I bought one from my Snap On dealer, I paid quite a lot. For me, it is not only the heritage of the race car and Snap On's sponsorship in racing back in the '20's.. It's something else... It represents the history of the "Remote Controlled". From the original "Tether Car" controlled by string or wire of the '20's,30's,40's mixed with today's technology of "Radio Control" ... A good representation of the history of RC.
I just bought one today for $300 Canadian dollars! I now have the entire Snap On RC collection thanks to my girlfriend of 5 years dad ! Who has been my Snap on dealer for 13 years!
My dad and grandpa built a t bucket late 60s and suspension similar. The car would raise in the middle. When you let off it had to settle. Went low 9s quarter mile high 130s on street everything. Small block built by Ohio George Montgomery. Wish we still had it. Saw it drive by our shop years ago.. that was hard.
I loved the video I kind of wish you had let him talk more. It seemed like he had a lot of really interesting information about the real car and the toy.
Yeah, point taken. His audio was a little low and that was a pain. We did have 35 minutes of video that I edited down to this length. This is our longest video and it's kinda risky since youtube always judges a video by how much of the video is watched by the average user.
Gret video! Few things I wanted to point out. Cost is $585. It does not have a retail price. Yes, that part on the side is the "fuel pump" and just pressurizes the fuel tank. Reason was the cars at WOT most of the time so no vacuum to pull fuel back into the fuel bowls. The engine it came with was based off a Flathead Ford but had whats called a "Fronty" head which was an OHC head. Going back to THAT car, its a BL2 so you cant run 3S on the stock electronics. Top speed is 27MPH but some have converted to 3S and it does 50 with no problem. She does like to roll though so I am fine with 27MPH. LOL
i still don't get this thing. I mean it's beautiful machinere there, but I don't know what's snap-on and why trx is not advertising this a lot unlike every single thing they had in the offer.
I would love it but nowhere near the price they want. Just cause it says snapon doesn't increase the value. It can say gearwrench and its still worth the same.
I think it’s a limited production collectors item. The price is determined by the amount of people who want to buy it. Yeah definitely for a retail version $400 or $500 would be awesome.
"Why are people paying $1200 for it?" They're dumb. That's why. Traxxass fans are so starved for actual new vehicles they'll get excited over anything. This is a cool car for $200-$300. I'm not a hater, i own a Xmaxx and TRX6. Traxxass is the reason i don't own more. While Arrma is going crazy with releases, Losi is giving us the Promoto, Redcat giving us the COE and Ascent and Rlaarlo even busting out cool new rides. Traxxass drops this and those ultimate rip offs.... I'm not mad, just disappointed. Traxxas used to lead the way in exciting and innovating ideas. Now they're comfortable relying on reputation and brand recognition to sell over priced exciting new 2s power systems on bold new bodies of twenty year old platforms.
@@themountain59 what makes it great? What about it will appeal to a mass audience? What does it do better than anything else out currently? I don't have answers to any of those. Personally I see this as an oddity for a niche audience. It has little wise other than supposed rarity.
@@boduke9428 so tell us what is your favourite Rc company and model? I see you all over these comments talking about a lot of problems but not offering many solutions… these guys are a couple hobby fans who like a new release because they can relate to it. ps try not to fall back on ‘fan boy’ accusations, gets repetitive.
@@rcgoodtimes6657 I don't have a favorite company. I own more Arrma than anything. I also have Losi, Axial, Team AssociateD, MJX, Rlaarlo, and despite hating the company even 2 Traxxas. Here's my solution. Traxxas is being lazy. Quit putting new bodies on the same crawler chassis and calling it a new model. They charge premium prices but no longer offer premium products. When they do release their 1 new model for the year, it's this thing. If you want one, be my guest. This is a bigger joke than the "new" 2s 2wd Slash. Have you even seen the MSRP for this thing? I'm no cheapskate. I have several $1000 plus rigs but there is no way I'll ever be convinced there's $600 of RC car in this thing, much less $1200 plus. That's only for a collector and I'm not one. Traxxas used to be an industry leader and bring innovation to the hobby. That company no longer exist.
@@RCReviewChannel like I said Snap On....makes everything expensive even if it's not worth it. Still might be great,But it would be awesome and without mark up had the Snap on Logo not been put on it.
I found tha my snap on guy was giving the cars to people he liked, i didn't spend enough money for him to give a crap about me. The snap on x-maxx? The hauler? 34 ford hot rod? All go to the same guy.......hmmm i wonder why that happened........ Tool warranty was always changing if you didn't owe him 5,000$. Companies that treat people like that suck to deal with
Tamiya makes realistic bodies… that’s it. Nothing scale underneath those Lexan shells. Traxxas is a lot like Tamiya tho in a sense where they rerelease the same crap over and over again… this being the exception at least.
@@RingLeaderElon Tamiya is literally in the scale market. They make scale models. The BBX is a Tamiya. The Toyota bruiser is a scale model. We can talk actual models like motorcycles, planes, cars. But I'm certain Tamiya makes authentic very detailed scale models.
@@webreakforsquirrel4201 ok… dude I’ve been into “scale models” as in RC for 25+ years. I’m talking real scale. As in as close to 1:1 as possible. A plastic chassis with the motor in the rear underneath a Lexan shell is not “scale”. It’s just not. We can argue semantics all night, but Tamiya is not scale. The bruiser may have been close, but it’s old with old tech that’s not even close to a TF2 or BRX01.
Blew away expectations. Every snap-on release before was just a rebranded existing car. This thing is ground-up new. And in a category that doesn't really exist. So yes, very pleased. I think many, many people would buy it at $500 without the battery.
@karlp3840 being a pain in the butt aside, I feel like and old looking sprint car like this should be powered by fuel. I don't have the patience for such a setup myself. I'll take a battery powered rc over nitro anyway, just given the circumstances here.
I think the car is cool but theres no place for it meaning you cant race it unless they start their own class you cant bash it to much whistles and bell on the outside that would break and crawling nope the only thing it would be good for is just cruising it in a parking lot but for 600 bucks i wont buy it ill wait i wouldnt mind having one but it would sit
I wouldn't buy one of their products if the car was $200 they shit on me a number of years ago when I bought a brand new slash the best model they made broke as soon as I open the box and it was cracked really bad the chassis I told them about it they brushed me off so in the 80s I ran associated so I went back to associated
What do you do with this thing? Can you crawl it? Can you race it anywhere? Is it fast? Is it fun to drive? Is it quality built? I’ll spend my money 💰 elsewhere
I bought one from my Snap On dealer, I paid quite a lot. For me, it is not only the heritage of the race car and Snap On's sponsorship in racing back in the '20's.. It's something else... It represents the history of the "Remote Controlled". From the original "Tether Car" controlled by string or wire of the '20's,30's,40's mixed with today's technology of "Radio Control" ... A good representation of the history of RC.
I just bought one today for $300 Canadian dollars!
I now have the entire Snap On RC collection thanks to
my girlfriend of 5 years dad ! Who has been my Snap on
dealer for 13 years!
My dad and grandpa built a t bucket late 60s and suspension similar. The car would raise in the middle. When you let off it had to settle. Went low 9s quarter mile high 130s on street everything. Small block built by Ohio George Montgomery. Wish we still had it. Saw it drive by our shop years ago.. that was hard.
Wow, what a story. You are so lucky to experience that and to share that with your dad.
I've seen alot of cars on the back of the rd hauler but you Sir have set a bar that will never be broken well done
I loved the video I kind of wish you had let him talk more. It seemed like he had a lot of really interesting information about the real car and the toy.
Yeah, point taken. His audio was a little low and that was a pain. We did have 35 minutes of video that I edited down to this length. This is our longest video and it's kinda risky since youtube always judges a video by how much of the video is watched by the average user.
Fan boys,myself I would hate to break it,looks so good,would not want to get it dirty..
1200 tho...I would rather build something I would use.
$1200 if for rich collectors. It's an incredible, unique effort and at $500 for the car, I'd hit it. :)
Me too .. With a sledge hammer 🔨@@RCReviewChannel
@@RCReviewChannel 0o0o00hhh
It is a cool rig for sure!!! Man it sure looks killer on the Redcat Hauler!!! They compliment each othet well!!!! Nice!!!🤘🤘🤘
The two are the masters of current lexan technology. So much shaping!!! The Sprint car is a little big. Maybe 1/7 scale.
If those look killer together who drives the raceway? A total giant?
Someone should make a 1960's Formula One car.
Gret video! Few things I wanted to point out. Cost is $585. It does not have a retail price. Yes, that part on the side is the "fuel pump" and just pressurizes the fuel tank. Reason was the cars at WOT most of the time so no vacuum to pull fuel back into the fuel bowls. The engine it came with was based off a Flathead Ford but had whats called a "Fronty" head which was an OHC head. Going back to THAT car, its a BL2 so you cant run 3S on the stock electronics. Top speed is 27MPH but some have converted to 3S and it does 50 with no problem. She does like to roll though so I am fine with 27MPH. LOL
Great, great comment and inside knowledge. Thank you!!!!
I love classic cars from the 1920s. I think this car is a really good car!!!~~~ awesome video, and cool rc car 👍👍💯
Will wait for FMS or other company to do it better and at a sane cost. There’s a gap to fill for RC mid-20th century open wheel race cars though.
Not a bad idea. I do hope other companies join in this category.
i still don't get this thing. I mean it's beautiful machinere there, but I don't know what's snap-on and why trx is not advertising this a lot unlike every single thing they had in the offer.
Sry that is not a high end charger you should know that !
It's a $100 battery and charger msrp combo. It's high-end for $100 and RTR :)
Love mine but now that I videod it, it will forever be a shelf queen. lol
As soon as it comes out the non snap on version and being cheaper it will deff fly off the shelves
I have one for sale way less than they currently are on ebay and i can't sell it
i think for traxxas to go and develop new tooling for this vehicle means it will come to production at some point im guessing for around 600
I would love it but nowhere near the price they want.
Just cause it says snapon doesn't increase the value.
It can say gearwrench and its still worth the same.
I think it’s a limited production collectors item. The price is determined by the amount of people who want to buy it.
Yeah definitely for a retail version $400 or $500 would be awesome.
Yes it does. People will pay more money for name brand/official license.
Nice crawler... Perfect entry and exit angles😊
More seriously, it's a piece of brittle plastic garbage... But a nice looking one.
So much hate. If you dont like it move on. I like the way it looks. Do i want it NO, but its cool to see
I hope Traxxas will release a regular retail version… well actually I’m pretty sure they will, they gotta recoup that r&d cost somehow 😅
I really suspect that they will release a retail version. Way too much new engineering and tooling went into this one.
They haven't yet on the snap-on cars. They usually come out even on the sales.
I def will buy one if they release one def not 1200 though 😂
Be nice if they would release parts from this car.
@@RCReviewChannelI can't see that happening
The hand pump is for fuel pressure , i think.
Friction shocks but these are spring wound. Like a vw had friction shocks.
These seem way, too smooth and too damped to be just friction.
I enjoy your videos! Keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do!
Its a shelf queen..💯
Basically yeah. It works very well. But it's too pretty to flip over.
Its a extraordinary rc car i love mine . Does great on 3s, have mine done 50mph.
Everything 3s should accomplish 50mph
@@Djkommode indeed i agree
@@Frankredline but I do love the look of that rc. I cannot deny.
The powerrain looks like you have R2D2 out back
Id buy it, not for 1200 though lol
For sure. That's the ebay price gouging price.
@RCReviewChannel traxxas spent way too much on RnD on this for them to not release a variant to the masses
for real, at this point though, thanks to ebay, its the only option to obtain one, freaking greedy ass holes...@@RCReviewChannel
"Why are people paying $1200 for it?"
They're dumb. That's why. Traxxass fans are so starved for actual new vehicles they'll get excited over anything. This is a cool car for $200-$300. I'm not a hater, i own a Xmaxx and TRX6. Traxxass is the reason i don't own more. While Arrma is going crazy with releases, Losi is giving us the Promoto, Redcat giving us the COE and Ascent and Rlaarlo even busting out cool new rides. Traxxass drops this and those ultimate rip offs.... I'm not mad, just disappointed. Traxxas used to lead the way in exciting and innovating ideas. Now they're comfortable relying on reputation and brand recognition to sell over priced exciting new 2s power systems on bold new bodies of twenty year old platforms.
Even Tamiya is trying new stuff lol. Traxxas is too lazy yet people still buy it...
The price is for crazy collectors for sure. I’m just happy to see a new platform from traxxas.
@@themountain59 what makes it great? What about it will appeal to a mass audience? What does it do better than anything else out currently? I don't have answers to any of those. Personally I see this as an oddity for a niche audience. It has little wise other than supposed rarity.
@@boduke9428 so tell us what is your favourite Rc company and model? I see you all over these comments talking about a lot of problems but not offering many solutions… these guys are a couple hobby fans who like a new release because they can relate to it. ps try not to fall back on ‘fan boy’ accusations, gets repetitive.
@@rcgoodtimes6657 I don't have a favorite company. I own more Arrma than anything. I also have Losi, Axial, Team AssociateD, MJX, Rlaarlo, and despite hating the company even 2 Traxxas. Here's my solution. Traxxas is being lazy. Quit putting new bodies on the same crawler chassis and calling it a new model. They charge premium prices but no longer offer premium products. When they do release their 1 new model for the year, it's this thing. If you want one, be my guest. This is a bigger joke than the "new" 2s 2wd Slash. Have you even seen the MSRP for this thing? I'm no cheapskate. I have several $1000 plus rigs but there is no way I'll ever be convinced there's $600 of RC car in this thing, much less $1200 plus. That's only for a collector and I'm not one. Traxxas used to be an industry leader and bring innovation to the hobby. That company no longer exist.
They are selling at that price because of the snap on logo. Everything snap on now days might as well be a status icon.
It's a limited edition series that has a following now. Not bat at $589. But say no to scalpers. :)
@@RCReviewChannel like I said Snap On....makes everything expensive even if it's not worth it. Still might be great,But it would be awesome and without mark up had the Snap on Logo not been put on it.
What is the wheelbase and track width?? How does it compare to 1/10 touring cars or is it more crawler "1/10 scale"?
Looks nice, sadly mostly plastic to remember 👎 way too $$$
Should fly off the shelves at $500
Mine doesn’t go backwards help
People are breaking the spindle from the transfer case just running them around in parking lots.
Any more details, videos? Only 2 running videos in the whole youtube right now
Does traxxas plan to release this to public?
No
That much money and it's not even a hardbody....
I got mine and its amazing
You lucky, lucky man.
Awesome video! 👌
Glad you think so!
I found tha my snap on guy was giving the cars to people he liked, i didn't spend enough money for him to give a crap about me. The snap on x-maxx? The hauler? 34 ford hot rod? All go to the same guy.......hmmm i wonder why that happened........
Tool warranty was always changing if you didn't owe him 5,000$. Companies that treat people like that suck to deal with
It's always supply and demand. However, people shouldn't be calling anything "super rare" unless they know for certain how many were actually made.
i see, i see. What failed? The receiver? Usually they start working again once fully dried out.
I love it!!!
I'm happy it exists
@RCReviewChannel I am too! I'm all for new r/c in any category or style
I'll give it about a year and these will be on Facebook market place for less than $300
Wheels are cool...
Traxxas is moving into the Tamiya market. They have been making more realistic scale vehicles for a while now.
Tamiya makes realistic bodies… that’s it. Nothing scale underneath those Lexan shells. Traxxas is a lot like Tamiya tho in a sense where they rerelease the same crap over and over again… this being the exception at least.
@@RingLeaderElon Tamiya is literally in the scale market. They make scale models. The BBX is a Tamiya. The Toyota bruiser is a scale model. We can talk actual models like motorcycles, planes, cars. But I'm certain Tamiya makes authentic very detailed scale models.
@@webreakforsquirrel4201 ok… dude I’ve been into “scale models” as in RC for 25+ years. I’m talking real scale. As in as close to 1:1 as possible. A plastic chassis with the motor in the rear underneath a Lexan shell is not “scale”. It’s just not. We can argue semantics all night, but Tamiya is not scale. The bruiser may have been close, but it’s old with old tech that’s not even close to a TF2 or BRX01.
That little needle thing on the side appears to be a grease/oil gun....
I see, I see. Gotta grease it every few laps. :)
@@RCReviewChannel yes sir! A lot of older cars you had to oil the generator and other moving parts before you drove it!
I learned a little something, I want it now!
I learned that it wants our money.
Blew you away? still chasing that algorithm.... It's 10x its value because it has the name snap on. That is all. Completely not worth it.
Blew away expectations. Every snap-on release before was just a rebranded existing car. This thing is ground-up new. And in a category that doesn't really exist. So yes, very pleased.
I think many, many people would buy it at $500 without the battery.
Right? This thing looks wicked. Why hasn't anyone seen the potential in this type of RC? I'd buy one to race for sure.@@RCReviewChannel
It's weird that this is to be won by drawing only, yet everyone on UA-cam has one already 😂😂😂
The first round of drawings has already happened.
@JeffStoess lots of lucky UA-camrs I guess 😅😅
@@RedsRCVlog If everyone on UA-cam has one like you claim then I'd say it has nothing to do with luck.
@JeffStoess Bro, no need to get serious! It's all about spending money to get one. That's it 😅 Settle down a bit 😂😂
@@RedsRCVlog😂😂😂
Cuz it has a snap on sticker on it.
This might be unpopular opion but this thing deserves to be nitro and not electric.
Sure, while your sidelined tweaking your motor I'll simply insert another battery and go. Was a gasser for many years. At my age, no more.
@karlp3840 being a pain in the butt aside, I feel like and old looking sprint car like this should be powered by fuel. I don't have the patience for such a setup myself. I'll take a battery powered rc over nitro anyway, just given the circumstances here.
There’s so many available on eBay it’s going to lose value
I think the car is cool but theres no place for it meaning you cant race it unless they start their own class you cant bash it to much whistles and bell on the outside that would break and crawling nope the only thing it would be good for is just cruising it in a parking lot but for 600 bucks i wont buy it ill wait i wouldnt mind having one but it would sit
Cant wait for the chinese to make a copy of it but with real leafsprings
Seems like a niche thing.. you really have to want this car for these prices. It does nothing for me.
I wouldn't buy one of their products if the car was $200 they shit on me a number of years ago when I bought a brand new slash the best model they made broke as soon as I open the box and it was cracked really bad the chassis I told them about it they brushed me off so in the 80s I ran associated so I went back to associated
I’m just sitting here waiting for them to come out with a Milwaukee version 🤣🤣💯
Not worth that kind of money
For sure. That is a commemorative limited edition price. It would be cool if they sold it at $500.
I won one and haven’t opened it. If someone wants to overpay, I’ll sell it
You're lucky. You won but you still had to pay the list price right?
A new traxxas thats not just a body re release
Exactly. That's the best news of all. Perhaps they'll sell this in the open market unbranded.
mmh...nope😂
🇩🇰🇩🇰Can it drive 🧐🛺🇩🇰🇩🇰
Typical traxxas junk. Not a fan of them in general.
What a useless item
Overpriced plastic. Not worth it in any way.
What do you do with this thing?
Can you crawl it?
Can you race it anywhere?
Is it fast?
Is it fun to drive?
Is it quality built?
I’ll spend my money 💰 elsewhere
You put it on the shelf and dream everyday. Once a month, run it to 50 mph and scare yourself :)
It's a shelf queen, that's it!!!! 💯
They get snap on to put their name on it so they can over charge for it! But then traxxas over charges for everything anyway