:18 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Surprise, Az
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10-26-2010, 05:10 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jacksonville
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10-26-2010, 05:32 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Arvada
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10-26-2010, 05:59 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: harriman
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yea those were pretty popular, but i never had one....these that i bought now aren't to bad....for the money
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10-26-2010, 06:19 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jacksonville
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ive had both man, the nylint puts the new one to shame | |
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10-26-2010, 06:23 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: West GA, USA
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lol  That first obstacle is the TTC VHS from 03ish. Last edited by 92PathSE; 10-26-2010 at 06:26 PM. |
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10-26-2010, 10:32 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ontario Canada
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how about the 1980s? Had this thing since I was a little kid...    Commercial of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W4MYJt8c4w |
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10-27-2010, 12:57 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Middletown
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DUDE! The Animal. I forgot about that. Wow. Memories. What about those little monster trucks that were waterproof? I think they had 1 or 2 AA batteries. They were fun in the bathtub. |
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10-27-2010, 01:35 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tehachapi,Ca
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Stompers!!! Holy hell I had prob 30 of those things when I was little they were they shit for being the size of a hotwheel monster truck
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10-27-2010, 10:59 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Boondocks
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I remember seeing my cousins playing with those trucks. Brings back memories...
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