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New from the Traxxas Monster Jam Replica series is the Son-uva Digger Monster Truck. The new truck is based on the 2WD Stampede, and features blue bumpers, skid plate, and a few other parts. You get the Titan 12T motor, and a 7-cell NIMH batter, but still the old Traxxas TQ AM radio. Looking for more news from Traxxas? Click [...]
During extreme use a battery pack can be subject to a lot of g-forces, around the BigSquidRC offices we see battery packs get thrown out of trucks all the time. A good battery brace can help prevent this from happening. JConcepts has two new Monroe battery braces that are stronger and offer more coverage than stock. One brace is designed [...]
Have you bolted in some massive power to your Traxxas Stampede or Rustler and now find yourself destroying drive shafts? The crew over at MIP have just released a cure for your illness- their new X-Duty CVD Kit with Keyed Axles for the rear of your over powered Traxxas truck. The MIP crew even used a Castle Monster System during [...]
We have been working hard on this one for a while! The 2WD Monster Truck Shootout is finally completed and ready for your reading pleasure! We get a TON of emails asking us what truck is better, and which one someone should buy. We decided to take some time and actually put them all to the test! Unlike those ‘advertisement’ [...]
The crew over at FTW have introduced an all new short course truck body named the Diamondback. The Diamondback body has large cut outs behind the hood and cab to let air escape from underneath, as well as sleek lines to give it a nice look. The FTW Diamondback uses .040 polycarbonate and fits the Losi SCTE and XXX-SCT, Associated [...]
New from Traxxas is the Traxxas Bandit Mitchell DeJong Edition! Thew new special edition is based on the Bandit XL-5 with new graphics, Alias tires, a 12t 550 motor, a 7-Cell NIMH, and Waterproof electronics. No street price officially listed, but our guess is to be around $200. It’s nice to finally get a PR that does not have ‘short [...]
Hi Cubby, I am pondering the question should I buy a new Traxxas Stampede or not. All I do is parking lot plus the dirt hills behind my house. Is there a better option? Help. Jose L. Cubby- Que pasa Jose? Thanks for shoot’n in an email. Ya know… Traxxas has sold an awful lot of those Stampedes, and I can say from first [...]
Hola rc’ers, thanks for kick’n off your week right here at BigSquidRC. First off… I just got back home from the world renowned Slot and Wing Hobbies located smack dab in the epicenter of the rc universe, Champaign Illinois. I’d like to give a big thanks to Randy and the rest of his crew for letting us finish up our [...]
The crew over at Exotek has announced some new option parts for the Traxxas Slash 2wd and 4wd off road trucks. Pictured above are the new Exotek locking spring cups, they lock on and don’t pop off like the stock units. These come in either red or blue and have a street price of $20. Pictured below are a line-up [...]
Since the moment we spotted this body at the 2012 RCX show from Pro-Line, we have been wanting to get our hands on it. We were then teased again at the Hobby Town convention. Finally it looks like the body is ready to ship, as it’s now officially up on the Pro-Line website. The body is sized and designed to [...]
Between racing, Speed Energy Drinks, and getting his new Stadium Super Truck series going, Robbie Gordon has been one busy guy. We first reported HERE about a very trick Speed Energy Robbie Gordon Traxxas truck, and today we have a few more pictures. We don’t have any official information from Traxxas on this one, but it looks to be a [...]
A bunch of our Canadian readers have sent this one in. Thanks guys! It looks like Traxxas vehicles can now be ordered online at Best Buy Canada Online as well as Future Shop Canada Online. I’m guessing Future Shop is some sort of Best Buy clone? Either way, the online stores look to be carrying about 60 different Traxxas sku’s [...]
To start off the “news” this week- we have some big news coming out of our own lavishly decorated BSRC offices. Since we’ve been such slackers the last few months, we are about to go uber-huge- we will be giving away 1 brand spank’n new vehicle Each and Every Week for the next 3 MONTHS. Yes, you read correctly, [...]
Ok, here’s one for the rumor mill category. We just got a picture of a Traxxas Slash chassis with a pretty cool looking new truck body on top. We are not sure if this is a 3rd party body, but we were told it was actually created by Traxxas! Anyone care to guess? We scaled up the picture, (click the image [...]
Last week we mentioned the Mike Jenkins TORC Pro 4×4 Slash was available, well this week Traxxas has followed up that news with the Mike Jenkins Slash 4×4 Ultimate. The Ultimate comes with the TQi Radio and docking base for your iPhone, Big Bore Aluminum shocks, 7-Cell 4200 battery, aluminum hubs, center diff, and front and rear swaybars. Basically it’s [...]
