I don't own any of them but I do have an opinion. I would go with the Slash (even though I am a Losi fan). To me the mini thing gets old. I have a bunch of heavily modified minis that I have never ran and now want to get rid of. The Stampede my wife bought me gets ran almost every day. I'm not a racer just a basher. The larger scales are just more fun to me, and the Slash is about the best bang for the buck this hobby has ever seen.

-JB