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From article <72864@cup.portal.com>, by sbixby@cup.portal.com (Steven W Bixby):
> I good friend of mine and I were talking around the idea of both
> of us acquiring R/C monster trucks; namely, Tamiya "Clodbuster" or
> Kyosho "USA-1".
> 
> My friend hasn't had experience with either of them, just a not-too-close
> inspection of the kits - and he suggested that the Clodbuster has
> better quality.
> 
> Anyone out there with experience with one or both of these kits have
> any comments?  I'm interested in comments on kit quality, performance
> differences and any other sordid tales... :-)
> 
> Whaddya think????
> 
>   -swb- (Steve Bixby, sbixby@cup.portal.com)

The Clodbuster certainly appears to have more aftermarket
support. Any issue of Tower Talk or R/C Car Action will have
several ads for Clod upgrades.

The real question you have to ask yourself before you buy a truck
is "What do I want to do with it?" 
If the answer is run it around the back yard/street, you should do
fine with either truck. If the answer is to go truck pulling or do
car crushing style monster truck races, you are probably better
off with the Clod. This is because you will invariably want to
upgrade the basic kit to improve the performance and there appear
to be more ways to do this with the Clod. If the answer is to go
off-road racing, what you really want is either a Losi LX-T or an
Associated RC-10T. Either one of those trucks makes an excellent
racing vehicle.

				Alan Gopin
				gopin@ttauri.att.com
				
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