Cool toy for your kids, or yourself!!

Joopin · #1 (**permalink**) 09-20-2005, 10:23 AM

Hey jeep fanatics, check this out, my friend saw this in WalMart and just sent me the link... I want one.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=4016706

currupt4130 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-20-2005, 10:28 AM

cool stuff, i might have to get one now... hah. i like the axles, what are they supposed to be, 5 ton rockwells? definatley cool, having the sponsors liek sams offroad and detroit and fabtech on there is real cool

Joopin · #3 (**permalink**) 09-20-2005, 11:10 AM

Here it is in action...

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_m...d=38366&id=803

antsinmypants · #4 (**permalink**) 09-20-2005, 01:01 PM

theres a guy who actually posted the Mod's on his little rock crawler

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The Mods:
~Removed stickers (they looked to tacky for my liking)
~Cut 5 coils and made the bottom coils wider (in an attempt to make them softer)
~Streched wheel base....Front: 1/4" Rear: 1/2"
~Comp-cut style rear end
~Headlights, Rocklights, and Taillights (LED) with 4AA battery pack
~"Sharpied": Roll cage, sliders, stinger, and bed cover. (I used a sharpie since I know regular spray paint will chip off as often as this thing rolls)
~I filled the "holes" in the wheels in with more sharpie. Makes them look more realistic by being "see through"

Planned mods:
~Wider tires
~Paint or sharpie control arms and spacers black
~Give it a TT by moving the rigs battery up

jeepless20 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-20-2005, 06:58 PM

that thing is sick as all get out. still no match for my revo, but ill bet for the price its a good little RC

Sully · #6 (**permalink**) 09-20-2005, 07:25 PM

In the rocks that thing would own my tmaxx. I want one!

Sparky-Watts · #7 (**permalink**) 09-21-2005, 05:18 AM

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Specifications
Shipping weight in pounds: 40.0

Forty freakin' pounds?!?

judge09 · #8 (**permalink**) 09-21-2005, 06:28 AM

Man, thats going to make some youngsters into Jeepers for life.

Green97TJ · #9 (**permalink**) 09-21-2005, 11:19 AM

I saw this thing at walmart, its huge!! I want one! They also have a smaller version for like, 50 or 60 bucks...

Nathan

Sparky-Watts · #10 (**permalink**) 09-21-2005, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Green97TJ

I saw this thing at walmart, its huge!! I want one! They also have a smaller version for like, 50 or 60 bucks...

Nathan

How big is this one and how big is the smaller one? I gotta get me one of those! A kid can never have too many toys, right?

2000wrangler · #11 (**permalink**) 09-22-2005, 10:39 AM

here is a link that has a video of this thing. it looks awesome. hope the link works

http://www.rcpics.net/view_single.ph...a3740afea62a90

jps4jeep · #12 (**permalink**) 09-22-2005, 11:13 AM

I almost bought one of those a couple weeks back, I could not justify spending $150 for it..

Green97TJ · #13 (**permalink**) 09-22-2005, 12:14 PM

Hmm.... Id say the big one was between 2 and 3 feet long... the smaller oneprobably about 1 1/2 foot... thats just guessing, its been a while since I seen the big one, or really even since I looked at the little one.

Nathan

TwistedCopper · #14 (**permalink**) 09-22-2005, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Sully

In the rocks that thing would own my tmaxx. I want one!

I have a TMaxx too. That thing is awesome, but it'd be no good if it tangoed with my Tmaxx... full rollcage, lotsa aluminum, 40 some-odd MPH, etc. That thing is all plastic.

I'd like to see one I could run through water and mud without fear of destroying it

Sparky-Watts · #15 (**permalink**) 09-22-2005, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TwistedCopper

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Originally Posted by Sully

In the rocks that thing would own my tmaxx. I want one!

I have a TMaxx too. That thing is awesome, but it'd be no good if it tangoed with my Tmaxx... full rollcage, lotsa aluminum, 40 some-odd MPH, etc. That thing is all plastic.

I'd like to see one I could run through water and mud without fear of destroying it

It really wouldn't take much to water-proof one. I did it with my old RC buggy back in the '80s. A little silicone here, a little wax there and it's good to go. Ran it into the lake on several occasions without any problems (other than retrieval once). We built a track of sorts on the beach and one hairpin turn was right at the water's edge, so the slightest miscue and you were in the drink.

Snitty · #16 (**permalink**) 09-22-2005, 08:15 PM

That's one killer stock body lift

TwistedCopper · #17 (**permalink**) 09-22-2005, 08:25 PM

That might do the trick on a battery powered RC10, but my TMaxx runs on nitro fuel

jeepguy46176 · #18 (**permalink**) 01-03-2006, 04:21 PM

I just got one these for christmas and they are alot of fun, so i thought i would dig up this old thread to give it a thumbs up.

90Xjay · #19 (**permalink**) 01-03-2006, 04:37 PM

I got my son a Nikko version at WE B Toys.
It rocks and has alot of neat decals from Fabtech and the like.
It has twin axle motors so all 4 wheels pull and the tires are air downs.
Pretty cool..

Junkpile · #20 (**permalink**) 01-04-2006, 12:52 AM

Oh man, One of the guys at the shop has the 1:10 scale one from Wally World. It's pretty neat on the rockpile out back. They can't possibly weigh 40 pounds. The 1:10 one only weighs maybe 5#s. I want to convert one of the big ones over to nitro power. Alot of people are doing that now usnig parts from other trucks. I've seen guys put $2500 into one of those little $100 rigs.

These little trucks are almost as addictive as the real thing!!

I got a 1:8 scale HPI Savage 25 Limited Edition for Christmas. That thing weighs 11.5 pounds!! Three speed, dual stainless disc brakes, the engine has a claimed 2.5hp.....I eat Tmaxxs for lunch. Between the guys at the shop we've got a couple of those little rock climbers, a Tmaxx, a Revo, an LST2, and my Savage. At lunch we look like a bunch of ten year olds out in the parking lot. I've got almost $800 in this truck already....and climbing. What the heck is up with gas costing $30 a gallon for these things?!?

I know I'm stupid, no need to point it out.