Before I say anything else, Fil, I gotta say watching this video had me super impressed by your driving skills at the skatepark! Backflip after backflip you NAILED those landings! No way could I do that! It just looked so much fun out there and that's what it's all about, right?!?!?!?! Your no-nonsense and honest commentary makes it even better. Sage advice at the end there pal. I didn't want to like this truck because of all the usual reasons, but it seems clear that this is actually a good design. Keep on keeping on my good friend! 😁🙏💙👍
@MarkBryanRC wow, thanks so much for that great comment, Mark! Honestly, the mini Maxx is so easy to drive, it was surprisingly easy to make it look like I knew what I was doing! 😅 Like you said, it's all about having fun! These mini basher are perfect for that. Sure, launch it 50 feet in the air on 6S and it'll not be fun any more, but that's not what they're about. 😉 I'm happy it's as good as it is. It was fun to experiment with Traxxas again. And it felt great bashing that truck for over an hour with minimal breakage. Thanks for watching, my man! 👍🏻🍻💪
Great bash. This is awesome and I’m gonna get one. The one thing I keep hearing people mention is how it’s so expensive, but really, it’s not that bad. Let’s not forget that last year at this time Losi dropped those mini LMT Gravediggers and Sonuvadiggers on us. Those were $270 too. I bought one, Sonuva. It’s smaller than the mini Maxx, nowhere near as fast, can be really squirrely to control on pavement, and the headlights are fragile, like REALLY fragile (I’ve broken both so far 😂). It also only came with a tiny 810 mah spektrum battery. At least traxxas gives you a 3500 mah battery valued at $40. In the end, it’s always gonna come down to what fits your own budget and makes you smile. I still LOVE my Sonuva, it’s a friggin wheelie machine! Personally I like this, and will definitely get one. I don’t mind paying $270, and in the end, it’s my money and will surely make me smile.
@OGRCFanatic thanks for watching, and the well thought comment! Your finisher was perfect: "It's your money, in your budget, and it'll make you smile." That's what this channel is all about! Youll love the Mini Maxx! 🍻
Welcome to the wonderful world of Traxxas. That's the transmitter. That's it. They add very satisfying sounding switches for additional channels. But that's it. That's the Traxxas controller. If you let it happen you have many of them. They can however bind one transmitter to multiple receivers which is nice when your Traxxas fleet starts to get out of hand.
@poorboysrc it is actually just a hair improved over the old radio with crystals but they didnt do much more after switching to 2.4ghz. But. Cant argue. They work. Just not from too far
Answer to your question; a couple of smaller brand cars over this one. It sure seems a fun and high quality vehicle (apart from driveline) but smaller brands often gives more bang for buck. Not trying to rant, but if you can get more for less, why go less for more. Nice work, as always! Car seems a good fun, and def would go for it, if the price tag was little more reasonable :)
NICE driving Mr Kevin Talbot! You killed it! Iol super fun Fil and definitely a cool fun truck! I had a stampede before and actually loved it! Yeah a tamiya man me etc, but if l got anything else to use for bashing it would be a Traxxas and probably not this cool truck but a Stampede again! Take it easy buddy.
@Ragnarok881 I always thought planetary gears were stronger? Not sure why, just did. Lol. The problem is the pot-metal they used for them. Hell, I've broken a rear diff in a CC01 because it's made of cheap pot-metal. Traxxas shouldn't have cheaped out there. 👍🏻
@@Hillbillypunk hahaha, you liked that, hey? 😅 Well, like you, after that year, I went punk. Chopped off all the hair, big Sid Vicious style spikes dyed all sorts of fun colors! 😁 Ah, to have hair again... 🤣🤣🤣
The smile and enthusiasm makes it all worth it. GReat review! Most times I bring an RC to the Skatepark, it comes back in bits. So, pretty impressed. The way you bashed it seems more indicative of how the majority of users may want to go at it! Cheers
I love mine, what annoys me is no slipper clutch ( that needs 2 extra parts to fit) and body skids all extras. On smooth damp skate park it under steers. Well over priced.
I’m surprised it has that much air control for that small of a rig! You think adding a couple more teeth to the pinion will give it a lil more air control? Backflips are addicting lol 😁
@Backupplan94 oh yeah, you could be squeezing double backflips with a tweak or two. I probably could've nailed one, but I didn't want to break it before I'm done all my reviews. 😅
Some excellent driving buddy. Sweet flips and landings. I'm no traxxas fan but that was a performer. The price tho, damn. I guess considering the durability, you may save money over repair costs long term. That paint scheme is trash. How played out is that? Some low effort body shells but durability is key. Straight forward review, great work.... The second I hit the post button. Broken chassis. That's not good.
Thanks, pal. And think, I had to do it twice! Lol! But hey, it was a fun mistake to make! Anytime you get to do more RC'ing after a screw up, is a good time!
Id say the majority of people who hate on the mini max are just repeating what they seen from other TH-camrs and they don't even have one. From what ive seen, Traxxas might have over exaggerated with it being "vls 3 capable" and "10th scale parts" when it comes to people expecting it to perform like it's big brothers. It's fine how it is out of the box. You go and launch it like an Xmaxx, it's gonna break. I don't hate on Traxxas, but the only one i have is a High Trail. I don't exactly beat the crap outta my stuff either.
@Hillbillypunk well, and that's why I was hoping this review would turn out well. Over 80 minutes of back-flipping, crashing, lawn darting on concrete, and a cracked chassis to show for it. I'm impressed. Overpriced? Yes! Fun? Yes! Would I recommend it? Yes. 😁
@@poorboysrc the scale that it is, there's absolutely no reason for a VLS 3 or a 3S lipo. If it came that way and it broke the diff so easily, then yeah, be mad. Tomley, with all due respect to the man, f-ing destroyed it (3 diff's I believe) and it was no wonder why. Yes it says it can handle it, but you gotta handle yourself too!
@@Hillbillypunk it's funny you mention that. In one of my last reviews (DEERC 14210 Basher, which is a 1/14 3S Brushless Basher), I reduced the throttle output on the radio to 70% for most of the video. 100% was fun for a speed run, but anything else = KABOOM! 💥
So.. are skateboards still a thing? the local park seems to be mostly abandoned.. but it's right next to the police station.. so that maybe part of the problem 🖖
@huubbouten3041 that might be a problem, haha! Out here on the West Coast, everybody skates. That park I film in has everything there, it's incredible!
I noticed it when editing! 100% it's the mic. And in the video, I mention how loud the body sounds when it lands a jump. But on camera it sounds perfectly fine. Lol! 🤷♂️
let's see what they do about the "monkey metal" in the diffs..my older stampede 2wd kept blowing up transmission gears when i upgraded it to the velenion system and running it on 3S. had to get a proline transmission which so far is holding up because of the same material that they might have in the diffs now. cheers Fil! maybe if my 2wd stampede blows up the proline trans, then i'll check out the traxxas newer trans that they say is bulletproof.
Same thing on a bandit. Mip driveshafts and hd idler gear. Mod 1 gearing 16/36 with a revo spur gear. After it started shredding clutches. On 3s the whole car shakes apart. Had to glue all my suspension screws in to stop them from falling out. 20 year old design. Sold it as is for an arrma.
Not for me this one I'm afraid, mostly because of the price, just way too much. And besides, I'm more of an old school rc guy and like to build my cars first even if they are not 'basher' material.
Way too much hype and not enough actual value 🤔 If you upgrade everything so it's able to do what you thought it should do, you could have bought a Sledge on sale 🤔🤨
Honestly, I think it's my mic on my camera. A lot of guys say that on my videos, and in person, nothing seems odd to me. Even when editing this one, I was like "why is it so loud now???" Lol. Deffo the mic playing tricks with our ears.
Before I say anything else, Fil, I gotta say watching this video had me super impressed by your driving skills at the skatepark! Backflip after backflip you NAILED those landings! No way could I do that! It just looked so much fun out there and that's what it's all about, right?!?!?!?! Your no-nonsense and honest commentary makes it even better. Sage advice at the end there pal. I didn't want to like this truck because of all the usual reasons, but it seems clear that this is actually a good design. Keep on keeping on my good friend! 😁🙏💙👍
@MarkBryanRC wow, thanks so much for that great comment, Mark! Honestly, the mini Maxx is so easy to drive, it was surprisingly easy to make it look like I knew what I was doing! 😅
Like you said, it's all about having fun! These mini basher are perfect for that. Sure, launch it 50 feet in the air on 6S and it'll not be fun any more, but that's not what they're about. 😉
I'm happy it's as good as it is. It was fun to experiment with Traxxas again. And it felt great bashing that truck for over an hour with minimal breakage.
Thanks for watching, my man! 👍🏻🍻💪
@@MarkBryanRC Hi Mark!!
@@Paul__FC 🤣
@@Paul__FC Hi there Paul! 👋👋
Great bash. This is awesome and I’m gonna get one. The one thing I keep hearing people mention is how it’s so expensive, but really, it’s not that bad. Let’s not forget that last year at this time Losi dropped those mini LMT Gravediggers and Sonuvadiggers on us. Those were $270 too. I bought one, Sonuva. It’s smaller than the mini Maxx, nowhere near as fast, can be really squirrely to control on pavement, and the headlights are fragile, like REALLY fragile (I’ve broken both so far 😂). It also only came with a tiny 810 mah spektrum battery. At least traxxas gives you a 3500 mah battery valued at $40. In the end, it’s always gonna come down to what fits your own budget and makes you smile. I still LOVE my Sonuva, it’s a friggin wheelie machine! Personally I like this, and will definitely get one. I don’t mind paying $270, and in the end, it’s my money and will surely make me smile.
@OGRCFanatic thanks for watching, and the well thought comment!
Your finisher was perfect: "It's your money, in your budget, and it'll make you smile." That's what this channel is all about! Youll love the Mini Maxx! 🍻
Welcome to the wonderful world of Traxxas. That's the transmitter. That's it. They add very satisfying sounding switches for additional channels. But that's it.
That's the Traxxas controller. If you let it happen you have many of them. They can however bind one transmitter to multiple receivers which is nice when your Traxxas fleet starts to get out of hand.
That radio was hilarious!!! It felt like I went back in time! 😅
@poorboysrc it is actually just a hair improved over the old radio with crystals but they didnt do much more after switching to 2.4ghz. But. Cant argue. They work. Just not from too far
Answer to your question; a couple of smaller brand cars over this one. It sure seems a fun and high quality vehicle (apart from driveline) but smaller brands often gives more bang for buck. Not trying to rant, but if you can get more for less, why go less for more.
Nice work, as always! Car seems a good fun, and def would go for it, if the price tag was little more reasonable :)
Nice car and presentation Fill
@@RCBirds thanks, Dirk! Hope you enjoyed it! 😁
NICE driving Mr Kevin Talbot! You killed it! Iol super fun Fil and definitely a cool fun truck!
I had a stampede before and actually loved it! Yeah a tamiya man me etc, but if l got anything else to use for bashing it would be a Traxxas and probably not this cool truck but a Stampede again! Take it easy buddy.
for 3s they should make conventional 10 scale diffs for it with 4 spider gears in a cross :)
@Ragnarok881 I always thought planetary gears were stronger? Not sure why, just did. Lol.
The problem is the pot-metal they used for them. Hell, I've broken a rear diff in a CC01 because it's made of cheap pot-metal. Traxxas shouldn't have cheaped out there. 👍🏻
@@poorboysrc yha should give us the hardent steel ones or should have come with centerdiff or slipper to take some load of the drivetrain
Nice hair Fil!!!!!
I had a green Mohawk in high school hahaha😅😅😅
@@Hillbillypunk hahaha, you liked that, hey? 😅
Well, like you, after that year, I went punk. Chopped off all the hair, big Sid Vicious style spikes dyed all sorts of fun colors! 😁 Ah, to have hair again... 🤣🤣🤣
@@poorboysrc to be young and stupid again 🥲
@poorboysrc speaking of being young again, my Hornet EVO just shipped out from Amain!! Super stoked.
The smile and enthusiasm makes it all worth it. GReat review! Most times I bring an RC to the Skatepark, it comes back in bits. So, pretty impressed. The way you bashed it seems more indicative of how the majority of users may want to go at it! Cheers
It's a fun little rig, man. No doubt about that! It's not often a guy can spend an hour at the park and barely break anything! :)
Nice review, Fil 👍Fantastic run 💪🤝
Thanks, brother! :)
I love mine, what annoys me is no slipper clutch ( that needs 2 extra parts to fit) and body skids all extras. On smooth damp skate park it under steers. Well over priced.
@BasBoyRC all very good points! A centre diff/slipper should have come standard at the current price point. 👍🏻
I agree about the slipper, I don't understand why they went like this...
Thanks bro.
@@ForzaDriven cheers, dude! 🍻
Yo that’s a killer skatepark and great review champ..
Thanks, Tonydrony! Hope you stick around for more RC goodness!
Very cool!
Man, you're fast!!! :)
@@poorboysrc had my phone in hand while on lunch break lol
I’m surprised it has that much air control for that small of a rig! You think adding a couple more teeth to the pinion will give it a lil more air control? Backflips are addicting lol 😁
@Backupplan94 oh yeah, you could be squeezing double backflips with a tweak or two. I probably could've nailed one, but I didn't want to break it before I'm done all my reviews. 😅
Some excellent driving buddy. Sweet flips and landings. I'm no traxxas fan but that was a performer. The price tho, damn. I guess considering the durability, you may save money over repair costs long term. That paint scheme is trash. How played out is that? Some low effort body shells but durability is key.
Straight forward review, great work....
The second I hit the post button. Broken chassis. That's not good.
Thanks, pal. And think, I had to do it twice! Lol! But hey, it was a fun mistake to make! Anytime you get to do more RC'ing after a screw up, is a good time!
There is no way I’ll spend that kind of money for something that needs a whole new drivetrain and electronics for it to be true fun. In my opinion
Fair enough.
Thanks for Watching.
Id say the majority of people who hate on the mini max are just repeating what they seen from other TH-camrs and they don't even have one.
From what ive seen, Traxxas might have over exaggerated with it being "vls 3 capable" and "10th scale parts" when it comes to people expecting it to perform like it's big brothers.
It's fine how it is out of the box.
You go and launch it like an Xmaxx, it's gonna break.
I don't hate on Traxxas, but the only one i have is a High Trail. I don't exactly beat the crap outta my stuff either.
and yeah, way too expensive.
@Hillbillypunk well, and that's why I was hoping this review would turn out well. Over 80 minutes of back-flipping, crashing, lawn darting on concrete, and a cracked chassis to show for it. I'm impressed.
Overpriced? Yes!
Fun? Yes!
Would I recommend it? Yes. 😁
@@poorboysrc anything is breakable!
@@poorboysrc the scale that it is, there's absolutely no reason for a VLS 3 or a 3S lipo. If it came that way and it broke the diff so easily, then yeah, be mad. Tomley, with all due respect to the man, f-ing destroyed it (3 diff's I believe) and it was no wonder why. Yes it says it can handle it, but you gotta handle yourself too!
@@Hillbillypunk it's funny you mention that. In one of my last reviews (DEERC 14210 Basher, which is a 1/14 3S Brushless Basher), I reduced the throttle output on the radio to 70% for most of the video. 100% was fun for a speed run, but anything else = KABOOM! 💥
So.. are skateboards still a thing? the local park seems to be mostly abandoned.. but it's right next to the police station.. so that maybe part of the problem 🖖
@huubbouten3041 that might be a problem, haha! Out here on the West Coast, everybody skates. That park I film in has everything there, it's incredible!
Is the drive train as loud as it seems in the video or is that just an effect of the camera's mic?
I noticed it when editing! 100% it's the mic. And in the video, I mention how loud the body sounds when it lands a jump. But on camera it sounds perfectly fine. Lol! 🤷♂️
Seems like keep it stock (for now) its not bad but gvien what else is out there, is it worth it? Maybe not.
Stock = Winning. Modded = $$$ Lol!
let's see what they do about the "monkey metal" in the diffs..my older stampede 2wd kept blowing up transmission gears when i upgraded it to the velenion system and running it on 3S. had to get a proline transmission which so far is holding up because of the same material that they might have in the diffs now. cheers Fil! maybe if my 2wd stampede blows up the proline trans, then i'll check out the traxxas newer trans that they say is bulletproof.
Same thing on a bandit. Mip driveshafts and hd idler gear. Mod 1 gearing 16/36 with a revo spur gear. After it started shredding clutches. On 3s the whole car shakes apart. Had to glue all my suspension screws in to stop them from falling out. 20 year old design. Sold it as is for an arrma.
Great tip, thanks Gary!
Not for me this one I'm afraid, mostly because of the price, just way too much. And besides, I'm more of an old school rc guy and like to build my cars first even if they are not 'basher' material.
I hear ya, Tony. Nothing quite like building up a nice car from scratch and enjoying it. :)
Way too much hype and not enough actual value 🤔
If you upgrade everything so it's able to do what you thought it should do, you could have bought a Sledge on sale 🤔🤨
The hype was real! A little underwhelming for some folks. For the price, I'd expect more.
Bruh whats the grinding noise. This sounds broken out of the box.
Honestly, I think it's my mic on my camera. A lot of guys say that on my videos, and in person, nothing seems odd to me. Even when editing this one, I was like "why is it so loud now???" Lol. Deffo the mic playing tricks with our ears.
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traxxas is falling behind in price and innovation. They rushed this to the market.
100% agree! This was a rush for Christmas, and now they've got an unfinished, untested product hitting hobby store shelves.
I will support you and watch your videos but I won't support them.
You're the man! Thanks, Joe!