Team Associated Trophy Rat RTR 1/10 Electric 2WD Brushless Truck w/2.4GHz Radio

This was our first foray into a hobby grade car and it's been great. Drivable right out of the box, but I did buy some shock caps with bleed screws and re-oiled and bled the shocks, significant improvement. The gear mesh is also set too tight. That is a very easy fix. The brake lights pop out sometimes but are easy to pop back in. Note that this is the same vehicle as the ProSC10 and the DB10 desert buggy. The box comes with a bumper that will only fit if you're using the DB10 or ProSC10 body. With the trophy rat body, you can't use the bumper and that means it's a little more vulnerable than most other cars. IF you are primarily going to be driving on a typical grass lawn, you should look elsewhere. Too low of ground clearance and the 2WD struggles. It's a ton of fun on poor-grass fields, pavement, dirt, etc. It's been very rugged but I did break a suspension arm at 30mph into a curb, but that's not the car's fault. Buy this for the awesome body alone!

This is my current favorite 2wd truck by a big margin. It handles great, it’s fast right out of the box, and it’s a beast on 3S. It’s nice to have something a little different than the standard SC truck clones for a change. That super cool rat rod body comes at a price though, and that is zero front impact protection. On my first hard hit (ok, it was a REALLY hard hit) I shattered the front shock tower, top plate, and ripped the hinge pins right out the sides of the bulkhead. Ouch. And that’s when I found out how few upgrade parts exist for this ProSC10/DB10/Rat platform. I was able to find an aluminum bulkhead, but not a front shock tower or top plate. I can’t even find aluminum lower arms. I’ve been told that many B5/B5M parts fit but I can’t confirm this. Associated has apparently even discontinued most of their Factory Team “hard” parts. Why?!? While you can build an entire Slash out of a hundred billet choices from myriad companies in your particular color preference, it’s difficult to even get stock replacement parts for this. Amain hobbies again came to the rescue and were a great help obtaining the parts I needed to get it back on the bash even though I didn’t purchase the truck from them. Thanks as always! As another pointed out, the front bumper that comes in the box only fits the ProSC10 and DB10, not the Rat. I ended up trimming a 1/2” notch in the bottom of the grill and installed just the lower part of that bumper and not the top brace. I now have a “springy” front bumper that didn’t wreck the looks of that cool grill and that will hopefully provide at least a little protection. I would give this truck 5 stars all day long if parts availability was a little better. Also, if you don’t have a decent LiPo charger don’t bother to order this with the LiPo combo as you will immediately need to upgrade the charger that comes with it as there is no storage charge function or any way to check your cell balance. As an RTR, it’s a great truck and I’ve been having a blast with it. That said, it’s not a great candidate for hardcore bashing, but if you don’t lawn-dart it off a jump or hit any hard immovable objects at full boil it’s a ton of fun.

I was excited to try a different brand than what I'm used too, I've always heard great things about Team Associated and I was definitely not disappointed! Its a blast driving this truck! Only thing I would change is to shorten the antenna length so it doesn't break from roll overs.

Awesome looks ! Great running and fast . I love that it is 2wd and not a traxxas !

Whats not to like about this car. Love the body. This car gets around the track quickly. Has plenty of ooomph. Handles really well.