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Novak wants you to dump the Velineon system from your Slash 4×4.  Why would they want you to do that?  Because they have a replacement for it.  They’ve taken their sportsman class, inexpensive GTB 2 ESC, paired it with their Ballistic 550 motor and have called it GTB 2 / Ballistic 550 Traxxas 4WD BL [...]

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Pro-Line has a new adjustable battery strap for the Slash and Slash 4×4, let me tell you about it.  Well first of all, it’s a battery strap, it’s also adjustable, and it’s made for both the Slash and Slash 4×4.  Also, it’s blackish in color and … did I mention adjustable?  I guess the main [...]

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JConcepts has a hot looking new wheel style for a few different Traxxas vehicles.  The Tense is a one piece wheel with a cool little added detail, wheel caps.  The caps come in two styles, open and closed, with the closed featuring JConcepts’ logo machined on.  They’re held on with six button head screws for [...]

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[Update:  This contest is now closed.] It’s time for another Big Squid giveaway!  Actually TWO giveaways to be exact!  This time we have a whole load of bright and shiny hop-ups for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 from those masters of metal machining at GH Racing. GH Racing has been awesome enough to throw a bunch [...]

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Here’s something cool from Pro-Line.  A Volkswagen Bug body that actually has fenders on it.  How novel.  It actually casts a much different attitude than all the fenderless beetle bodies that populate the alternative-style short course landscape.  This new vision of an old body is officially licensed by Volkswagen, so you can expect all the [...]

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The first and, thus-far, only recipient of the Basher Approved Lifetime Achievement Award, RPM, has some  new products for lovers of the Traxxas Slash 4×4.  These shock towers for the front and rear are drop-in replacements for the stock parts but are much, much stronger thanks to that lovely RPM material that we all adore.  [...]

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I think we turned that frown upside-down with this one.  Who says being a fan doesn’t pay off?  These were the winners of our 1/10 scale Traxxas Slash Give-away.  You can have your chance too, just be at the IHobby Show on Sunday for our Bashing Demos.  The first one is at 11:00 am and [...]

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Outerwears, not to be confused with underwears, has some new products for the drivers of short course trucks. Available in many colors for the Slash, Slash 4×4, Blitz, and SC10, these new Short Course Truck Shrouds will help keep gunk and junk out of your chassis while still allowing necessary airflow for all your electronics. [...]

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ACER Racing recently sent out an email reminder of all the new products they have been putting out lately. There are a ton of individual bearings, but I’ll post the kit’s here. So if your looking for a new Ceramic Ball Bearing kit for your RC, here’s a start of what they have to offer: [...]

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More and more people are releasing hop-up parts for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 which is making me think it’s really starting to catch on! New from Venom are a ton of cool Aluminum Hop-Up parts for the Traxxas Slash 4WD! They also have Steel Universal joint shafts from front and rear! (seen on top) Here’s [...]

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If you have a Traxxas Slash 4×4 in need of some serious aluminum hop-up parts, GH Racing has you covered! Here’s a list of what you can see in the gallery below. Front and Rear suspension arms, steering block, front and rear shock towers, C Hubs, Rear Hub (with different toes available) , and Front [...]

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We added another video to our Big Squid RC YouTube Channel . This was a fun little shoot. We were at our local hobby shop, when a friend of ours from 3DHobbyShopRocks came by with a couple of planes he was looking to ‘retire’. Of course Bill’s eyes got real wide real quick! We grabbed [...]

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Own a Traxxas Slash 4×4? Is it covered in RPM hop up parts yet? Well here are some more for you! The new RPM Slash 4×4 Body Mounts have adjustable to give you different heights for your custom body. They start off 1/8″ lower then stock, and can raise up 1/4″ more. They can be [...]

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