Calling Traxxas out because nobody else does! 

Lol yeah 20 dollars in a 72 spur and a 41 pinion. It will go 85mph. Mine did with everything else stock with weight on the front. Fastest car for the money by far.

That asterisk trick is underhanded as hell and designed to manipulate... as a result regardless of how good that car might be I won't spend my money with Traxxas. Don't put a lie on the box and then charge me a premium price.

You think they care?

​@@policopaul7961 Yes and no. Here's a quickie... who cares if they care? I wont have spent money on their trashy advertising scam. Instead, I will have spent a bit less and have a vehicle arguably as capable. You, of course, are free to buy Traxxas garbage and forgive them for their underhanded nonsense. Their bank account thanks you.

@@TheActionBastard well i bought a trx4-sport and that thing its undistructible

Yep it’s very misleading for newbies

The only Arrma I’ve had so far that’s not hit it’s box speed is my Big Rock. Tyres balloon to much. My infraction hit 92mph out the box with the speed pinion. 12 mph over the box👌

Arrma at least offers a speed pinion in most of their RTR trucks though, and they're transparent enough to tell you their branded parts are STOCK and aftermarket manufactures are the Hopup parts lol. Traxxas angers me because they sell beginner level stuff for above pro level prices

Arrma definitely does what the box claims

@@tylerseabook9423 not always lol. They embellish too. Not nearly as bad or as often as Traxxas does but they do too. Kyosho is one of the only brands I've ever seen - in person or reviews - that is consistently close. So much so that they'll claim oddly specific numbers like "53kph" or similar 🤣

Cheers John... someones got to do it lol.

Buble pack gmrs radios on package up to 36 mile range. Actually in typical conditions 1-3 mile. If you were in a hot air balloon and had good conditions you might get 36 miles .

Bandits are fairly cheap

I don't know, supporting the aftermarket is sick and something you never see in any other industry.

Have you ever tried building a Honda GX200 for racing? Most of the manufacturers can’t even give you important specs on the parts they do sell. “This head is shaved .040 inches” “what’s the volume?” “We don’t know”

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I would love to know how many extra units were sold as opposed to how many disgruntled customers they had? 👍

You need a 33 tooth pinion because of the tire size. You dont know enough to insult the best RC car brand. Your only "calling them out" because Arrma copied the Revo.

there is difference between a sales pitch and false advertisement.

@@JohnJaggerJack unfortunately I think we have come to expect and dismiss the imaginative performance claims. It's like new car mpg figures, where the car is tested under ideal lab conditions. I have heard (wether it's true or not) that some car manufacturers have been known to remove the interior to reduce weight and therefore make the fuel go further! I must admit though it did eventually do the 70mph 'stock' with correct gearing and faffing about. I've tested RC's that had to be converted to brushless and run on 3S before they would get close! 😄😄

Exactly!!

like saying the base model v6 challenger has 900+* HP

It’s just a stupid 5-10$ part. Y’all a bunch of whiny nerds

This is what's known as a catch 22.....and very similar to an issue going on with performance cars like McLaren: they advertise that their vehicles are track monster hyper cars but void the warranty if you take it on the track. This also reminds me of a die grinder kit I bought from a local chain called Princess Auto. (kind of like harbour freight in the US). I got it home, wore out one of the stones, went back a week later to get another: we don't sell them. I looked around and no one sold that size because the shaft was an oddball size. I went home, got the grinder, went back to the store: I'd like to return this. Them: opening up the kit, you've used it and worn out one of the stones, we can't resell this. Me: ok, sell me a replacement stone then. Them: we don't sell them Me: NO one sells them Them: well we can't return this as it's used Me: (pulling a karen) Get me the store manager Manager: we can't return this, it's used Me: Sell me another stone Manager: we don't sell them Me: NO one sells them Manager: and? Me: you sold me a power tool that is single use and disposable. Did you advertise this on the box? Manager: It's not single use, you can use it over and over Me: only until you wear out the stone. I want to exchange it for one that you DO sell replacement stones for. They eventually exchanged it for me and I noticed a month later they no longer sold that model.

yea thats really just a way to get you to buy it if i seen a rc that says 70 mph i would instantly have my eyes on it u know and the fact that they don't even make the pinion u need to hit that 70mph, like what if these aftermarket companies stop making it then your screwed lol

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I'm waiting for baseball hats then I'm in unfortunately I'm a Jacamo buyer so clothing is out :-(

Why do you think there are all of these RU-vid videos on RC? People don’t want to do the hobby for themselves! All they wanna do is open the box and play with the car. They don’t wanna learn anything about it, they don’t want to learn how to tune it and certainly don’t wanna have to fix it or take the responsibility when they break it. I see a lot of users and parents coming to the hobby store complaining that there’s a part broken looking for a free repair versus teaching their kid some initiative or by learning how to fix it themselves.

The bandit vxl comes with the 70mph pinion gear. I'm not understanding peoples confusion

@@mikeluther60 seen that alot at my local hobby shop that parents come in with broken car with tyres dangling from it and ask if its suposed to brake easy like that when it ran in to a tree at full speed. 🤣

You hit the nail on the head there. Suppose crawlers can be advertised as 100mph now too

A gear only change is not that extensive. They will go way faster than 70 with just gears.

Yeah just put it in the passenger seat of a Veyron.

@@fstrthnu373 well you don't usually want to buy parts straight out the box, sometimes you don't even want to mess with it. While I agree its extensive, I feel it would be way less of problem if they advertised lower mph, with the optional mph next to it or something, also doing this is a lot less extensive than changing a gear. But you know, traxxas is right i guess

@@fstrthnu373 the gear only change didn't get it there, though. That's the point.

Hahaha ! Lol

Lol

cant eaven put purrari sticker on it eaven if that gaining 300hp.

Not all manufacturers. Arrma vehicles are typically capable of reaching the speeds claimed and they usually come with the hardware required to do it in the box.

Yes, in my experience Arrma are the best for on the box claims. My Infraction does over 90mph out the box on the speed pinion

Not true the traxxas cars come with the gears

@@rust1eronblitzrussia542 his video literally shows that not only is the gear not included for this vehicle it's also not available from Traxxas

@@DoRC then get from another brand

Thanks mate. I wanted to push it until I hit the 70… I’d have had trouble if I didn’t get it this time lol

@@TomleyRC I did it consistently. Hit 71 repeatedly with a change of a pinion. This is old ass news that’s been done countless times since it’s release loooooong ago

@@MC-bg7ro entry level

@@MC-bg7ro The entry-level Traxxas bandit brushed car comes with bushings and not bearings in 2022. But it is OK, he understood what I was talking about.

bushings are better for beginners rain and snow

Maybe they shouldn't advertise right on the box, then? I agree with your statement but they need to re-think their marketing.

It doesn't matter. The vehicle should be capable of doing whatever is claimed on the box, simple as that.

>everyone knows it probably not the people who buys this as their first RC which like you said is the target audience of this buggy lol it is not a good image to the people who is new to the hobby to be falsely advertised to

My GP Toys Judge (basically a Xinlehong) only gets maybe 70 percent of the claimed top speed, and the claimed scale of 1/10 is in reality somewhere between 1/14 and 1/18 depending on if you go by length or width. People have gotten to the speed range, but not without entirely gutting the drivetrain. It's like, we get that big numbers are impressive, but when they're known to be complete lies, integrity goes out the window and when Traxxas does it, their claim of being better than others goes out along with it.

Arrma speed claims are fairly accurate. Every arrma I've tested has achieved the claimed speed within at least 1-2mph (factoring in calibration variables).

Duratrax was pretty good with theirs with the Evader series. Too bad Duratrax doesn't make cars anymore.

GW will litigate you to the Warp if you go anywhere near their IP. Better that Traxxas will happily point you to the aftermarket to get what you need.

Traxxas and Games Workshop are both awful companies. I quit 40K because of GW. I boycott traxxas always.

Good call. You also won't have to deal with Traxxas' stupid proprietary batteries.

Don't give them any ideas.

I got the Shockwave from them, same buggy but nitro... and it came with a VX.18 engine brand new!!! Also the only thing that has broken is the string starter, which is very typical, especially considering that amount of bashing I have done. All in all, for 200 odd dollars it's up there on the bang for buck!

I have an exceed an exceed rc sunfire it’s like the same as the tornado but 100 dollars less

Hahahahaha

lol ZING...that was epic "wearing off bits of the body made it lighter" You must work in sales! hahahha Woman: I bought your bicycle to lose weight and the wheel fell off, I lost my leg in the accident Sales: well, you lost weight dint cha? lol

Hahaha

and a different frame, wheels, tires, suspension......lol......

Yes lol

I’d love to get an XO-1 and do a similar video to this, but the cost is way to much for me

my stock xo1 did 101mph

@@KevinTalbotTV I thought it was 98mph… when you hit Martin? (Edit: Just checked.. 98mph Mr Talbot , your ‘101mph’ thumbnail even caught you out 🙃)

The Xo-1 tires are belted, so that's your first mistake. Traxxas has also proven to hit 100+ with completely stock Xo-1s in the past, in fact, I have hit 102 on my personal Xo-1 (box stock). So it's definitely possible.

@@TomleyRC it did 101, maybe not on cam

but then it wont be box stock...

I got mine to do 68 out of the box bone stock. You just have to be really gentle on the throttle and make sure that you use a liberal amount of tire glue on the rear wheels. The rating is a bit silly tho because you have to be an extremely good driver to attain the speed. If they would just change the number to something like 55+ mph or something more useable lol.

Yes as a former hobby shop employee in several shops through the years, (side job while working in the airlines) I saw and heard things that were less than stirling. After seeing a particular incident I decided for my own R/C consumerism I would be better served to not drink the kool-aide. That was quite a few years ago and I actually can say I do not regret it

When did it stop being included? Mine from 2007 came with the top speed pinion in the box. Hit over 70 many times. This video along with others I’ve seen on similar topics shows it’s a slow content era for rc

After some modifying, sure.

@@PigglyWigglyDeluxe I hit 71 consistently 15+ years ago when the brushless system first came out. What are y’all talking about? It came with a top speed pinion too at the time. Stock tires, stock everything. Just a turn of a few hex screws in 2007 and this thing flew. Very unstable at those speed but it did it! Y’all a bunch of whiny ass nerds

Yes, I really wanted to hit 70

The firestorm was sick one of my favorite stadium trucks

Probably not, everything made in China , all the rcs china made just different company...

They definitely did not ring HPI Racing for parts..or 33p pinion

man i think i was 5 when i learned about *. i felt like buzz lightyear learning hes just a toy and cannot actually fly

Cheers mate

Yes, got up to 107 here in Lincoln. Hottest in the country. Cooled down now, although I’m in the UAE at the mo… it’s a pleasant 110-113oF 😅

Yeah… they should at least sell the pinion!

Hahaha

Hahahaha

Yes, ‘Worlds Fastest Stock Bandit’ 😅

@@TomleyRC Hehe, that sounds like a criminal from the financial world!

@@wordreet 🤣

Yeah… sketchy, but I’m also glad I got it 👌

Yes lol

Aero was the problem. I expect it would do 75+ if it was set up correctly. Next plan for this is 100 mph... so I'll have to work my magic with keeping it on the ground

No it because of your comments Phil I just happen to share your option lol

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I have the new 1/7 ZD Monster truck coming 👌

@@TomleyRC i didn't even know that have a new Monster truck. Thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to that video.

Nice haha

named my slash "fatty" after loading it down with 80g of tyre weights to lower the center of gravity eaven more then the LCG chassie did.

Because most are only interested in speed.