Desert Trucks Ahoy!

[matisse]

Blimey,

i thought the new Traxxas slash looked good, but this is getting stupid now that Losi are releasing a desert truck as well.

which one to get!!!!

Losi:

http://clodzone.com/?p=503

Traxxas:

http://clodzone.com/?p=622

matisse

[Mad Ax]

Hmm... Not sure if I like its looks, but I'm sure it'll perform well.

It doesn't look as scale as the Traxxas - the stadium truck-style suspension never looks right. But then it isn't made to look good, it's made to perform!

[matisse]

Hmm... Not sure if I like its looks, but I'm sure it'll perform well.

It doesn't look as scale as the Traxxas - the stadium truck-style suspension never looks right. But then it isn't made to look good, it's made to perform!

i actually think i prefer the losi, the roll cage around the motor does it for me, looks great.

mat

[ryanbored]

So take 1 buggy, put different body and wheels/ tyres, and sell as a new Stadium truck?

How do you pronounce "Losi" anyways?

I say LO-zee (Lo as in Lolly)

Where as everyone where I race call them Low-si

[billg4]

I vote traxxas, much more scale looking and parts will be cheaper and easier to get.

[Shodog]

I do like the look of the Traxxas one better but I would lay odds that the Losi Machine is better built and designed.

[Berenger]

I wonder how long it'll be before someone buys a load of those LED front light buckets and mounts them on the front on a rally car...

Fraser.

[Gruntfuggly]

Looks very plasticky to me...

[Acto-Tuned]

What about the Thunder Tech CORR Pro2. Is it going to be released?

http://www.thundertechracing.com/desertracer.ht

The Team Losi truck will probably be the one with best performance since it's based on the XXXT.

[B.M.T.]

But, the Losi is only XXXT with plastic tube bumpers and non-performance tyres. Nothing that you could not do to any race truck. It looks nothing like a C.O.R.R. truck... The wheels should be narrow, and under the body.

[Origineelreclamebord]

I would rather call this a stadium truck... The only things that they've made desert truck-ish is the front bumper and the rear frame piece of the body.... I would go for the Traxxas Slash if I would be searching for a desert-like truck... The losi one is just a stadium truck with front bumper and rear framework.

[matisse]

well, to me the traxxas looks like its been squashed!!

although they have a similar preview of it on the clod site and its is pretty big, much bigger than a 1/10th truck.

still, lets see how much they cost first eh?

i'm with you on the pronunceation by the way ryan.

mat

[Danbox]

The Traxxas truck has the same basic driveline as the XL-5 Stampede and Rustler, which would be fine if not for the crappy plastic motor plate.

[Robert Davies]

Hilarious error in the Traxxas pics:

"13mm wheelbase"

-Rob

[taliesin]

ryan, its pronounced LO-C, i think.

i would vote for the traxxas. this is just my bias, but my experience with losi is that they are geared toward racing, so when you buy an rtr or non-competition model, you are at the bottom of their food chain. all the R&D plus parts support and spares are geared toward the product you don't own and the back order times can be stupid.

they have been really bad lately about concentrating on new models and not on support. i have spent months waiting for common parts to come off back order and it is INFURIATING. why is it that i stand a better chance of finding a part for a tamiya that was discontinued 15 years ago than getting an A-arm or a hub carrier for a car currently still in production from losi ????? ridiculous.

never had that problem with a traxxas. period. had it several times each, with 2 different losi models. not a losi fan anymore, at all.

besides, the traxxas reputation for bullet proof tuffness counts for me when i'm going to treat the truck roughly. my xxx-t did not like to be bashed. i'm sure it would have been a star on the track, but it was a green-weenie for bashing and i spent more time waiting to have A-arms and hub carriers replaced [again] than i did out bashing. of course, my helen keller driving style didn't help any, but my emaxx didn't complain about the braille driving method.

[markbt73]

Once again I have to ask: Where's the kit version? Why is it that you can only get the super-deluxe-World-Champion-carbon-fiber-and-unobtanium version as a very expensive kit (less wheels, tires, and body), the dumbed-down RTR version, or the "pre-built" RTR-minus-electronics? I'm tempted to build one of these things from spare parts and then write the manufacturer and tell them I made my OWN kit version.

Slightly off topic: the one thing this does prove is that it's still possible to make plastic pieces that look like roll cages. So why is it, exactly, that every "buggy" model on the market is a vaguely insectoid amorphous blob with oversized wheels instead of a scale model of a dune buggy? Come on Tamiya. Show them how it's done. Slap a roll cage on the DT-02 and make it a "Neo Wild One."

...I guess that's enough grumpy oldtimer ranting for one day. I'm off to work on the scratch-built exhaust pipes for my Hemi Coupe...

[federx]

I say LO-zee (Lo as in Lolly)

you're right, Losi is an Italian surname.

LO SEE

[backtomyroots]

What about the Thunder Tech CORR Pro2. Is it going to be released?

http://www.thundertechracing.com/desertracer.ht

The Team Losi truck will probably be the one with best performance since it's based on the XXXT.

Don't get your hopes up. Delay, after delay, after delay, after delay, etc. Plus the final design is a bit different than the original design.

[bakaguyjean]

With all the truck talk i still like the Tamiya trucks better. But the Traxxas isnt bad looking

[yellow-dragon-70]

If nobody minds me having a say on this!

I think the Losi (and I really like Losi) is just another one of their cars with some other stuff bolted on, basicly a XXX-T, and I have a XXX-T its great, really great, however, someone who wants a desert truck surely has to look at the Traxxas, its much more like the real thing.

And thats the whole point of the thing.

Surely nobody buys the Tamiya F-150 for the performance? they would be very disapointed if they did , they buy them for their stunning looks.

anyway, thats my 2p worth

Gordon

[Z]

I really think both MFGs missed the point on these models, and neither will be getting my money anytime soon. If they'd known what good marketing is, they'd have realized this simple fact:

WE WANT A SOLID REAR AXLE

I do, anyway.

[yellow-dragon-70]

Oh I hear you!!!

However

Most real desert trucks dont have a solid rear axle do they? Im sure some of the older ones do,

But a break from the norm wouldn't be a bad thing, I think I would quite like a truck with long travel front suspention and a solid rear axle

[ryanbored]

I want Tamiya to come up with a decent rally chassis to justify the beautiful bodies they make...

[Tamiya King]

The Traxxas looks more real.

The losi just looks like a truggy.

[DCLXVI]

The Traxxas one is to wide, I'll stick with my CC/XC-01...