mbe301

http://www.sports-in-china.com/sdp/3...83-640460.html

Haven't seen one quite like this yet.

slicrick

it looks a little like that hobbypro buggy but not identical

Bratch96

Where did you find this one at?
Did you see their MT? Looks like a Smartech/Duratrax MT.


How much for the 4x4 buggy?

slicrick

that mt is a Smartech Bigfoot

Krets

Take a look at the pictures and you will see that it's actually a MCD-ripoff. [:'(]

Foxy

Looks awful, I mean FH and Marder are not the prettiest cars out there, but this is disgusting!! The only decent looking buggies are the FG Baja, HPI Baja, and that MCD one.

Isle of Wight Basher

As Krets said, it's an MCD copy, and a RTR one at that.

Could be a cheap source of spares for MCD'ers, although quality of the parts is unknown as of yet.

I'll be keeping an eye out for one.

Dave ESPI

*4 Wheel drive off road buggy

*30 CC or 23 CC engine

*Durable imported plastic material

*Domestic FIRST 4WD BUGGY.
*Metal Gears are more exquisite and durable.



Transmitter Option:

AM Futaba-oem

FM Futaba

LCD Radio





Sounds interesting. You have to buy 20 of them.
4wd with a 30 cc engine in a buggy ?

THATS NUTS ![X(]
Metal gears are a MUST, and as to the rest of the vehicles, they all look "cheap". A plastic drive gear on the dif in the Monstertruck... no way would I EVER touch that with a 10 foot pole.

jimjeep

Looks like a cheap copy-cat POS. Then again it might be halfway decent for a cheap price, but would it be worth it. Without knowing I wouldn't take the chance that it wouldn't explode on impact with no parts availiability. The other stuff on the site looks like an attempt of trying to make a toy into something hobby-grade. Barely a step above RadioShack and Walmart stuff. I would wait to see someone's review before becoming one of the first guinea pigs to buy one.

mikeinoz

So there ripping off MCD and are applying for a copyright! What are these guys on?

MONAROMAN

There's probably just enough differences that they can get away with it - like thinner shock shafts, non adjustable pistons in shocks, smaller hardware - usual ripoff stuff. I must say tho its uncannily like an MCD and I do like the gear cover.

TheFgMan01

tgats a nice looking buggy. atleast it looks and sounds beefy

Foxy

You must be kidding! That's the ugliest RC I've ever seen, bar none!!! lol!

Reminds me what a good thing it is that everyone has different taste, otherwise we'd all buy the same products, chase the same women, etc. etc.

mbe301

I'm almost considering ordering a container of these (40 min. order, 30cc with lcd fm tx (or maybe 23cc with am to keep cost down, opinions?), probably clear shell, then off to ebay they go). I don't have pricing yet, but what do you guys think its worth. It seems to be a close copy of the MCD 4x4 (close to $1500 without motor or radio), so I'm sure these guys have cut some corners (and yes foxy42, I think it's kinda ugly too) But if it's $500 cheaper than an mcd and is RTR, I'm interested.

mbe301

I just noticed Autioncityaustralia has these for sale (in the ad banner at the top of the forum) Does anyone have one of these yet?

slicrick

for that price i would rather get the real mcd

MONAROMAN

Ugliest car hey... but you just said you like that MCD one - this is exactly it but cheaper!

edit: I just realised you mean their baja 1000 truck, my bad - sorry mate.

jimjeep

HAH! Buy a real car!

mbe301

Found another pic. The buugy looks way better with this shell.

Foxy

Still looks BLOODY AWFUL!!!! But better, I agree! looooool

Dave ESPI

MUTILATOR is the same clone I believe for Smartech.

brendan

Ive got two of them, one 2wd and one 4wd. Ive only just started to run them in. I went for the more powerful 26cc Vertex engine. Ive had numerous FG Marders (three in total) and a Monster truck and they were all very unreliable and poor quality. Not really fit for purpose until youd spent a small fortune upgrading everything. These new cars are great, they seem excellent quality and come ready to go, even the batteries charged. Just throw in some batteries into the transmitter, stick some fuel in and off you go.

So far so good, Ive done several tanks of fuel through the 4x4 its run without a hitch so far. They handle far far better than the joke aka the FG Bigfoot (even after throwing the treacle they call damper fluid in the bin and replacing with something worth running) and seem a lot more stable than the Marders.

The only point Im concered about is the power, theyre a little down at the moment although Ive spent most time running the 4x4 which will lose power compared to the 2wd and the engines arent run in yet so theres still time for them to loosen up more.

So far so good though and for the money theyre a much better proposition than FG gear. Only the spare part available is of concern. That and long term longevity although my FGs were all so unreliable and prone to breakages that I fail to see how these new ones could possibly be any worse.

ratpower396

they look very similar in layout to mcd cars & i wonder if the parts might interchange??

Coopz

I got the 2wd version on order.

Big Boys Toys and Hobbies

To the person buying 40 of them.

When you want to list these on ebay what you will find out is that someone else will sell them cheaper(this always happens without having MAP pricing). So basically you end up giving them away or close to it.

Then you have to worry about false pay pal buyers etc.... Think about it hard before you purchase

I had someone last week that was verified and confirmed and he filed a unauthorized claim. Pay pal ended up giving me my money back but he still filed a chargeback against pay pal.

This seems to be happening a lot lately.


Chris