Originally Posted by
butt_housed247
idk man. where i live slashes are semi popular with beginners. i see a revo once in a blue moon. iv seen a couple maxx trucks and a few rustlers. i don't even know if iv ever seen a stampede 4x4. every time i walk into a hobby shop the traxxas section looks well stocked with parts and cars. but if you pay attention you'll notice nothing ever moves. sales seem to be slow. and i witness a lot of traxxas and beginner hate out here to man.
a lot of peoples attitudes remind me of some of the localism stuff from the surfing world.
guy 1: "you surf"
guy 2. "no"
guy 1. "good, don't start"
I got a pede 4X4 its not a bad vehicle at all, just for the price its value just isn't there IMO. There are other brands where you can get more durable RC's that are more capable for close to the cost, or just a little more. Now if Traxxas put on better drive shafts, and not those plastic ones that need to be replaced often depending on how you drive from the get go instead of charging $50-60 a pair then it would be a better deal, but nope as is it has the plastic ones that get loose, or just break.
Honestly IMO as the pede 4X4 is shipped it should be $300, but then again almost all traxxas vehicles should have $75-$100 loped off their price to become a decent value(hell most would go back to what they used to cost...).
Lets face it for $50 less then a pede 4X4 you could get a LX2e which is a more capable vehicle. Granted its a buggy, but hell throw a truck body on it and some truggy tires, and boom its almost a monster truck, and will be way more durable.