Unless you love buying new parts and fixing it all the time do not but a traxxas. Worst decision I made when I started out.
The tekno sct410, lost scte and scte 2.0 and the blitz are all very very solid trucks. It's like a first gen eclipse/talon. It can be a lot of fun when it's together, but if all your doing is spending time in the garage it ain't worth it!