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Greetings all and Happy Friday! Welcome to The Backyard! Well friends, the Traxxas Stampede is getting updated again. Seeing the latest version of the Stampede immediately got my attention because I go WAY back with this truck. I was actually waiting for the original Stampede to be released, and my first one came as a kit. That should give you some idea [...]
Greetings all and Happy Friday! As we head in to mid-Summer, it feels like “what’s in” is uncomplicated fun. Just look at some of the releases we’ve seen recently. The Tamiya Lunch Box Evo is finally arriving at hobby shops, taking a beloved classic and giving it a few meaningful updates (finally!). ARRMA just announced the Freedom Flyer, which looks like it [...]
Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! The recently updated Traxxas Stampede is actually what got me thinking about this week’s topic. Traxxas quietly refreshed the truck with proper chevron monster truck tires — and not just any chevrons, but ones that actually look like scaled-down versions of full-size monster truck rubber. Tall sidewalls. Aggressive V-pattern tread. Proper proportions. It finally [...]
Does your Traxxas basher need a durability overhaul? If you’re looking for a way to battle-harden your Traxxas Slash, Rustler, or Stampede, take a look at this new offering from Injora; Hardened-steel Front and Rear CVD Shafts. As the name implies, these CVD driveshafts are made from hardened steel and should help improve the longevity of your 1/10-scale Traxxas basher’s [...]
Greetings and an early Happy 4th to our American readers! The above pic was shot back in July 2017 when me and some buddies attempted to recreate Dennis Anderson’s “Mr. Destruction” wall of steel stunt in r/c form. We used an Axial SMT10 and a bunch of plastic cars, and it was a blast. I’d link video of it, but [...]
Ever since starting this monster truck column in early 2017, I’ve fielded a number of e-mails from noobies. I was originally going to use today’s MTM as a mailbag, but my longwinded answers made it so I’d be better off splitting these up and answering each in depth over time. So yeah, for today I’ll just start with the question that [...]
