Well it is a good starter remote control for a small child. It is a 1:14 scale 4x4 truck frame. My package came with the V-Thunder truck, battery charger, rechargeable battery, and remote.
To start with the body of the truck is made out of plastic that has taken a little abuse from me and has held up well. The front bumper of the truck is a solid hard plastic that does not have a lot of ground clearance so it makes it difficult for the truck to climb. Next, the gear box is in a sealed case which is very important for any RC. There are a lot of lights that are on when it is powered up all over the underneath of the body.
The remote has a few features to mention. Of course you have your forward and reverse control on the left and the control on the right to steer with. There are also 3 other buttons on the remote: 1.) demo 2.) horn 3.) music. The demo send the truck into doing its own little dance until you hit the throttle button which is kind of cool. The next is the horn which does exactly that, it honks at you! Lastly the music, I was all geared for this until I found out it is only 2 songs and there is no way to add an actual short tune of your own.
As you push the remote throttle to accelorate it makes an engine racing noise. When you chose to back up with the truck it beeps like a UPS truck to let you know it is in reverse. Now for the truck it shows on the box 4x4 and all of that. It simply is not a 4x4 in any way shape or form. It also states off road use, well if your off road is some grass over a couple inches tall, or a rock about half the size of a golf ball you will not be happy with how this RC performs off road. I really recommend only a flat surface for this to run on since it does not do well on off road at all. The RC does have a little bit of spunk to it though. If you punch it from a stop to full throttle it can throw some sand with the tires.
The main thing that I have found that I like the least about this truck is all the battery areas have screws in them which is very time consuming and a real pain since they are so small. I have spent a very long time looking for an aux. plug in for doing the recharging on the truck battery and have been unable to locate one. This would have been a great addition so you would not have to remove the plate everytime you wanted to charge it.
If you are in the market for a begginer RC this is one that can get the job done. I would like to thank VT and affiliates for sending me this fairly neat RC to try out and leave my opinion.
Can be found at:
http://www.amazon.com/V-Thunder-Pickup-Electric-Truck-Big/dp/B00H4GNK64/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1434149482&sr=1-2&keywords=v-thunder
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