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Eldest is turning eight soon and I was wondering about getting him a slightly more serious remote control car. He's been having loads of fun with a £25 one he bought, so something a bit better and more capable would be a good option.

Don't want to build it myself, budget about £100. Any ideas for what to look for?
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Have a look here. https://www.modelsport.co.uk/ They have a massive range from basic to advanced. Lots are ready to run.
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Excellent. Cheers!
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FTX and Absima do some nice stuff under £100.

Else lots of good wltoys ones via the chinese shopping sites or often on amazon now too.
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Bought this one:

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/ma ... ck-1330634

Ticks the boxes and shouldn't be too hard for him to use.
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It is silly fast!

Also first outing to the park ended with the o/s front driveshaft being bent and ripped from the car. Have ordered spares.
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DeskJockey wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 5:21 pm It is silly fast!

Also first outing to the park ended with the o/s front driveshaft being bent and ripped from the car. Have ordered spares.
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Can believe that!
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I've just bought a Traxxas TRX4M Defender for the boy, and it's epic 8-)

We've just spent all evening building all sorts of obstacles for it and it just goes, has sport, crawl and another mode and it's great fun.

Seems durable as has been down the stairs outside and inside several times without fault, and through a puddle deeper than the top of it without a hitch :lol:

I wish I'd had one when I was little!
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That sounds like fun.
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They’re incredible aren’t they, I remember being blown away at how well the diff locks worked. Liked it so much I ended up buying the actual thing :lol:
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16vCento wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:34 pm I've just bought a Traxxas TRX4M Defender for the boy, and it's epic 8-)

I've been looking at crawlers for the last year and do like the look of these. The internet says they have a weird steering issue where lock is better one way than the other. Probably not noticeable for the average (me) user :)
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It's very good fun, we've had it doing all sorts of acrobatics, i wish we'd got one ages ago now!
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John wrote: Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:26 am
16vCento wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:34 pm I've just bought a Traxxas TRX4M Defender for the boy, and it's epic 8-)

I've been looking at crawlers for the last year and do like the look of these. The internet says they have a weird steering issue where lock is better one way than the other. Probably not noticeable for the average (me) user :)
Our MK1 Golf had that!
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16vCento wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:34 pm I've just bought a Traxxas TRX4M Defender for the boy, and it's epic 8-)

We've just spent all evening building all sorts of obstacles for it and it just goes, has sport, crawl and another mode and it's great fun.

Seems durable as has been down the stairs outside and inside several times without fault, and through a puddle deeper than the top of it without a hitch :lol:

I wish I'd had one when I was little!
I’ve nearly taken the plunge on one for my nephew but been put off buy the shocking quality of a Traxxas Hawk I had in the late 90s! Where did you get it from?
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Modelsport in Otley, nice place, very helpful in there, got a few cars out for us to try.
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