Has anyone gotten this kit yet?? I am looking at crawlers in the $200ish price range that are RTR, but as I have extra tires, servos, motors, etc, this might be an alternative.

Any thoughts on that guys?? Compared to a RedCat Gen7, an ExceedRC crawler, etc that is RTR what would I be better off doing?

I picked up this kit for my wife, largely for the reasons you posted. My wife wanted a custom body if she was going to enjoy doing driving with me and our son, and I already had all the extras except an extra ESC, which is cheap. The build has been pleasant and the SCX10 ii chassis is very reliable. One major disappointment was that the transmission is not the same as the full kit, so you can't drop a 2 speed conversion into it. Had I known this from the beginning, I would have probably gone a different route. That aside, I'm happy with this because it gives all of the parts for all three major wheelbase options. Her build is going to require the short wheelbase, but it can be swapped for a long wheelbase later with no additional purchases. I can't compare it to the other brands you listed, though, as I've never driven those.

A friend and I both bought our first ever rock crawlers last month, he bought the SCX10.2 and I bought a Gmade Sawback (he had more money). Both kits are pretty good quality but the scx has a better turning circle and a fraction more movement in the chassis, I like the Sawback though as it's unique looking.

We've both started buying useless bling for the cars...

Originally Posted by Skaarj

I picked up this kit for my wife, largely for the reasons you posted. My wife wanted a custom body if she was going to enjoy doing driving with me and our son, and I already had all the extras except an extra ESC, which is cheap. The build has been pleasant and the SCX10 ii chassis is very reliable. One major disappointment was that the transmission is not the same as the full kit, so you can't drop a 2 speed conversion into it. Had I known this from the beginning, I would have probably gone a different route. That aside, I'm happy with this because it gives all of the parts for all three major wheelbase options. Her build is going to require the short wheelbase, but it can be swapped for a long wheelbase later with no additional purchases. I can't compare it to the other brands you listed, though, as I've never driven those.

Cool! It is surprising about the transmission...wonder why they did that?

Only issue I've really seen about the kit is it uses plastic body shocks...how do those look?

Originally Posted by Coopz

A friend and I both bought our first ever rock crawlers last month, he bought the SCX10.2 and I bought a Gmade Sawback (he had more money). Both kits are pretty good quality but the scx has a better turning circle and a fraction more movement in the chassis, I like the Sawback though as it's unique looking.

We've both started buying useless bling for the cars...

Sweet! The Sawback looks really nice, is that the open cockpit one?

As far as useless bling, that's half the fun I've seen guys on FB with well over $1k in a 1/10 scaler crawler. Can't imagine that much money in one rig!!

Originally Posted by Panhead5496

Cool! It is surprising about the transmission...wonder why they did that?

Only issue I've really seen about the kit is it uses plastic body shocks...how do those look?



Sweet! The Sawback looks really nice, is that the open cockpit one?

As far as useless bling, that's half the fun I've seen guys on FB with well over $1k in a 1/10 scaler crawler. Can't imagine that much money in one rig!!

Yeah my friend has easily spent over a grand on his SCX10.2. All the alloy upgrades and extras even though he rarely drives it and these things are all pretty tough out of the box and generally only potter along at walking speed.

I scored the open cockpit Sawback, goes well just needs some bigger wheels.

Yeah it's crazy the money people put into something that goes like 10 mph

The Sawback looks awesome, I like those wheels/tires you have on there. Are they stock? If so then they look pretty scale, if not then good choice!

I don't believe the Sawbacks are as popular over here in the US; don't see much about them compared to the Axials. It looks really cool though, my GI Joes would love the open cockpit