Update... After about a week, the pink truck has had no issues. As for the red truck, my son has already broken the wing nut for the clipless body (Redcat is sending out a warranty replacement) and he keeps popping u-joints (which is probably driver error for the most part, but in the u-joints are cheap plastic). I replaced the driveshafts in both trucks with Meus Racing and haven't had any issues with u-joints since. Still very happy with the Ascent-18.

I got rhe red for my son, one in pink for my daughter, and now I kinda wish I'd gotten one for me instead of the TRX4M. The Redcat Ascent 18 is a great little crawler. You get a 4 channel transmitter (with multiple adjustments), bearings all around, portal axles, and far less torque twist than the Traxxas for less money. It's been tough enough for kid use/abuse. I broke a mirror off of my TRX4M F-150 10 minutes after opening it... on carpet.
Direct RC processed my order quickly and it arrived on time. I would definitely recommend Direct RC and the Ascent 18.

Love this car, I’ve had the axial & trx4m. This thing is a beast compared to them

Super fun and super capable right out of the box!

Never received it yet 😕

Great deal fast shipping. The quality of this truck is amazing. So much fun.

This thing is just as it is claimed it is one of the best 18th scale rock crawlers very impressed with it already got upgrade parts coming for it to even improve its already great capabilities.

I have just received my truck and I can't wait to dismantle it and make a good trail truck out of it .

This vehicle is great for a RTR and at this price point. As always it was shipped out right away and received safe and sound. Thank you

Other than shipping taking 11 days witch isn't helidirect fault all is great