Matt and Josh need to do a WPL budget build off!

“I DECLARE BAAAAANKRUPCYYYY!” - Michael Scott

Hi Josh, can you please cover the Sparc Drive SA10 axles in next week's news or separately. These seem to be very interesting from an engineering and control point of view. Cheers and keep up the great work.

Most expensive item I've bought was the plane ticket to last year's Axialfest West from Europe. It was worth it. The ticket, rental car, BnB and groceries for the rest of that week together were cheaper. 2nd is a close call between a Castle Mamba X ESC or a Spektrum DX5C radio.

That’s a hell of a shirt buddy!

Thanks, Josh for keeping the scale news. Update going seriously look forward to this every Tuesday. Actually makes a good chunk of my week good

Love the builders kits from vanquish 💯

I've died 3 times this week at work, we are not OK send gatorade

Great show Josh. In a moment of madness I dropped $700 on a Futaba radio a couple years ago.

H Tech has some awesome wheels & parts for the Redcat Ascent & Fusion as well. I had a good experience dealing with them.

16:02 _What is the most expensive RC item you've bought that wasn't a complete car?_ Capo SIXE1 Samurai roof rack + add-ons and rear bumper + add-ons. Roof rack consists of mounting posts + rack + light bar + halogen roof lights + light turning arm + awning - each sold separately. All of these items, except for the awning are unique and not usable elsewhere. Back rack consists of rear bumper + trailer hitch + license plate mount + swinging spare tire and jerry can rack + spare tire + jerry can - again, each sold separately. The hitch, and the back rack are only compatible with this particular bumper and can't be used elsewhere.

John does it right, old school advertising by word of mouth, one does not have to be in the hobby long, eventually the word "HOLMES HOBBY " will be all it takes plus he can keep them dollar's that would be advertising to make the true quality stuff he does! Much respect to John !!

Shapeways is a Dutch company originaly. The Dutch part is already bancrupt. Now the US part is facing the same. Shapeways once was a Philips company. What is interesting is that the original founders that left Shapeways over 10 years ago. I read that they did a attempt to save Shapeways from bankruptcy by trying to buy Shapeways. But there was not enough time. It is a shame as also I have a Shapeways store. But prices went up too much.

Very excited to see what Mr Holmes has been workin on

When is Vanquishfest?

I love how you explain WPL. It fits so well.

Waiting for a gearbox made from Unobtainium...🤠

I've been having a blast going out and mapping spots near me for RCMap. Def a fun community activity!

not really a single part, but set of KMC wheels, proline insert's, krawlers, trencher rings, hubs, brass rings for front, scale hardware, vp tools for the hardware, scale centercaps and lockouts, all in one purchase, youch!

This TOF is great for bathroom Facebook reading and watching marketplace. Some kids need these things like air.

Installed a solid gold steering wheel in my Wild Willy, set me back 1759.00, it's now worth 4623.00🤑

Holmes already talked about working on small scale motors in a recent video.

Hey it's my Tuesday tradition! Watch Scale News Update while I procrastinate on taking the trash cans down to the road.

225 comments and no one noticed or mentioned the McFarland Fab shirt?? 👊 respect!! Hell Yea Brother!!!

I think my Futaba radio is my single most expensive RC non-rig item. SO WORTH IT. Much more comfortable, and much more control than RTR and cheap radios offer. Plus the tune-ability right from the radio is great.

Yes, you can still pay for a part from Shapeways. I ordered an H10 grille on 6/30. I'm in the process of filing a chargeback now.

John Holmes is the man , I’m not much of a crawler but I try to support him much as possible 🎉

The most expensive thing ive bought for my crawler is probably the Vanquish wheels, lol

Man these purple riot’s are absolutely fantastic!! Look great with the delta rings. Was hoping for a kit, but I got another blue fordyce which I’m cool with, I’ll find something to stuff in!!! Probably a fourth buggy!!!🤣😉Thank the girls and guys for another great promotion

We need a portal builder's kit

Watching sweat your a$$ off in the garage at night was worth the sub price. 😂 I appreciate what you do for us Josh.

Those machined aluminum body panels for the H10 are sweet definitely worth it as soon as the H10 comes out as a kit I’ll get me those panels!!!

I like this channel, I never feel like the same old “you’re not going to keep up with the hobby if yo don’t ungrade……..”. This is just a fun channel with no pressure to be cool.

It is so hard for creators to sell independently, the places that support that really take their cut and the profit goes bye bye. So if the company makes money, the creators don't, or charge too much and can't sell anything.

The new spektrum release will be a game changer, for every RC enthusiast!!

Most expensive single item I've purchased was probably a Castle XLX2/2028 1100kv combo for my XMaxx, and in close 2nd a full set of front and rear tandem true dually machined aluminum wheels from H-Tech for my TRX6 Hauler.

$60 on a single rear driveshaft for a 6th scale Savage X conversion. Had it overnighted to a hotel I was staying at for work.

I spent close to $400 for my motor/esc setup

I spent 110 on a reefs servo for my Redcat. Thankfully I haven’t needed to spend more than that!

I support the idea of a WPL build-off. Make the D14 a crawler. Was looking into going to Axialfest and then realized you have to bring Axial trucks only. Dang it! I'd love a CJ-7 but not enough to buy once just so I can go LOL. I think the most expensive single item I've bought is a Traxxas Velineon VXL-6s system for my E-Maxx. And although it's been fine, most people say I shouldn't have.

I enjoy racing 1/8 scale nitro pro buggies. I do not however enjoy the expense. I have spent close to $750.00 on just a Reds racing nitro engine. It costs anywhere from $50 to $200 each week to stay competitive in the nitro world. Thank you for the content. I look forward to it each week.

Most expensive single item probably was my Futaba 4PV. It’s a great radio.

Super Shafty Chupa Capra chassis. That thing is pricy. But I love it. It’s a great piece. 👍

Well I’ve been a mountain biker for over 30 years & people would ask me how much my bikes cost & I would always say I do really know because I build them by picking all my own parts & frame but they where both over 10k & just the forks alone would be around $1000 & wheelset around the same so to me the prices in comparison are much cheaper but now that I’ve been in RC some of the prices mostly for RTR’s have had ridiculous prices nearing $600 & I’m talking specifically about crawlers that come completely stock with stock electronics not one aftermarket part.

Technically it's 2 items but I just bought a Max 4 650kv Hobbywing combo for a M2C Mega Kraton build. It was nearly $900 tax and all. It's the most I've spent for anything that isn't a complete vehicle.

It’s either my set of super shafts Capra axles or my R2 chassis are my most expensive things I can think of! Thanks for the news Josh!

Over $100 for each electronics, body, wheels and tires has become the norm for me so I would have to say this year it’s my 2 artful dodgers chassis. But the years still young

That’s unfortunate, I really enjoyed using shapeways

The reefs beast 2000 servo for my scx6 is prob the single biggest part purchase next to that prob a few 8s castle motor/esc combos

Futaba 10px. Definitely the single most expensive thing I’ve bought.

$200 on a battery charger is my most expensive single item that wasn't a RC (SCX6 if u were wondering), but for 4 channel 400w ac /1000w dc charger $200 was well worth it

Biggest RC purchase not a full car would be my UC Fab JHF moonbuggy

Vanquish Josh should tell SNU Harley when the drops will be!

Axialfest Badlands is by far my favorite thing I do every year. I hope to make it to Axialfest West one of these years

Most expensive non-car/truck/boat (have to mention boats, since I have quite a few) purchase would be my Futaba 7PX (which was purchased shortly after the very first price-drop. However, since I'm sure you're more interested in things other than radios..... The most expensive non-car AND non-radio purchase is a toss-up between a 1-piece body panel for an Axial CAPRA (which I competed with at Scale Nationals 2021 (officially 2020, but 'postponed', for to the pandemic), and a set of machined axles from Vitavon Racing for my Axial Ryft (toss-up, because I can't remember which actually cost more). I won't go into any details of the axles, as they're very self-explanatory...but, as for the CAPRA body panel, that's an interesting story behind it. There's a small one-person business known for producing limited quantities of hand-formed aluminum body panels & body panel sets for various RCs (mostly crawlers, but a few non-crawlers). Like most small businesses, once he comes up with a design idea, he makes a prototype. This is partly done to have a physical representation of the idea, but is mostly to determine the amount of time involved in producing each unit, and to determine whether a profit is realistically viable. For designs he determines can be profitable, he typically produces as few as 25, and as many as 100...but For those few designs that E determines would not be profitable, the prototype ends up being the only one produced. The majority of the time, he destroys the prototype (too many takes up too much space)...but, on occasion, if you really likes the design, he keeps the prototype to add to his personal collection. I can't remember if it was 2019, or 2020, but, in a video for a couple of his new designs that he would be offering, I happen to notice a CAPRA in the background, with this incredibly unique single panel body...so, I emailed him to inquire about it. He told me that it was a one-off prototype that he had decided not to produce, but he loves it so much that he kept it for his own collection. It took a bit of convincing, as well as several back-and-forth emails, but I did finally convince him to sell it to me. The price was definitely higher than one might expect...but, considering it was a one of a kind, I felt the expense well worth it.

Can we get more portal truck options on the trucks of freedom. Really don't want another straight axle...

Most expensive item was probably a Supershafty CP44 axle housing set 😁

My single most expensive item (not including pairs of wheels or axles) is probably the RC4WD Warn 8274 winch - $100 for essentially a cosmetic accessory, but it is exquisite!

Dx5 rugged is my most expensive purchase after that it would be spectrum 2in1 or VP 3 gear trans with Dig.

Most expensive independent items that I bought was the first gen rugged that is a piece of s*** and spectrum would not warranty and I still have it as a shelf Queen to remind me never to buy anything from those assholes ever again

Some super SICK parts, upgrades, updates, etc will be available for the h10 soon and im pumped!

$250 for aluminum body is crazy. I paid $350 for aluminum cnc udr chassis.

I think the most expensive single item I bought was a Flysky FS i4 $50 Transmitter.

Most expensive one was the ucfab moon buggy chassis..

Most Expensive was the Organizing Cabinets for all of the parts, tools, and junk's that go with the Hobby Room LMBO 😂 ✌🤠👍 HFLPRCing =Having Fun Laughing Playing and RCing 👍😎👍 AOAH =Association of Addicted Hobbiest 🙏 SSPH =Stay Safe and Play Healthy 🌟 Blessings from the Great Smoky Mountains East Tennessee

Spent almost 300 on a set of discontinued vanquish wheels a few years back.

Htech wheels for my Cen Racing F450

Yours has to be something like the ripper? they are crazy expensive 👍🦅

For me so since I'm Super broke was the hobbywing 2-1 brushless motor and esc pro and I had to it in payments lol

Most expensive... A replacement body. It seems that if it's a kit or RTR, the body is about 50 % if the total cost.

Most expensive thing I bought was a ucfab moon buggy chassis

Sucks about shapeways. I hate spektrum stuff.. wpl’s are highly detailed models you can drive.. most expensive thing I spent money on was the RC HOBBY 😂

I get you need the plugs to promote your channel. But now you have more plugs then updates. I would rather hear about the updates 🤷‍♀️

Yup, bought a t10px out of Japan and saved $$$$, still the single most expensive item outside of kits/rtrs/ToF/WoF…

Even for 300 I would buy aluminum optic panels if vanquish made them I think the most I’ve spent was converting my phenix portal to straight axle and aluminum and then I bought all the bits to change the body to a origin and I purchased vanquish wheels with skarn headlock rings and scale hardware plus I put taking electronics in it and reefs 400 for shift servos

i just bought vanquish rock jock ar60 axle i love them so far

Josh you know how easy it is to spend a lot of money on Vanquish parts. SCX10 II portal axles by VP were $500. I think they are $600 plus now. But I can’t stand cheap parts/upgrades.

Ripper (#94) was the most spent as incomplete item

One of the Shapeways board members just got to the office from yoga... or whatever

I wish rcmapio had to have places to run your buggies.And unroad cars and bashers.

I miss the new rc release count like last year 😢

I won't buy another spectrum or futaba product ever again! Noble all the way!! Affordable and works better than anything else I've used period!

@cliffmccrawl has great body parts for the h10

First thing that comes to mind is 125 bucks for a transponder.

Had to be a castle creations crawler combo for my tf2

most expensive? either a servo for the scx 6 or… the traxxas traxx. both are pretty close

Dlux NOD2 transmission would be my most expensive purchase for a build....

An m11 aerotronics radio with 2.4 gig module and came with 2 receivers was 499.99 if I remember right I could be wrong

Because of Matt I bought a Cricut. I still haven’t used it because i don’t a place to put it 🤦🏼

most expensive is tied between a DMG tube buggy chassis and the CF Sugga body

Not the most expensive but $200 for a set of front axle shafts is the craziest thing that pops in my head... broke in a few runs. Them thangs was Super³⁰⁰!!!

Nitro motor's back in the day were close to 400. Novarossi P5 ftw.. recently would probably be radio. A full race setup back in the early 2000s for 1/8 nitro buggy would run close to 2500.... so much fun though. and worth every penny

Like button energized algorithms agitated. Have a good week folks.

I love building the most especially with vanquish parts

Most expensive purchase was putting Vanquish axles on all 3 of my leaf rigs

It sucks about shapeways I have an order that was just about to ship and now I’ll probably be out the money and not be able to get any of the items I ordered

I'm pretty sure they will still take your money. Greed kills business.

SpecRC wheels are realllly expensive to get to Australia!

Current record is $259 (I think that’s what they run?) on a dx5 rugged but before the summer is out that will be dethroned when I spend $400 to have my bittydesign destroyer body painted to be the gymkhana 10 hoonicorn

Hard pressed, but I think that would be my radio... But could easily be my last Nitro motor too...