Nice looking truck, but that bouncy bed. Yikes! I would also like to have seen it run at the same size as the Knightrunner. Even if they didn't sell a ton of trucks, they would probably sell a buttload of grilles, light buckets, and tailgate latches!

Dude xt60 and a programmable esc. Metal 4 link and servo on chassis. This is a heck of a truck.

That flimsy bed looks hilarious 😅 I really like the body design, but it's a brave step to release that nearly a year after the element knightrunner 🤔

Thanks for the review Matt! Nice to see FMS stepping it up in the micro segment of our hobby! Great option for those interested in the monster truck offering! Glad to see that you are chuffed with this one!

Licensed ducks at the end of the video. Thank you mother nature 👍

At ~$50 for the unpainted body; this could be an extremely nice option for a class 1 build. Got me thinking now.

Great review Matt. Carisma really knocked it out of the park with this one. I've been following this company for years and they have made some great progress. I've been using their ESCs in a few of my trucks. The owner, Ivan is a stand up guy. He really knows customer service. -Matt

Thanks for the straightforward review! Was really stoked to see the body yesterday but yea not so stoked on the same chassis design…

Matt, I love your honest reviews and beautiful running video. This is a cool looking rig and a decent price. The floppy bed reminds me of the rusted out trucks here in Wisconsin, so it will end up like most of the trucks here, flatbed.

Saw omgrc video on this yesterday, good to see it run! Nice rig… Bed bouncing around is definitely ahhh!

this body looks great, and that's a huge bonus having a program card for the esc. good truck for a rtr.

Love the weekend post, makes me so happy. Love the content too, keep being great

Good looking, good place to start, good features, and a great price for everything! I will be looking into one of these soon. The bouncy bed should be an easy fix. I have a few crawlers and have been thinking about getting a trail truck. There's a few things that I would upgrade, but run it stock for a while. Maybe until the axles break. Thanks for another great video!

Wow, nice. Worth looking into for sure.

Links over IFS may not be true to stock, but there are an absolute ton of aftermarket options for putting solid axles on a Taco. Overall, looks like a pretty solid kit, particularly if you're after a licensed Taco body.

Sweet , this is good release , the body will look awesome on the Base Camp !

There’s your next bumper sticker there Matt….. “if you’re an expert like me, stick it in 3” lol

Liking the looks of that truck

I can’t wait for the modifications upload

Great video Matt. Pretty good looking truck. You? I have two of the 76 ford carisma bodies. They are about 11th Scale. They look good just scaled differently than most of my other trucks.

*Great trucks, natural studios, great music~~!!! That's awesome! Thank you for the great video!~~~^^*

thanks for another great video 👍 can't wait to see what you do to it.

Really cool looking Tacoma, and honestly nice price point for a truck to build. That bed definitely needs some attention though, but overall not bad for the price.

Love the ducks!

If you open the receiver box, there is closed cell foam inside against the wires where they enter the box, to seal the hole. I wouldn't submerge it in water for long, but it seems to work fine for typical stream crossings.

I'm a hardcore "scaler" I run two beds and no cab. But this would look nice beside the true 1/10 CEN Fords. Although those being so big they look good beside most trucks.

Good morning Matt. Good video dude. Like button selected.

Thank's Matthew for the review, I like my Carisma Ford F-150 in Blue but it is a Trail Truck with a few weighted wheel's and tires it helps to keep it planted but still just a Trail Truck 💯 I think Carisma is far behind the designing of today's game... ✌🤠👍 Having Fun Laughing Playing and RCing 🙏 Stay Safe and Play Healthy My Friend 💯❣️

So nice! Can't wait to see a 4runner

Wasn’t expecting a licensed taco from carisma! The jiggly bed is a bit funky lol

I just bought a new Tacoma and don't know that I would say I need this but they would look pretty sweet together 🤣😁

I actually like it, fix the bed add some aluminum wheels maybe an lift it alittle. It's got a pre runner stance stock also but I dig the lights. There's gotta be a way to remove the reverse lights though. I'd buy it if I wanted a nice yota. It's got potential but that system would be swapped out

Cool with the new light buckets matching the light trim BUT yeah the bed Definitely needs extra support. I Agree on NO inner fenders and still using CLIPS. This SHOULD BE a thing of the past. Overall nice truck truck. I be waiting on the body only. 👍

Inner fenders! Yes please! 🤞For the price point for sure! Those bulky axles ruin it for me every time though! I have the V1 coyote and have done a ton of upgrades and it’s still my least favorite rig. 😥 usually nice bodies but that bed flopping all over is disappointing. Thanks for the in depth review and run!

I've got the Ford truck with the 12.8" wb. Mine is tricked out with Holmes hobby motor and esc. It out climbs my trx4 and scx102. It's my favorite. I love going to crawler meets cause no one else has one.

Programable ESC with program box is a nice touch. Floppy bed looks weird, but if you install the bumpers that would probably fix that. Wipers can be had, but it would have been nice if they had included them. I like that the body is true 1/10 scale, I wish other manufacturers would do the same ( in the real world most smaller truck's tires stick out a little). The chassis twist looks a little odd, but I think it may actually help get over obstacles.

I'd like to see a further build on this truck. Maybe take off the droopy bed and add a Honcho style rear cage. I wonder if the honcho cage would fit this truck. Switch the always on backup lights to be front fog lights. Add functioning backup lights. Install a better transmitter and Receiver combo that looks less toy like and has more features. Are there metal axles that would work with this truck?

I'd love to have one of these.

Body looks pretty dang good! 2 piece design is awesome. Would love to tinker with an overland bed 3D printed. Similar to what they do with the land cruiser trucks in Australia!

You forgot to mention an important update, the counter rotating drive shafts. lol Thats some bad body sag in the back, I would have to address that. Over all pretty nice.

Here in Europe we can get a Carson X class Mercedes Pickup (Carisma Chassis) from TV /Radio Discounter for 99 Euro. A terribel 2 in one ESC /Reciever and a street 16T Motor ,some cheap AT tires .I change slightly ESC /Motor Transmitter and some RTR MT wheels .Damned this truck surprise me now every weekend .No prob go with the trail truck bros and sometimes i lead the group or outperform the other trucks in extreme steep hill climbs.I think a very cappabel chassis!

I love Carissa body's I use them a lot but the Rig it's self is just ok

That's not bad, esp. for the money. I do want to see them come up with something to properly support the box though.

Last thing for the (Tacoma) truck, it needs a metal bracket or plastc rod to stop the bed from floping around, othewise it will be cut in half, draging to the ground.🤔 I'm sticking with (Knightrunner) for now.😁

Looks so sexy. But I’ve basically done the same TRD Pro treatment already to my KR. -and no floppy bed! Haha. Great overview as usual Matt!

Aside from the floppy bed, it is a pretty decent looking truck. The market could definitely use a little more budget competition.

This is so cool. I wish they had a GEN two to match my truck.

Nice body details butt a bit smaller than the Proline 2015 TRD, or the Element Night Runner, I'm putting the Proline body on an axial scx10ii raw builders kit, great review Matt thank's for sharing 😉👍

Nice looking truck but the first fix would have to be that floppy butt end! So glad the bumper with the hitch fastens to the chassis imaging towing and yanking the bed off! 🤣🤣🤣

Good value

Lol that's a solid truck bed there, bouncing as it drives lmao.

Nice truck. I just get distracted by the flopping rearend

nice n great video sir thx 👍🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Yes Yes Yes. I believe Carisma is a Korean company. I have the Coyote 2.1 which is the same exact chassis & I got mine with the esc 2 with controller just like what you have. I took it out & first time the driveshaft end pin & spring popped off within 30 min. & the driveshaft was dragging & only had front wheel drive. I contacted Carisma the same day & my new crawler sat for about a month before they sent me the parts. I looked myself & didn’t find any in stock anywhere so yes parts are not always available. Turns out Carisma knows this is a issue & said people where putting shrink wrap on that area so it doesn’t pop off. I used a little hot glue & seems to be working. I didn’t have very kind words for them at that point. But I put the stock wheels off my Sendero on it & im telling you it changed the performance like you wouldn’t believe. I’ve been running it for awhile now & it’s performance is amazing at that price & it’ll out perform some of my more expensive crawlers. I’m now a fan based on performance with some mods & have the stock electronics still in it. If I do get this RC it’ll be my second Carisma crawler & I’ll look at getting some bigger metal bead locks with that same type & look wheel. I’ve seen many that look very similar. Once you do that it’s on. Get the extra pin & spring kit now other then that nothing but smiles.

nice tacoma do love that my knightruner tacoma did fit my trx4 defender chassis quit well, but now i want to see nother awsome review about the 4runner element plz!

Great video👍And cmon traxxas lol if carisma can do a clear window so can you.

Guess you can use that Tamiya plug-adapter-splitter-thingy that you got in the RC4WD box.. 🤔 The butts a little to jiggly for me but not bad looking.

I can’t believe you said yes.

I have the van and put class 1 hyrax on it and hh motor and isdt esc and rock crawl that it is awesome for a van so think this toyota ish should do fine love the vids and the lives with harley

They should make it with front independent suspension.

Dude! Go, RIGHT NOW, and flip your chair over and squirter some shock oil on that thing. Plz. It's been going on too long now. ...... Very good, in depth review. Great job.

I'd try to scale the KnightCustoms Knightrunner or Metric stuff to make it fit the body. Shouldn't be too hard to do.

I am pretty new in your channel and let me tell you that you are awesome. Great quality content and videos. I have a quick question: That Toyota will works with Spektrum stuff (motor and ESC). Thank you so much.

Crawlers are the only type of RC I’d by as an off-shoot brand. You’re less likely to break a crawler down the road unlike some speed demon RC vehicles.

Just ordered mine rn 😂

Careful Ducks can fly too, Matt.

😅Can it go brushless and high lifted!😆 👍Good review.😉

That's a sweet looking rig but I'd have to stiffen up that bed. The way it's bouncing around in the video just looks wonky to me. Outside of that though it's pretty Sharp.

I think that body on a scx3 basecamp is going to look freakin awesomesauce 🔥🤙. Really want it to fit right and work out 🙏🤞.

Dude that bed hops like a Lincoln with blown airbags! Great looking truck though.

This just reminds me The knight runner should of had the stock bumper . Dumb reason, but only reason why I never bought one. I want to look like my Trd or I don’t want it lol.

Well, I got some doubts about it, the body rear end seems a problem, the tires another problem.. just for trail routes maybe... not so sure!

Interested if optional rear bumper option fixes the bed bounce.

Wow.cool🤘🤘🤘

Thanks for giving Carisma a shot they're definitely a good starter truck with a few upgrades they go where all the bigger brand go .

Interesting that they chose to go with decals from the 79-83 hilux

Thanks ! A nice looking body for sure. What's the wheelbase ?

do u think the SCA 1e body fits on the Defender same wheelbase i think 12.8 correct me if im wrong thanks for looking great content all the time

Is there anything on the back half of the chassis to make it's rear end not to droop and bounce? In some cases droop and bounce is good, in a RC car, not so much.

TMFM! Aside from the color, it looks JUST like mine. I wonder if there’s a way to deal with that floppy bed. Psyched to see all the ESC features including the program module. Man, just when I was trying to save money.

Really nice looking truck, Shame about the bed and how much bounce it has in it. Shame about how much the wheels poke out but overall a really nice choice and True RTR is a nice touch for a starter truck. Odd question noticed the fuel filler cap on the sticker sheet is there one on already on the truck?

Did Matt ever say whether he thought that adding the rear bumper would help that bed flex?

What is going on with the tail lights? They look weird, and extend behind the tailgate. They are also angeld inwards?

Need something making on rear of chassie for the bed too rest on so it's not so wobbly.. But I do love the sca-1e I have the original range rover builders kit and iv got it places much more expensive have gone

That’s what she said !!

would be nice if Carisma made their bodies a slightly larger scale, this Tacoma and the Ford F150 bodies look great only they look like toys with the wheels hanging right out.

Looks killer but that bed bounce,ugh!

GET some

Pretty nice rig, the only possible deal breaker is that wobbly bed. Will mounting up that hard plactic rear bumper fix that??

Always been curious of a Carisma rig and this video definitely caught my eye. Has some nice features being licensed, decently priced, having TRD wheels, and working lights. But that bed bouncing, really cheap radio system, average at most tires, non water proof receiver box, plastic steering arm and a few other issues makes me pass on this truck. Some issues are bigger than others but they all add up. Nice looking rig but not for me. Look forward to seeing the crazy builds other people do with this truck though

Properly molded inner fenders for the rear could be used to stabilize the bouncy bed. Hopefully they create the option part and kill both birds. Watching that thing bounce in the video is distracting. It makes the rig look like it has busted bed mounts😄

What about the other Yota body shown in the video

I feel like the bed should be a pretty easy fix, otherwise looks like a neat lil rig,

I think they did a fantastic job with the body. Sure it has some dated stuff. But I mean... they put strength in some good places. I think this has lots of potential. Great review man.

The rear taillights are crooked. lol The bed shakes too!!

How did you change yours to liPo? I can’t figure out how to use the mpg1 card. This is my first Rc and I’m struggling over here, could use some help!

That floppy bed haha but good looking

i was wondering, are the headlight and taillight buckets on this Carisma Tacoma able to be installed on my Element RC Knightrunner ?

Looking at one of these instead of the Traxxas high trail, because F Traxxas. Would you go with one of these or an SCX-10 ? Redcat?

How small is the tailgate latch vs. the latch sticker on the Knightrunner? If it's close enough, I'll likely buy one to replace the cheesy sticker on my Knightrunner.