johnnyluv
Rock Crawler
Something funny happened the other day, while visiting RCC. I saw a "FREE TEE" (t-shirt) ad from amain hobbies, so I clicked on the link. "Idiot!" as Biff Tannen would say. I didn't care about a t-shirt, but now that I was on amain's site, having somewhat fallen into their devious trap, I at least decided to see what specials they had. After all, I don't just go and buy whatever pops out, haphazardly, but try to maintain some purpose. Filtering down, specifically, to Scratch & Dent specials in the Scale truck section, I spied a TRX-4 Defender, marked down to about the same price as the Tactical model (anyone remember that model, or has the Bronco eradicated it from everyone's memory?). Knowing that popular trucks in the Scratch & Dent section don't linger long, I took a short few minutes to deliberate over purchasing it, then followed on through.
*sigh*
Here's the not-so-funny part. A few months back I bought a TRX-4 Bronco pre-roller chassis, off eBay, that I've yet to build up. I do have plans to, but now I've got this RTR coming, so I'm now in a dilemma about whether to keep it, or have two TRX-4's. I think I'll probably keep it, since I don't like messing with wheelbase changes, and would like to have both. Instead, I'll probably sell off my one & only Ascender K10, since it's essentially the black sheep of my collection.
No pics, yet, since I won't get the Defender until later this week, and everyone knows what a box stock D110 looks like, and it's already an older model, even though it hasn't even been a year! Goodness, does anyone else find it odd how the SCX10 managed to remain popular, year after year, but now, any new model seems to become old news within less than a year? I attribute it to the influx (saturation) of new players, both in the market, and in social media. We can only retain so much attention to a specific model, I guess. Maybe it would've been better to hold off on the Bronco for one more year, but Traxxas has a large tribe, and people will buy their stuff, whether popular or not.
I'll try and do a log of updates, if there's anything significant to share. In the interim, I'll share my immediate vision, which is to get a clear Traxxas D110 body, and do my own Adventure Limited Edition (orange), which will be cheaper, and sooner!
*sigh*
Here's the not-so-funny part. A few months back I bought a TRX-4 Bronco pre-roller chassis, off eBay, that I've yet to build up. I do have plans to, but now I've got this RTR coming, so I'm now in a dilemma about whether to keep it, or have two TRX-4's. I think I'll probably keep it, since I don't like messing with wheelbase changes, and would like to have both. Instead, I'll probably sell off my one & only Ascender K10, since it's essentially the black sheep of my collection.
No pics, yet, since I won't get the Defender until later this week, and everyone knows what a box stock D110 looks like, and it's already an older model, even though it hasn't even been a year! Goodness, does anyone else find it odd how the SCX10 managed to remain popular, year after year, but now, any new model seems to become old news within less than a year? I attribute it to the influx (saturation) of new players, both in the market, and in social media. We can only retain so much attention to a specific model, I guess. Maybe it would've been better to hold off on the Bronco for one more year, but Traxxas has a large tribe, and people will buy their stuff, whether popular or not.
I'll try and do a log of updates, if there's anything significant to share. In the interim, I'll share my immediate vision, which is to get a clear Traxxas D110 body, and do my own Adventure Limited Edition (orange), which will be cheaper, and sooner!
