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Old 11-06-2009, 06:47 PM
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Talking Early Christmas Shopping for my boys

Picked up (2) of these today for my boys for Christmas...going to "test" them at the shop when they get here...just to make sure they "work".



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looks like it would be an expensive toy
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looks like it would be an expensive toy
Compared to Nintendo DS and other toys it isn't as bad as you think. They can upgrade them if they want to and build them just like my real rockcrawlers. Give them something to do when they are at the shop since I have a gravel parking lot and a lot of field to crawl them in.

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Looks Pretty Sweet!! Lucky Kids!
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Can you ride in it!?

Nah I love the RC crawlers. I've got a nitro RC monster truck! Put in the lockers and its so fun,.
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nice. Bunch of guys got them it Iraq, we lived on a big gravel lot thats how they made the best of the situation.
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Get like 3 extra batteries so they can play non stop. I always hated when my batteries would die then i would have to wait 3 hours for it to charge.
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Nice rig man!!!

Pics or it didn't happen...




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Originally Posted by waskillywabbit
Picked up (2) of these today for my boys for Christmas...going to "test" them at the shop when they get here...just to make sure they "work".



Wow, I wish my actual truck looked like one of those. Sweet toys man, and way better for you kids brains than Video games any day of the week, IMO.
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Axial's are nice.
But i'm more of an Associated Electronics guy
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Going to get my bud Dan (formerly of BTF) to custom wrap them WabFab style with their names on them to add some bling.

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good stuff.
i remember when these things were just starting to come out, and people were using Jato's as rock-crawlers because of the 4" travel the Independent suspension got, lol.
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Originally Posted by 2DoorRunner
Get like 3 extra batteries so they can play non stop. I always hated when my batteries would die then i would have to wait 3 hours for it to charge.
3 hours?!?! They have chargers with different settings, a base one is usually a slow charge (your 3+ hours) and a quick charge (about 15 minutes)

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Going to get my bud Dan (formerly of BTF) to custom wrap them WabFab style with their names on them to add some bling.

Definitely post pics of that!



I've had my fair share of r/c's. Started with a Traxxas Stampede when they first came out, then went to a CEN 4WD Honda Accord, then Team Losi Mini-T's (spent about $400 in upgrading parts to aluminum and lights and other stuff, then sold the things for about $175 ), then had the newer Stampede with the electronic esc and quicker engine, then spent a ton of money on a "custom rockcrawler" that ended up needing a bunch of assembly that made no sense at all so we took it to the hobby store and they couldn't figure it out so we sold it, and now I just bought the Traxxas Slash! Yay 30+ mph and fully waterproof!

Those Axials have TONS of upgrade options and aftermarket support. Kinda like Toyota's
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Brian: your boys will have fun with them...my girls just couldn't get into it
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Dang Wabbit... going to get them started on an expensive habit early. Just wait until they become teens then they will want the full sized version. Maybe an early encouragement to run the family business?
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Originally Posted by Ironmike4x4
Dang Wabbit... going to get them started on an expensive habit early. Just wait until they become teens then they will want the full sized version. Maybe an early encouragement to run the family business?
They can upgrade these on their allowance they WORK for doing stuff at the house and shop. I already have both of them an 85 ext cab to build when they get older for trail riding. On road will be 2wds so I can survive paying insurance.for two male teenagers. They are 14 months apart.

They arrive today!
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lucky kids. learning all those fab skills. i wish i could learn.
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Wish I had toyota waiting for me when I was a teen. Well I bought one anyways but it wasn't an 85. Lucky kids way better then video games.
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WAB.. problem is you may never see your boys again when they start on that... they are AS COOL as a real rock crawler almost..those ones there arnt just like a toy.. like you said they can upgrade lockers gears everything.. so can learn more about real trucks and using tools so its far better than video games!

only problem is your gonna get hooooooked too lol need some wabfab stickers on em!
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sooo much fun to play with. deffs buying one befor xmas.. or maybe a nitro rc one.. hmm


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