I was not an early adopter of the scx30.  I haven't been terribly impressed with Axials minis as of lately and was gonna skip this one.  Then it snowed, and it snowed again...and then it stayed and didn't melt, and covered up my course.  I dont have a great setup indoors as of yet, its a work in progress, and I've been craving some crawling so I caved and got the little guy to utilize what I do have for indoor use.

I have been pleasantly surprised.  It has a decent slow crawl and some nice articulation out of the box.  Tires seem fine for stock and have some nice grip on my indoor obstacles, although new wheels and tires are on their way.

Where I was really impressed was in the scale look and design.  It's such a nice hard body with a great realism to it.  My eyebrows shot to the back of my head when I saw it came with eveything needed to take the accessories off and "return it to stock" appearance.  Right down to the fender flares.  The only exception would be the hood scoops but they are built into the mounting system for the body so I get it. As a scale and trail guy I loved all of this.

There's already a bunch of aftermarket available and while $100 feels a little high ($85 feels about right) it's not breaking the bank and you do get some bang for your buck with this one.  

Took some shots of my "return to stock" journey.

The SCX30 has impressed me