All the current Monster Trucks today owe something to Tamiya. The Clod Buster is my favorite Monster Truck and I have owned several.
I currently have 1.5 Stock (Ones completely torn down), 1 Clodzilla II which I need to get working and I have a custom made Clod Buster coming this week in the mail that is longer than any other clod I've seen and its setup to run on 14.4V

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I've driven HPI Savage, and Traxxas E-Maxx and Traxxas Stampede and none of them can hold to the shear strength of the Clods.
Except for the anti-rotation bracket on the axles, nothing EVER breaks on mine and I abuse the )(@#*@)(*# out of it.
I've owed my Juggernaut 2 for a month now and I have destroyed a proppler shaft and something else already. I love the truck still, but its not nearly as tough as the Clod Buster.
The axles in the Clod busters are just about bullet proof, I bought two spare sets of gears and everything for my clods . . . that was over a year ago . . . never had to touch them.
-Disjaukifa