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12-20-2010, 06:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: land of no rocks
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|  new maisto rock crawler? http://www.rcmania.com/maisto-rock-crawler/ anyone picked one of these up yet. thinking about getting one for my son to play with. any thoughts |
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12-20-2010, 06:39 PM
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| 20K Club   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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They have been out for awhile. You can find them in Walmarts and the like. They are just cheap shit, you get what you pay for. Probably fun enough for a kid to run into a rock for a little while.
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12-20-2010, 09:34 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Knoxville
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Not sure if your familiar with Jang but i love to check out his reviews of trucks...probly did the one on rcmania. But for the last guy that posted here is a video about "Toy Grade RC" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49KE4OZVnQ8 from what i saw it would be great for a small child. |
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12-21-2010, 12:00 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: reno
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like harley said cheap but definitely fun for a kid about 2-6yrs bought one for my nephew he loved it seemed to last a while too i think i got it for 39.00 at wallymart  |
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12-22-2010, 05:43 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: in my house
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I thought about picking one of these up for the little one actually. But the video from the OP made me laugh. I thought crawlers crawled over rocks, not intentionally avoided them haha |
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12-22-2010, 09:19 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Texas where its too damn hot!
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a buddy bought one just for fun and he wasnt impressed but what do you expect
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12-23-2010, 07:23 AM
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| Nobody   Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maine
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yeah, far from impressive, but great for a kid to bash around for 30 bucks. I fried the electronics with a 2s lip in one I bought my kid, so I put in a cheap esc and rx I had laying round, and also mounted up a standard steering servo. With a a small lexan bronco body, 2s and some cut/shut panther cobras on it, it climbs half descent. I want to take the motors out and see if I can size up something better becaues it clod stalls real bad. |
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01-17-2011, 08:34 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: (647>>
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Just buy him a 1:1 rig.itll last a life time.  |
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01-17-2011, 09:06 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ned
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Why not a maxstone 16 for $40 more then you have something he can build upon.
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01-20-2011, 02:11 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Altos, California
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for a kid, id highly reccomend it. once he gets around 10-12 or older, id slam down some cash for a ax-10 or something with high 3rd party parts support like Vanquish etc.. | |
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01-20-2011, 02:12 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota
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01-20-2011, 03:52 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Centurion, GP, RSA
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For twice the price one can get HSP 1/18 crawler that's better quality(not the best though) and it's 2.4Gig.
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01-20-2011, 10:40 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: england
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|  Got one for my little boy he loves it but he is only 4 |
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01-20-2011, 12:27 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: TX Coast
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Several guys here have Maxstones & there are a few threads for them. Don't go by what is said by people who don't own them. Do some research into them & see if they'll work for your kid.
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01-20-2011, 12:27 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: England
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Got one for my 4yr old at christmas, put a decent set of NiMh rechargeables 3000mah in it and he gets around 2 hours before they go flat, took the stock truck body off and mounted a Caddy Escalade he had painted on it - looks half decent for the money £27 in the UK - but Maisto now have a new revised 6 volt rechargeable version out now complete with charger and pack for the same money.
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01-20-2011, 12:48 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Centurion, GP, RSA
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Ive bought quite a couple of Maisto cars for my son. Now 9. All of them had rechargable AA in the car. (less than 1000mAh) With a better battery these cars would give most children fun they would never get else where. |
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01-20-2011, 02:30 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: brockway
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My son got one sunday with his birthday money. Its was a fun item for him for a few hours but after that he was losing interest since it was so limited.
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01-20-2011, 07:13 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Peru
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Got one too for my 4 year son, put some 2s lipo 800mah 15c on it, and have a very decent performance...well, great performance for what you pay... He is very happy and made more than 20 hours with it. Only I had to disassembly rear axle to lube it...inside have plastic bushes... some grease and now its like new... |
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