Two more vehicles being announced tomorrow!
 

I just spoke with Traxxas. In addition to the Summit and BL-Revo, there will be two more vehicles announced tomorrow, one of which is electric.

The tech said he is way more excited about tomorrow's releases than today. What do you think they'll be?

I'm guessing an E-Slayer. Thoughts?

Also, they will be releasing new bodies for the Slash and Slayer that are replicas of some of the short-course racing driver's trucks.

Hopefully they'll have the info posted in the morning tomorrow like they did with these. However, I'm very surprised that Traxxas is releasing 4 vehicles this year at iHobby.

Should be interesting. Axial is also supposed to be releasing a scale trail truck this weekend as well.

big week for the hobby eyy....

to bad my wallets SCREAMING at me:whip::whip:

would guess a proper 1/10 crawler...

Here's an idea - sell Revo custom Kits - Start with either a basic electric and Nitro chassis and then "packages":

- Power plant
--Nitro
---3.3
---2.5
--Electric
---None
---EVX2
---Brushless
--Arms
---Slayer
---Revo
--Diff
---Locking
---Non-Locking


They've basically made it like lego anyway! why not go the whole hog.

I wonder what KV their 1/8 BL motor will be and if their ESC will be 6s capable?

2200kv

http://www.traxxas.com/products/elec...tro/intro2.jpg

Looks like one of the vehicles is an E-Slayer, but it's 1/16th scale! :gasp:
http://www.rccaraction.com/Media/Cor...r%20EX.jpg

1/16th scale E-Revo!
http://www.rccaraction.com/Media/Cor...20E%20revo.jpg

Pic was found here:
http://www.rccaraction.com/ME2/dirmo...660F48150EA66A

Thats what the slash should have been - now I might be interested if that becomes a class...

I kind of like the idea of a 1/16 BL e-revo.

As long as the prices on these things are tolerable, I'll have to pick up one of each.

oh man if there are Traxxas 1/16ths I'm buying those. To hell with my credit card bill :)

I'm gonna take a guess that the BL E-Revo will cost about $730-750 from Tower

The brushless E-Revo is going to be a giant fail. Not because it won't work, but because of Castle. They can't keep up with production right now, they will NEVER be able to keep up with Traxxas demands. I would recomend Traxxas use Novak to build their stuff. Better track record than CC and they seem to be able to produce more.

I disagree. I don't think Castle will have any problems keeping up with demand. You have to remember this will be at least a $600 vehicle...they're not exactly going to fly off the shelves at that price.

Well Traxxas I think made the right call - I'm sure they have worked out there supply chain.

Castle have had issues with the MMM this year which they admit - I think we all hope that there issues are behind them.

Once production is flowing I don't think CC will have any issues - Availability of the MM was never really an issue. The MMM will be no different - The only reason for limited availablilty as they were doing single batch runs in case of issues. Once they are fully confident they will be off to the races.

Bad for us I'm sure they will have guarenteed Traxxas a degree of priority.

I think more like $700+ with the 2.4

You have to figure that the Traxxas/Castle partnership is why there have been delays on the MMM, because I can guarantee that their focus has been on the Traxxas deal, not the stand-alone MMM. Who is paying more? Traxxas, or the general public? I would sure think Traxxas. Plus, what a coup this is for Castle….to get into the “mainstream” with a deal with Traxxas. If you remember back at RCX this year, they showed an E-Revo with a Mamba Monster in it as a “what is possible” kind of display. Obviously there was something to that even back then! I say it deserves a “Way to go!” for Traxxas and Castle!

While I was sleeping....

Lots of lovely new things I see, but I dont like the 1/16th stuff- looks like kiddies toys.
CC and TRX partners ship should be interesting, assuming the MMM V3 doesnt let CC down (again). Not that I care all that much, all I want is my 70mm Medusa and I can die a happy man :intello:

Holy crap!

Im ordering a Mini Revo ASAP! As soon as there is a part number. I WILL have one!!!! BOMR! haha

Im pretty sure the mini's are proto's, as they look pretty cheesy. But that will be fixed im sure. I will have one!

I will have to get a 1/16 scale Revo as well. :yes: Huge week for the hobby! Especially for Traxxas... can't wait to see the other trucks they release.

Anyone think it may be a truggy or buggy?

News flash for you:

Novak as of late is having a lot of trouble with the HV, and judging by the absence of novaktwo on the boards I would say things aren't going well. Novak also had major issues with the HV when they started, which was evident by the large ammount of refurbished HV systems Novak had for a long time.

Not to mention that CC is a larger company than Novak as well.

Weee I want one of each... Is it tomorrow yet..

I'm also disappointed that Traxxas didn't at least re-badge the MMM to look like a Traxxas product. I mean they did it with the Velineon 3500, why not these? It would be smarter IMO if Traxxas had their names on the ESCs and Motors. All they did was look at what people built and built one for them. My V-Twin is for sale and I think I'm going Associated now. I love this RC10 I just got, its awsome fun.

Why should Traxxas re-badge the Castle ESC and motor? It's not their design, and Traxxas won't be supporting the system either. The Velineon was their product, so that's obviously different. IMO, it's a good deal; Castle will get promoted, as well as Traxxas themselves.

Think of it as more of a combo than a new product. :smile:

And Traxxas can thank all of us for working the bugs out of the Monster.

I agree :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:.

We were the best beta testers and it was for free :diablo::diablo::diablo:.

The Velineon 3500 is a Feigao motor.

The AE RC10s are great stadium trucks but to bash hard and to run in grass they fail. I had one and bet the snot out of it. I got tired of repairing it. Castle has been doing airplane esc for years well. They will do well with traxxas also.

Mine has ran well so far. Fine in grass, awsome on dirt. The Losi XXT is nice as a basher as well. Got fix the tranny, it didn't hold up too well to a VXL system. I sold one of my Maxx trucks, the Twin is the next to go. I'm thinking about an RC8. I need another 4wd but don't need the power my truck has. We'll see what else Traxxas put the 775 motor in. Would love to see it in a Slayer, I might look into that. I still think the MMM is a bad idea for Traxxas. The quality will go down because of the mass production and the motors are going to have to be out sourced. Only time will tell. I have to say that the brushless Revo is going to fare MUCH better than that wannabe crawler they have going.

Hehe, so much for the mods locking all the threads about problems with CC products over on the traxxas forums.

I like the idea of the revo mini brushless. Could be a fun little toy to break out on occasion... and let the kids have fun with once they get better at controlling the mlst2 they have now.

- Tony

Could be a Brushless 4tec. Rumor going around that they have been working on a new Monster Buggy

Lots of reading to do today! Well I'm putting my 2c in and saying it's not a 1/16 revo! Remember that the slayer is based off a 2.5 revo which is smaller than the 3.3 which is a little smaller than the E-REVO. It may just be a E-Slayer and they kept the same dimmensions instead of redesigning a brand new body. Then if you throw on some stampede talons, and some revo style bumpers it may be a 1/10 or 1/12. I'm putting the E-REVO as 1/8 as it's the same size as a 1/8 truggy.

As for Tempted thinking that this will be the doom of CC I think the opposite. First the motors are already being built in China anyways because they're factory here can't handle them, so basically they are being outsourced from the begining! This could mean that we will have to wait a bit longer when sending in for repairs as I think many noobs will buy it and destroy it! I think that these 2 companys doing a joint venture like this is great, similar to Losi and Spektrum.

Also I'm sure that this is why the combos haven't been released yet! They had tto build enough for Traxxas first before releasing to us!

That motor was made by Feigao for Traxxas. It's not just a rebadge, because if it were then you'd be able to buy it under a different name.

It's not just an E-Slayer, it is 1/16th scale...check out this pic and read the text on the info card:

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/921/eslayerjw6.jpg
Photo taken by RPPHobby and originally posted on rccrawler.com

Ok you got me there! I didn't go to any of the links and that wasn't shown in the original photo in this thread. I'm still gonna say that they are Stampede talons and not a whole new size tire though so it may match up better size wise as a 1/12 scale. Traxxas calls the E-REVO 1/10, yet they call a Stampede 1/10 as well! I bet its pretty close in size to a crt.5. Looks pretty cool but I can't see owning 2 of the same vehicle just on different scales.

I can't see why that is more exciting than the E-REVO Brushless. The E-REVO brushless would have to be the most exciting thing to ever come out of Traxxas

I could be wrong but isn't it just a 7L with a screw on end bell?

Please post some more pics of different angles..... any shots with other know trucks in there for size comparison??????

It's not my photo...I didn't take it. I'm sure there will be more information released about it tomorrow.