What an epic buggy! It was so close to being Flawless if it had the original transmitter and featured a normal battery instead of the low capacity proprietary battery. I am glad WLTOYS have finally given us a decent release! What do you think? See you on the next one! 💯😎👍
I don't mind that they included the battery that way. The plastic casing makes the battery more impact resistant, and it's very easy to convert it to allow for standard LiPos.
I’m thinking the battery is designed like that for the less experienced users, a normal lipo you need to check all wires are secured whereas this battery design solves this issue. No balance lead getting rubbed by the drive shaft or anything. Obviously they catered for the more experienced users by making it compatible with non modular batteries. In fact, my complaint on this one is still using Deans connectors, xt60 would imho be a better choice.
I probably would have bought one but I just got a 144001 for $50 from Walmart and I put the entire brushless system from a team associated dr10 drag car as I will be upgrading that. Now I have a 1 / 14th 3s rocket ship.
Supposedly, that new transmitter is backward compatible and will bind to all WLToys vehicles. They finally got it through their heads that the 1420XX models needed to be 1/12 wide was well as the length. The added ground clearance is nice too.
An honest review as ever. I had the one that Cogged which has put me off this brand, but I am tempted now. I personally love 1:10 scale and would love to see this in these better value brands. Thank you.
Alright. I'm impressed. They did really good with this. Transmitter sucks ofc. But i dont think someone just getting in would care, most of us watching this video likely already have a Dumbo/Flysky. What we need to know now are the motor mount and gearing and parts compatibility. Not like it would need upgrading really
I have been using my 124017 as a speed run car and I am really happy with it. The transmitter for me isn’t a big deal because the first thing I change out of them is the receiver and transmitter because I have all my cars on 1 transmitter for ease. The One thing I would like to see WL toys change is to go to a more readily available gear pitch on their cars. Something like a standard 32 pitch or 48 pitch. It would also be really nice to have an adjustable motor mount standard in the cars
Compatible batteries: I am using the original and aftermarket batteries from 2 of my boats. The Feilun ft012 original batteries which are 1800 mah and Wltoys wl916 original and aftermarket 2200mah batteries. These batteries are the perfect width and you will have room to spare in both length and height. Just use velcro and a bit of packing foam to make it snug. Easy to connect after you you take off the connector casing. PS. I’m using 2200mah 35c batteries I bought for the wl916 boat. Watch out because if you drive all out the motor gets very hot ( as does the battery).
Hoy me ha llegado el coche, y sólo puedo hablar cosas buenas de el. Lo primero que hice fue enlazarlo con un transmisor wltoys de los antiguos ( de un 12428), y se nota mucha más rapidez de respuesta que con el transmisor de stock ( no me gustan estos nuevos transmisores de stock). Encantado con tu canal y espero que hagas más modificaciones y mejoras de estos modelos baratos, que es lo que la mayoría de nosotros espera y desea, y que al final, es lo más divertido y útil de este hobby. Gracias
Dude awesome review on this! I agree with everything you said! What a sweet little car. I don’t like these new transmitters either. I definitely prefer the old the previous style Tx , but they should have dual rates on it along with the trim settings. Great job Ricky. Have a great week!👊🏼💯👍🏻😎
It looks quite alright, this one, from them. I stopped buying their products a couple years ago, even before the 14th scale success buggy, I had a couple cars from this brand and I didn't like them... This looks like a good comeback, although I probably still will stay away from it, I have enough keeping up with buying other RC cars, ha ha... Nicely structured review video, very pleasant to watch!
Already bought this unit, thanks for the good review and indeed this buggy is worth the money. However,, WLTOYS should start selling clear body shell. Maybe you could tell them :)
bought two for christmas have aready broken both shock towers on one of them which are not very shock resilient after one roll over it split both of them, the stockist doesnt even stock the repolacement shock towers for it, so had to adapt a pair from 140007 the previous model to make them fit. the gear boxes are also devoid of grease on arrival so its a pretty big job to strip them down and put in some lithium grease, not the most impressive RTR car out there in terms of durabili8ty, id keep your money and look for so9mething a bit more bash proof.
Just got one of these and a motorcycle ran it over just bent the shell and kept going!!! No damage to the chassis or suspension 😮😮… the only issue with the car so far is I’m getting a slight delay
I used to race RC's so maybe my view is a little askew, but I don't understand why WLToys is getting heat at all. At this price point you can't beat what they offer, proprietary battery or not. You're absolutely correct on the reasoning, batteries have a HUGE profit margin which is exactly why Traxxas went proprietary. Is their stuff perfect, nah, but you should know that going in. I don't care about a couple of claimed mph when you're paying this little for this quality. WLToys is hardly the only offender here and some of the other brands have bigger names and cost 3 times as much. The controller is hideous, but probably how they kept the cost down. Looks like I'm adding another WLToys vehicle to the inventory.
I wonder what speed that would get with a better battery and some nice contact foams on Rik? They have certainly come a long way since your original videos on the 144001... So have you for that mateer mate!!
25mph on 2s, I don't see a kv listed I'm pretty sure this is the 16889a pro/ EC30B motor from HBX 3800kv (surpass motor) with 17t pinion if using wltoys diffs and spur. Can you open it for us?
Does it use M3 or M4 axles? That was my big problem with other WLToys models, the 3mm axles and smaller hexes and pins bend and break too easily. The M4 axles on the MJX Hyper Gos are far tougher, and 4mm ID hexes and chunkier 2mm pins are more common and easy to replace.
Nice review! I ordered it yesterday with the 2000MAh battery. Do you think swapping the plastic front and rear arms with metallic ones is a good idea? Also I saw you running it with 2S. Is there a possibility of them doing harm to the motor? I find it an nice idea using them in order to let my little boy use it as it is slower with them. Cheers from Athens Greece!
Hey dude, awesome review as always. I purchased 2 of these after watching your video, it was awesome fun for 20 mins until I broke it. I'm looking for upgraded arms etc but can't seem to find anything, do you know if older model arms are compatible? Any help is appreciated, keep up the good work
124007 parts from ebay will fit except the alloy front shock towers which need 2mm removing from the bottom with a grinder, the rear alloy shock towers fit fine, the 124007 all alloy 1/14th scale shocks fit to.
Hello, mine only has 4 lipos, no shock, no jumps and the dogbone came out of place and roughened the mouth of the cup, apparently they come short since the pins that go inside the cup when they are horizontal go a little outside but when they are vertical one of them comes out of the cup... And that was the problem,.. You've noticed that... Has something similar happened to you ?
Amazing how much it looks like the MJX Hyper Go Brushless series. I like to Imagine that those drive shafts are more rugged than the previous ones. Good move on Wltoys but I think I will keep buying MJX. Does anyone happen to know how to make the third party batteries stay in the tray with these type of honey comb structured surfaces? My velcro strip came off after two days of use.
Ahhh I'm torn between this and the hyper go Brushless. What should I go for? Both are around the same price, but the hyper go includes the 2s battery instead of 3s. I want to do some skate park bashing, some speedruns (just because :D ) and offroading. It's a bit of a mixed bag. I CAN'T DECIDE PLEASE SEND HELP xD Anyways great video as always!
I have to hyper go it goes faster and is more of a basher. Two 3s batteries will cost you $30 and a charger is $10. I think it’s deff worth it, it almost seems indestructible
I have the hypergo and I launched it 30 feet and nothing broke and I have the 1/16 scale and I also own a traxxas 1/16 erevo and I have snapped A arms multiple times. Hyper Go are built tuff I can say
I just received this car I bought after looking at all the enthusiastic reviews. Sadly the first impressions are not in line with the expectations. In particular I find the throttle response incredibly bad with huge deadzone in both driving and braking directions. Around 50% of the full stroke has no effect and the torque modulation happens in a short amount of travel making fine control impossible. All my other RC cars are brushed so maybe I'm expecting too much from a cheap brushless esc, but at the moment I'm pretty disappointed. It's a shame as in every other aspect the car is magnificent and overall quality is better than expected.
@@beyondRC dude, dont you remember the vid you did on the 144010? It's not me saying It, you did, and almost every other youtuber as well, you also said It wasnt a deal breaker, you spoke really well about the car, but you did mention the delay "issue" you didnt test the 124016/17 v2 but It was the same, no cogging but a bit of delay, if you dont remember watch your vid again mate, I guess perhaps wltoys are listening more than you guys think and they did changed it
@@lael1236 hahaha well remembered yes I do remember now! Just see the vid again 😂. Just not a fan of the design of the new one. Much larger, don’t like the colours and useless phone holder
@@beyondRC ohh regarding that, let me tell you mate, you are absolutely right!!! I dont really like It, It looks too toyish too childish i dont know, It just doesnt look right, but hey at least they fixed the delay 😅😂 same goes for some of their new body shells, the 18th scale one and the replacement for the 124017 man those graphics are just not good at least in my opinion, on the other hand this thing and the "new" 28th scale the mini zd racing dbx-28 😂😁 are actually really good when It comes to looks
What an epic buggy! It was so close to being Flawless if it had the original transmitter and featured a normal battery instead of the low capacity proprietary battery. I am glad WLTOYS have finally given us a decent release! What do you think? See you on the next one! 💯😎👍
Mine is still on preorder but can't wait to add to my WLToys collection! Seems like a good quality car.
I don't mind that they included the battery that way. The plastic casing makes the battery more impact resistant, and it's very easy to convert it to allow for standard LiPos.
Banggood also offers 2000mah battery option.
I’m thinking the battery is designed like that for the less experienced users, a normal lipo you need to check all wires are secured whereas this battery design solves this issue. No balance lead getting rubbed by the drive shaft or anything. Obviously they catered for the more experienced users by making it compatible with non modular batteries. In fact, my complaint on this one is still using Deans connectors, xt60 would imho be a better choice.
Xt90s for me
I probably would have bought one but I just got a 144001 for $50 from Walmart and I put the entire brushless system from a team associated dr10 drag car as I will be upgrading that. Now I have a 1 / 14th 3s rocket ship.
Supposedly, that new transmitter is backward compatible and will bind to all WLToys vehicles. They finally got it through their heads that the 1420XX models needed to be 1/12 wide was well as the length. The added ground clearance is nice too.
An honest review as ever. I had the one that Cogged which has put me off this brand, but I am tempted now. I personally love 1:10 scale and would love to see this in these better value brands. Thank you.
Thanks David! No cogging at all with this one :)
Alright. I'm impressed. They did really good with this. Transmitter sucks ofc. But i dont think someone just getting in would care, most of us watching this video likely already have a Dumbo/Flysky.
What we need to know now are the motor mount and gearing and parts compatibility.
Not like it would need upgrading really
I have been using my 124017 as a speed run car and I am really happy with it. The transmitter for me isn’t a big deal because the first thing I change out of them is the receiver and transmitter because I have all my cars on 1 transmitter for ease. The One thing I would like to see WL toys change is to go to a more readily available gear pitch on their cars. Something like a standard 32 pitch or 48 pitch. It would also be really nice to have an adjustable motor mount standard in the cars
No problems??? Hits claimed speed?? Cheap ? What's going on???? Thanks for your upload 👍🙏🐈
I know.. right! Good work
Compatible batteries:
I am using the original and aftermarket batteries from 2 of my boats. The Feilun ft012 original batteries which are 1800 mah and Wltoys wl916 original and aftermarket 2200mah batteries. These batteries are the perfect width and you will have room to spare in both length and height. Just use velcro and a bit of packing foam to make it snug. Easy to connect after you you take off the connector casing.
PS. I’m using 2200mah 35c batteries I bought for the wl916 boat. Watch out because if you drive all out the motor gets very hot ( as does the battery).
does it break from getting to hot?
Not having any issues with 3300 mah 3s packs at 25 c, They go like stink..40 mph.@@user-zw3dq8uf6n
Nice review! Does it have the fixed mesh/pinion/motor mount matrix that have been a total PITA to deal with in other wltoys buggies?
Hoy me ha llegado el coche, y sólo puedo hablar cosas buenas de el. Lo primero que hice fue enlazarlo con un transmisor wltoys de los antiguos ( de un 12428), y se nota mucha más rapidez de respuesta que con el transmisor de stock ( no me gustan estos nuevos transmisores de stock).
Encantado con tu canal y espero que hagas más modificaciones y mejoras de estos modelos baratos, que es lo que la mayoría de nosotros espera y desea, y que al final, es lo más divertido y útil de este hobby. Gracias
Dude awesome review on this! I agree with everything you said! What a sweet little car. I don’t like these new transmitters either. I definitely prefer the old the previous style Tx , but they should have dual rates on it along with the trim settings. Great job Ricky. Have a great week!👊🏼💯👍🏻😎
Thanks Bro! you too ;)
It looks quite alright, this one, from them. I stopped buying their products a couple years ago, even before the 14th scale success buggy, I had a couple cars from this brand and I didn't like them... This looks like a good comeback, although I probably still will stay away from it, I have enough keeping up with buying other RC cars, ha ha...
Nicely structured review video, very pleasant to watch!
Much appreciated! Thanks!
Solid car. Well done WLToys.
100%
Nice review 🎉
Already bought this unit, thanks for the good review and indeed this buggy is worth the money. However,, WLTOYS should start selling clear body shell. Maybe you could tell them :)
Hi, could the thicker dog bones fit and replace the thin wltoys 124017's that bend so easily? 😕
I think they do.
This information would be valuable. I would like to learn it too
I dont see a reason why not.
bought two for christmas have aready broken both shock towers on one of them which are not very shock resilient after one roll over it split both of them, the stockist doesnt even stock the repolacement shock towers for it, so had to adapt a pair from 140007 the previous model to make them fit. the gear boxes are also devoid of grease on arrival so its a pretty big job to strip them down and put in some lithium grease, not the most impressive RTR car out there in terms of durabili8ty, id keep your money and look for so9mething a bit more bash proof.
Wow! Half the price of a mini Losi and doesn't spit out parts that they don't sell separately. AND includes spare parts.
Solid review 👌🏼
Thanks Jesus :)
Just got one of these and a motorcycle ran it over just bent the shell and kept going!!! No damage to the chassis or suspension 😮😮… the only issue with the car so far is I’m getting a slight delay
very durable little buggies!
@@beyondRC did you have any issues with the delay between handset and car ?
Any thoughts on 124008 vs 124007? What are the advantages of plastic chassis vs the old metal? Thanks!
I used to race RC's so maybe my view is a little askew, but I don't understand why WLToys is getting heat at all. At this price point you can't beat what they offer, proprietary battery or not. You're absolutely correct on the reasoning, batteries have a HUGE profit margin which is exactly why Traxxas went proprietary. Is their stuff perfect, nah, but you should know that going in. I don't care about a couple of claimed mph when you're paying this little for this quality. WLToys is hardly the only offender here and some of the other brands have bigger names and cost 3 times as much. The controller is hideous, but probably how they kept the cost down. Looks like I'm adding another WLToys vehicle to the inventory.
I wonder what speed that would get with a better battery and some nice contact foams on Rik? They have certainly come a long way since your original videos on the 144001... So have you for that mateer mate!!
25mph on 2s, I don't see a kv listed I'm pretty sure this is the 16889a pro/ EC30B motor from HBX 3800kv (surpass motor) with 17t pinion if using wltoys diffs and spur.
Can you open it for us?
is there any essentials you should do to get the best experience with this model? like your earlier videos :)
definitely check the diffs for grease as dry diffs on a lot of these wltoys cars is very common!
@@beyondRC Thank you for replying! Will do ;)
First thing I’d change is the proprietary battery and add a dumbo radio oh and Grease the diffs
Nice review
Thanks :)
Does it use M3 or M4 axles? That was my big problem with other WLToys models, the 3mm axles and smaller hexes and pins bend and break too easily. The M4 axles on the MJX Hyper Gos are far tougher, and 4mm ID hexes and chunkier 2mm pins are more common and easy to replace.
Nice review!
I ordered it yesterday with the 2000MAh battery.
Do you think swapping the plastic front and rear arms with metallic ones is a good idea?
Also I saw you running it with 2S. Is there a possibility of them doing harm to the motor?
I find it an nice idea using them in order to let my little boy use it as it is slower with them.
Cheers from Athens Greece!
Its time for WL Toys to release a 1/8 truggy!
Battery issue it’s not big deal tbh, transmitter isn’t bad either but I’d like to upgrade to something better
Hey dude, awesome review as always. I purchased 2 of these after watching your video, it was awesome fun for 20 mins until I broke it. I'm looking for upgraded arms etc but can't seem to find anything, do you know if older model arms are compatible? Any help is appreciated, keep up the good work
124007 parts from ebay will fit except the alloy front shock towers which need 2mm removing from the bottom with a grinder, the rear alloy shock towers fit fine, the 124007 all alloy 1/14th scale shocks fit to.
Do you know if the thicker CVD/dogbones from this one will fit in the 124017?
Metal front bumper is also taken from mjx
yes!
It produce very small amount of noise or the microphone is not so sensitive ?
Hello, mine only has 4 lipos, no shock, no jumps and the dogbone came out of place and roughened the mouth of the cup, apparently they come short since the pins that go inside the cup when they are horizontal go a little outside but when they are vertical one of them comes out of the cup... And that was the problem,.. You've noticed that... Has something similar happened to you ?
I WANT TO BUY WLTOYS BUGGY AND I'M NOT SURE
WHICH OF THE TWO IS BETTER IS IT WLTOYS 124007 OR WLTOYS 124008? THANK YOU!
Amazing how much it looks like the MJX Hyper Go Brushless series. I like to Imagine that those drive shafts are more rugged than the previous ones. Good move on Wltoys but I think I will keep buying MJX.
Does anyone happen to know how to make the third party batteries stay in the tray with these type of honey comb structured surfaces? My velcro strip came off after two days of use.
How does it compare to the Rlaarlo
Half the price of the amx12!!!
To really make there cars almost perfect for the money they need to use HEX hardware. Those screws strip so easy
Hex hardware would be great
Where do you find parts?
Can you share the dimensions of the stock battery?
Ordered mine already, but on your experience, which radio is better MJX or WLTOYS? with regards of responsiveness and range.
I prefer the MJX for both.
hello can you do a review of the new MJX 14210 please?
can anyone tell me what battery packs will fit? im having a very hard time searching for the right size, i just got mine
any 2200mah 2s or 3s or maybe even 3000+ its a good size battery tray
can you use a normal 3s lipo on it if so what mah and c rating do you recomend thanks
How did you break it and which component?
Front suspension arm. Nothing crazy and already have tonnes of spares
Ahhh I'm torn between this and the hyper go Brushless. What should I go for? Both are around the same price, but the hyper go includes the 2s battery instead of 3s. I want to do some skate park bashing, some speedruns (just because :D ) and offroading. It's a bit of a mixed bag. I CAN'T DECIDE PLEASE SEND HELP xD
Anyways great video as always!
I have to hyper go it goes faster and is more of a basher. Two 3s batteries will cost you $30 and a charger is $10. I think it’s deff worth it, it almost seems indestructible
@@jagergerg9771 I already have a 2s lipo, but it's a bit on the larger side. 135mm long. Do you think it'll fit?
@@matthijsvandeweerd301 it comes with two 2s lipos included
I have the hypergo and I launched it 30 feet and nothing broke and I have the 1/16 scale and I also own a traxxas 1/16 erevo and I have snapped A arms multiple times. Hyper Go are built tuff I can say
@@ryebread904 are you running 2s or 3s? And do you have any differential problems?
I just received this car I bought after looking at all the enthusiastic reviews. Sadly the first impressions are not in line with the expectations. In particular I find the throttle response incredibly bad with huge deadzone in both driving and braking directions. Around 50% of the full stroke has no effect and the torque modulation happens in a short amount of travel making fine control impossible.
All my other RC cars are brushed so maybe I'm expecting too much from a cheap brushless esc, but at the moment I'm pretty disappointed.
It's a shame as in every other aspect the car is magnificent and overall quality is better than expected.
Are spares available?
yes! if they are not listed yet they will be soon!
Looks great. It would be nice to hear the price in £'s n pence. Thanks.
45% of my viewers are in the US Steve. Only 13% UK based. Catering to the audience 😎👍
Thanks for sharing does it cog? can you change the receiver?👍
Did you watch the vid? There was a chapter on cogging??!! 😂😂
Yes you can change the receiver
Debating weather to buy one of these or a Mjx 16207, what you do recon?
the MJX! That thing in buggy form on 3s is insanity!
@@beyondRC ok I might look at getting both, I was thinking of pushing to towards the wltoys just because it’s bigger.
This one or the 144010? 🤔
They changed the radio cause of the delay
The v2 transmitters with the blue wheels were perfect. No issues at all.
@@beyondRC dude, dont you remember the vid you did on the 144010? It's not me saying It, you did, and almost every other youtuber as well, you also said It wasnt a deal breaker, you spoke really well about the car, but you did mention the delay "issue" you didnt test the 124016/17 v2 but It was the same, no cogging but a bit of delay, if you dont remember watch your vid again mate, I guess perhaps wltoys are listening more than you guys think and they did changed it
@@lael1236 hahaha well remembered yes I do remember now! Just see the vid again 😂. Just not a fan of the design of the new one. Much larger, don’t like the colours and useless phone holder
@@beyondRC ohh regarding that, let me tell you mate, you are absolutely right!!! I dont really like It, It looks too toyish too childish i dont know, It just doesnt look right, but hey at least they fixed the delay 😅😂 same goes for some of their new body shells, the 18th scale one and the replacement for the 124017 man those graphics are just not good at least in my opinion, on the other hand this thing and the "new" 28th scale the mini zd racing dbx-28 😂😁 are actually really good when It comes to looks
for the money a bargain
for sure!
the new transmitter has more range 150m the hold has only 100m
awesome car
Shame the new transmitter design looks so bad .. old one was nicer
@@beyondRC yes i agree
How much is the how much is it
price is said 2 or 3 times in the video and its even on the thumbnail?
Hey, im the 100th 👍 like.
Thank you :)