RC Rock Crawler RC Truck 4x4 WPL C54-1 RTR 1/16 Scale RC Crawler, Off Road Truck All Terrain with Upgraded Chassis and Shock, 260 Motor New Gearbox, Bumper Roof Rack Hobby Toy Adult

Good toy

Very happy with our purchase!

This is as much a partially built model as it is an RC toy. Comes with a bunch of little detail parts like the roof rack, door handles, snorkel, etc that you're expected to put on yourself. Which I found fun, but others might find annoying. Assembly was pretty easy. The controls ARE incremental, it's not the lame all forward/backward, hard left or right controls you might find in a cheaper unit. RF range is about 150 ft. After that it stops responding reliably. It's not super fast, rather, tuned for its specific role as a true off-road 4wd RC truck. Surprisingly detailed, including the drive train which has long arm suspension with coils, dual drive shafts from the central motor, and a ton of little aesthetic details. Battery life is entirely adequate, with the pack being charged by a proprietary USB cable. Dont lose that. The battery goes under the hood, which I found apt, but it's loose, so you might prefer to use a bit of velcro. The controller takes a pair of double A batteries, and the compartment is in the handle and must be unscrewed using the tiny screwdriver it comes with. I was able to bang around with it at top speed and flip it over without damage, but I can see the small parts perhaps coming off with continued usage, so you might wish to use a dab of glue for each. They stay on fine without. Comes with some spare parts. All that said this isn't a precision high performance toy. The turning radius is pretty big, and while the wheels respond incrementally to steer, they're a tiny bit wobbly and dont steer very far. I'm tempted to 3d print some modifications.

This little 1/16 scale C-54 truck rips it up. It’s fast, agile, climbs well and goes through rocky puddles I’m the mountains. It keeps me busy on my work breaks. I put some other tires on it and it’s even better now!

Easy to assemble, easy to play with. I took it all apart, gave it a quick sand and hit it with some rattle cans and paint thinner for a fun rusty/muddy looking paint job. It was fairly easy to put back together. I’ve taken it outside and played with it in the backyard, built a little obstacle course indoors for it. It can take a beating but I wouldn’t give it to my kid, you can kind of tell it’ll break with crazy abuse a kid would put it through. Battery life is decent, remote function was easy enough to get working.