New traxxas castle mamba monster extreme?

[padrino]

It's just marketing, they are plying on the markets inclination to jump on new technology, and in any market a feeling of exclusivity always plays.

Coming into this they know informed consumers like the ones on RCM will buck it but we are a small minority.

[ta_man]

Originally Posted by padrino

It's just marketing, they are plying on the markets inclination to jump on new technology, and in any market a feeling of exclusivity always plays.

Coming into this they know informed consumers like the ones on RCM will buck it but we are a small minority.

Puzzling to me why an "informed consumer" that wants a 100MPH car would not buy this just because they have borrow an iDevice from someone to make the copy on the box match their car. Sounds prissy, not "informed."

Anyone else worried about being robbed for a Iphone or Ipod shuffle while driving your Eleven hundred dollar rc car?I hear theirs a big market stolen Iphone

[suicideneil]

^That isn't the issue either; the issue is that you need an extra device from a 3rd party to unlock the esc's potential; unlocking a dual core CPU to Quadcore is not the same issue at all ( especially since you don't have to pay extra to unlock a CPU & get extra performance via overclocking- CPUs being sold with different features disabled or enabled is indeed nothing new & does indeed force users into making trade-offs in their purchases & boost's intel's profits ( Intel are terrible for this, much worse than AMD which is why we need AMD to succeed in order to keep Intel honest and fairly priced as such... )).

[littlejohn]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

^That isn't the issue either; the issue is that you need an extra device from a 3rd party to unlock the esc's potential;.

So.. before CC came out with the field programming card..how was this different.
We all had to buy a pc / notebook to be able to unlock the true potential of our CC esc

[BrianG]

Nope, not at all. The link lets you make finer adjustments, but just about everything is settable via the transmitter. Even then, it's not like the output of the ESC doubled using a Castle Link...

[littlejohn]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Nope, not at all. The link lets you make finer adjustments, but just about everything is settable via the transmitter. Even then, it's not like the output of the ESC doubled using a Castle Link...

It's still just a school boy marketing 101 mistake. If they said 70+mph out of the box, nothing more to pay, 100+mph with traxxas app from app store (fine print. iOS device req'd) No one would care.
They made a fundamental mistake mis-managing expectations.

btw... I wasn't aware it was possible to set dynamic timing via the Tx. IMO, that's a BIG feature.

[snellemin]

I'm still wondering how many whiners actually have the money to buy one of these?

Originally Posted by snellemin

I'm still wondering how many whiners actually have the money to buy one of these?

I hope someone does.I wanna see some spectacular 100 mph plus youtube crash videos

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by Erevocanuck

I hope someone does.I wanna see some spectacular 100 mph plus youtube crash videos

Oh im sure there will be plenty of those! Actually isnt the car out already? Has anyone looked on youtube for vids yet?

[Semi Pro]

Originally Posted by josh9mille

Oh im sure there will be plenty of those! Actually isnt the car out already? Has anyone looked on youtube for vids yet?

not yet

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by josh9mille

Oh im sure there will be plenty of those! Actually isnt the car out already? Has anyone looked on youtube for vids yet?

I think the release got pushed back a bit. If you have one on order I really wouldn't be expecting one 'til early Spring. At least a lot of us wouldn't be able to use one until they show up.

[fastbaja5b]

If you're whining about having to buy an Ipod touch, yeah, how can you afford an X01 anyway?

If I buy a $50k sports car do I say it's a conspiracy because it needs premium fuel?

[snellemin]

I did get upset when my 5.4L V8 Ford only came with 8 spark plugs. I was expecting 16 as my 2.4L 4 banger uses 8 plugs. I complained openly to anybody about this. But alas, Ford is not going to budge.

[josh9mille]

Well lame. I wanna see 100mph crashes dangit!