Our first experience with any sort of Traxxas crawler was the original TRX-4 Land Rover previous to launch day. It was a beautiful truck with tons of features, massive power (for a crawler) and a stunning Land Rover Defender body set. Unfortunately, the body was loaded down with a bunch of scale gear, making it …

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As long as we’ve been in the RC industry, there’s been roughly a dozen cars from different manufacturers that have caused quite the stir when announced. There have been a couple from the Tamiya camp – the Super Avante, Clod re-issues and the CC-02. However, the Japanese company can now add their newest 2WD buggy …

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MaxAmps has come out with a new battery type for RC use, the Cylindrion. This pack is based on Li-Ion architecture and has features that could make it an incredibly viable LiPo alternative for both safety and power. We got our hands on one of the 2S versions (there are 3S and 4S options available) …

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The Traxxas TRX-4M has been out a short time now, but we were still lucky to get our hands on one to unbox and take for a spin at our local crawling hot spot. This new rig is tiny in size – only 1/18 scale – and is pretty standard as far as micro crawlers …

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