Talk:Traxxas/Archives/2014

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traxxas first started their campaign of evil and destruction in the year 1966. The heasquaters was in okinawa japan. This japanese company then moved to america for one purpose: to annoy americans and then the world. They began making such anoying products like the traxxas mud tracker which was basicly a push bike with big wheels, and an engine, which constantly fell apart. This was a good attempt at their goal, but it just wasnt good enough. They are an american country which began building a range of minature monster trucks in a 1/10 scale such as the t-maxx, along with some others. These are still on the market today, and they constantly fall apart meaning you have to buy new bits which are "stronger" and more expensive. These also can break. (This statement is pure fact and I have never known of anyone with this kind of knowledge on the Traxxas company)

                   ~Stephen~

It's true that the vehicles benifit from shinier aftermarket parts, but using the stock replacements is more than adquate to keep the vehicle falling apart. Hobby level RC cars should be viewed in the same light as full size off-road trucks and buggies. They can survive much harder abuse, relatively, than their real-world counterparts, so long as you have all the spare parts in the world on hand at all times. They should not be expected to survive speeds over 5mph common to toys from companies like hot wheels. You get speed (more than enough to beat your pet tortoise in a race), performance, and maintainability as trade-off for durability and high cost.

                   ~Justin~

Keep subjective comments (and the high-school dropouts that post them) out of Wikipedia

Just found the comment "the best car traxxas ever made" stuck in this article, amongst half a dozen other subjective additions that have no place in a Wiki (much like the smart-ass jerks that are commenting in this discussion area in one big paragraph of lowecase letters).

Someone please clean this page up - AND keep a copy of it on hand to re-post once the crew of juvenile morons get to it again.

Blatant POV

Can't belive I actually read this but before I edited it this article said:

"Their nitro powered models have better performance, and compete better against other manufacturers."

Anyone actually involved in the hobby will know this is completly untrue and is at the very least an issue of hot debate, including it in the arcticle as fact is out of order.

This is a Ford -vs- Chevy debate.

External links

I don't get why links just get removed without any consent. Wedginator.com is a legit site with a lot of pictures and information on traxxas trucks. Especially on the Jato, T-Maxx and Revo. Just check out the picture galleries. There are so many tutorials which makes the information very useful. Wedginator 23:42, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Please read WP:EL. --Ronz 01:48, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I did read that section. Here's what I found that should be linked: "Articles about any organization, person, web site, or other entity should link to the official site if any. An article about a book, a musical score, or some other media should link to a site hosting a copy of the work if none of the "Links normally to be avoided" criteria apply. Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks) or other reasons. Sites with other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article, such as reviews and interviews."

I beleive the websites that are on the article now follow all those guidelines so it should stay. Wedginator 01:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I suggest it might be best if you take a wikibreak and reread the relevant policies that multiple editors have encouraged you to read, especially WP:COI and WP:SPAM. --Ronz 02:01, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 05:05, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Traxxas is not bad!

Traxxas nitro models have som issues, but the E-Maxx is a very reliable and fun electric! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.161.146.1 (talk) 02:54, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Poor recent edits.

Some of the recent edits to this article have been very poor, so I undid most of them. One edit incorrectly changed "S-Maxx" to "e-maxx". Other edits added random uncited information with frequent spelling and grammar errors such as this "The Stampede was first introduced in 1994 and is "Traxxas the secont one traxxas stampede xl-5 was made in 2006. 2wd 1/10 scale monster truck." and this "This vehicle was available as an electric model only the traxxas spirit was ,made in 1996 or 12 yaes ago from 2009 and only 5 wher ever made". I also removed the Return to shore explanation because of it's poor spelling and grammar and the fact that there is already an explanation on how it works further down the page.

If you are going to edit the page then please make sure to use correct spelling and grammar, use citations, especially on statistics, and make sure your information makes sense compared to the rest of the article. Thanks. Splew (talk) 00:03, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Traxxas Is a Great Company That makes Affordable Hobby Grade Vehicles

I have been in this Radio Controlled Hobby since 1991.In this time I have had literally hundreds of vehicles ranging from Nitro and Electric,Traxxas Team Associated,Team Losi,Kyosho and many others.I have had the best luck and fun with Traxxas Models.True,any Nitro Models give this hobby a bad reputation because of the lack of knowledge from those who go out and buy them(because of the speed and noise) and have no experience with them.They are temperamental,Hard to work on,expensive,Dirty and noisy.However,with time to learn about them they can be very fun but time consuming,It doesn't matter what brand.

           Traxxas' current most popular model the Short Course "Slash" has started a new class of racing and has somewhat boosted our economy by the inexpensive "out of the box" racing it provides.Anyone can go purchase these trucks and go racing without the worry of "who has the most money" to have a competitive vehicle. I own 2 of these trucks and they are inexpensive($200) as tough as nails,easy to work on.Not to mention the plethora of upgrades readily available to make the truck tougher and faster if that's possible.

                                   Traxxas has also Sponsored the "TORC" Series.Which if you look at the big picture has created countless jobs for where ever they hold events,Give young and old a place to have fun and show all who attend that Radio Controlled Vehicles are fun and easy given they purchase one within their skill level,which will boost our local economy by buying from their local vendors and and possibly supporting a Hobby Store and or a local track.In My Opinion Traxxas is a Far cry from what they were a few years ago and their models will speak for themselves,if you purchase within your skill level and Pocket Book.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by BrushlessWonder (talk • contribs) 04:13, 30 October 2009 (UTC) 

Traxxas do aircraft now

Small ones that is. So I've added a section on them, and a sentence to the history section.

There was a minor issue at the end of last year when Traxxas seemed to be denying that its QR-1 quad was sourced from a manufacturer in China, Hubsan. This may still be an issue in the US, where Traxxas is virtually the only source of the particular palm-sized quadcopter in question, so its QR-1 will be tthe only version most people see.

But numerous OEM'ed versions are now available in the UK, Germany, Japan and just about everywhere else under a variety of different names, including that of Hubsan. So the idea that Traxxas invented this one out of its own Texan head is now effectively dead.

Since the parts are interchangable I would think it in the interests of users to accept they are all the same thing. So if you break your Traxxas quad in Germany you'll know you can probably get bits from anyone stocking the CARSON x4 Micro Quadcopter.

Istobe (talk) 04:04, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

References are a mess

I've noticed that almost all the references on the article itself are now broken, because Traxxas has re-organised its site. This isn't a complete disaster, since you at least get to the site, albeit at the error page. But if someone with bountiful energy feels like fixing the links it would improve the article.

Since almost every link currently goes to the Traxxas site, do we need so many of them? Perhaps half a dozen links to the official site is enough - rather than 60, this time done in the correct Wikipedia format. What's really missing is evidence of what other independent sources say about Traxxas.

Istobe (talk) 04:04, 6 June 2013 (UTC)