AmyHomie Kids Toy Cars

Motor and speed controller didn't work on arrival. Associated took it back and put in new parts, but cost me 60bucks to return. Car is awesome. I should have just sent it back because it never worked out of the box, but my son had already decorated the body. Still drive my 27 y/o RC 10 and psyched my kids are into RC now. This is a super fun vehicle. Goes over almost everything, but way faster than a truck!

Let me start by saying, photographs do not give any sense of scale. You can see how big the body is compared to the wheels but without a comparison beside you you don't know how big this thing is. I have stadium trucks, buggies, and I even had a T-maxx for awhile. This thing looks like an 1/8th scale. Maybe even a 1/7th scale. The only body I've ever seen that was larger was on a 1/5 losi. I have a RC104.2 and the ENTIRE BUGGY could fit INSIDE of this body....Those "little scale wheels" are 3 1/2 inches.......They are LARGER than stadium wheels....yet they look tiny compared to the rest. Add to that the front and rear bumpers, which Offroad RC sorely needs with our tendencies of hitting walls and trees, and it's several inches LONGER than a stadium truck. I don't think this will fit in my GYMN bag I carry my cars in.And yes this monstrous size does add some weight. A pound and a half in fact over the RC10t. And it doesn't get a more powerful motor, but it does get a better speed controller. The SC700 handles up to 4 cell@3300kv or 3 cell @4000kv. It also has something the SC500 in the RC10t and RC10 deosn't, it has throttle profiles. It works like on board traction control. Basically it adjusts how quickly the throttle can go from nothing to full. It doesn't work the same as a slipper which absorbs sudden changes in rpm, or a dual rate which changes sensitivity, or even ATV which changes maximum throw. Instead it's more like putting a shock on the throttle so that no matter how quickly you squeeze the trigger, it only goes in so far per second. It does this electrically.The effect it has is that I ran it with a 3 cell 2200mah pack (which looked like a pin inside a bucket compared to the HUGE battery bay this thing has) and it would NOT wheelie from a stand still. Because the default "soft" acceleration curve limits voltage until it begins moving. However it WILL wheelie if the truck is already moving. What this means is from a dead stop, you nail the throttle. It launches beautifully, then gets faster and faster, and THEN it begins to wheelie if you don't let off the throttle. It works great and should save many tires. I wore my RC104.2 tires out in 2 weeks on the SC500 controller.The good:Can take punishment. I smacked my mailbox post at 15mph and it bounced. No damage.It handles like a real truck and with it's weight it has a lot of momentum, it doesn't slow down much going from concrete to grass.IT looks fantastic. I feel like I got a $500 car for $300.Suspension was VERY smooth. The smoothest shocks I've ever seen, even better than a T-Maxx.The bad:The speed control was loose inside the car. I had to re-stick it. They didn't push hard enough on the servo tape.The antenna tube is full length even though it's 2.4 At least it fits under the body though.The speed controller was un-calibrated out of the box. The car wouldn't run. I had to go through a complicated calibration procedure before the motor would turn.The ugly:oversteeroversteeroversteerIt handles scale meaning that if you go around a sharp corner at 40mph, you're going to roll or skid or spin. Because of the extra weight and long travel this thing NEEDS front and rear sway bars. They should have included them out of the box because without them the truck is nearly uncontrolable on high grip surfaces above 20mph. You start to turn and it just digs in and goes all out into the turn (just like a real car) until you spin out or roll over.I'll post more review when I have more time with it. So far I'm very impressed and glad I got it instead of another stadium truck. It is a different kind of RC than I'm used to. More scale and realistic VS non scale but high performance.****Update one month later****So one month of bashing later how is it holding up and did I get used to it and grow bored?It's holding up but hasn't been problem free. I haven't broken anything major but it needed some work to keep it running. And I still run it almost every day. This quickly became my favorite RC car. It's just so rewarding driving it.Durability: goodI have run this truck HARD. I've back flipped it off ramps, tumbled it, smacked into things, and a whole lot of flipping, cartwheeling, and jumping.Casualties: The speed control has had to be re-servo taped 4 times now....., The power switch got ripped off doing backflips, One mudflap tore in half, and the other one has just a hair of rubber holding it on, The back of the body has a hole worn at one corner from sliding upside down at 30mph. The replacement power switch failed from dirt and shock. It nearly destroyed 1 cheap lipo pack when it didn't cut off fast enough, causing it to swell but still work.What is notable is what hasn't broken, no shocks popped, no towers broken, no suspension arms busted, all of the things that usually break. Just a never ending battle to keep the speed control stuck in place, and body trauma from wheelies, flips, and concrete face plants.I took it to a large parking lot and finally got it's top speed, about 45mph with Bandito tires and stock gearing on a 3 cell 3200 lipo. I think I could get 55 out of it without burning up the engine or affecting it's low speed acceleration much.And finally I love it so much I can't stop and I just purchased it's bigger brother the 8th scale SC8!!!!Finally one negative: It eats grass. The body supports on the sides that hold the sides of the body have a nasty habit of catching grass between them and the body. I even caught a 2 foot stick INSIDE the body.Best $300 I ever spent on this hobby. Thank you AE for making such an awesome truck.

broke the first week, not sure where to take it to get fixed

Very awesome truck. My first short course truck. I have several redcat monster trucks and a few tamiya kits ive built and the suspension on this one is just so sweet buttery smooth. Worth the extra money this thing sticks to the track like nobodies business. The motor is every bit as smooth as the suspension. No cogging whatsoever. The quality of this truck is awesome. I havent found anything i want to change on it yet other than the gearing to run 3s. Thats saying a lot because i never keave anything alone. You will need a battery/charger and some aa batteries for the transmitter. One of the knobs was off the transmitter when i recieved it but it was in the box and i just popped it back on. I cant wait to take this thing racing.

For someone new to the high end of the r/c world, this thing is a blast. Originally purchased for my son (6 at the time), I knew this would be run through its paces.First thing to go (and relatively quickly) was the steering servo. Had to replace within the first 2 days of thrashing. The plastic gear stripped. Then we took a while to destroy more, but it finally took getting caught up on a chain link fence to take out the front arm and bulk head (at full speed mind you). Sat down with my son and did the repairs with relative ease.Since then, it's been jumped, flipped, run through fairly wet situations and it's held up beautifully. There's plenty of room to upgrade and in time, that will happen, but for the money, you get a lot out of this beast of an r/c.

Good overall truck for a rtr put a decent lipo battery and shock springs and it's pretty fast. Only real problem is the servo is junk and isn't all metal gears so it won't last long.

This stadium racer came to me exactly as described. The factory suspension set up was perfect. This thing is FAST! Construction is top shelf. All the components are high quality and very durable. The only negative I can think of is the box came damaged in shipping but everything inside was fine. I would (will!) recommend this to good friends!

Awesome product!!

Possibly the best RC value. I bought mine for $299 plus Tax, Free one day shipping. Arrived the next day. This is the RS or Race Spec so it comes with several Hop Ups such as better rear tires and of course a Brush-less set. The Reedy ESC is a re-branded Hobby Wing. My programmer was able to connect to the ESC and set Timing, punch and the regular items. Found the rear suspension sat flat with a 2S Lipo, even with the cell moved FWD in the tray. For competitive tracks, it would be perfect. The rear coils are Associated Green which are the weakest of the set and there were two fat spacers. I decided to upgrade the coils to one stiffer and remove one spacer. I do not race mine on a track. I live near a huge abandoned construction site which is all sand and dunes. The stock tires would be fantastic on a hard pack surface, but I elected to get a set of Proline Paddles for the back with a 12mm Hub conversion. It literally stands up on its back wheels for as long as you hold the throttle. So much fun and a nice change of pace from the Associated Rival that I use. This Is A GREAT DEAL and a fantastic truck.

Not a very good brushless motor. But switched it out with a castle one. Now its really fast and pretty durable.