I'm pretty sure they had previously released it as a drift set-up with a Toyota AE86 body and the hard plastic tires.
I had a few of them and still have one but, it just sits on the shelf now. I had a Penguin chassis one, an Aktion 540 set-up and a Ratza chassis in the past. Foam tires for them are still available and a few of my buddies still run completely hopped up ones in the winter, I run a M18 with them.
It's too bad they didn't update the design any.

It is still up and active! I had myself a Mirco rs4, an Exotek m18 and last one Exotek RC18T. I like to build a XRay m18 again because I liked the little touringcars.

I knew if I held off selling my high-dollar aftermarket Micro RS4 chassis long enough they'd make a comeback! Time to dust 'em off and get ready to race!!

It should be fun to pop in a HW ez-run 1/18 brushless system in these.

New www.micrors4forum.com

Never had the rs4, but the xray m18 pro was fun. Too much power with brushless combo, still a good 40 minutes with 1400mAh lipo, shaft transmission holding really well to brushless abuse. Even managed to fit a 1:10 servo (don't do that). Too bad I had to trade it.

I think the rs4 shares the same wheels with the m18 non-pro? The ones that you press on that "dishes" and than have a really hard time taking down?

Looks like parts support is back! I still have two original MRS4s from 2001, and have been discouraged by not having new parts available; I just hope we'll have more rubber tires and the suite of bodies.

Very busy forum uhmm?

I am still a bit new to the hobby in my current life, so was wondering what type of battery the 6.2 V quoted one is? I obviously did a bit of googling and it usually comes with a silver oxide type battery, but is this really the case?

Regards

I'd say it's a typo and they meant 6.0v (5 cell NIMH) or 7.2v (6 cell NIMH) probably 6.0v as this was an option part for the original kits. It is most likely a 2/3A pack. It used to come with a plastic holder for AAA or AA's so, I guess that is an upgrade.

Thanks mikedw, sounds very plausible.

Regards

I love how the VERY old HPI logo is still emblazoned on the car on top of the front suspension. HPI didn't change ANYTHING for this kit. That is just silly.

I think it actually makes perfect sense. They saw Traxxas come up with the LaTrax and wanted to compete. They already had the tools and die sets to make the RS4, they also know there is a big market sentiment for the chassis, so it cost them $0 in R&D to re-release it. Put a new body on it, take some sweet pictures and they now have a "LaTrax killer". HPI are a smart business.

I just wish they made a kit for it, instead of being RTR.

Last thing I need is another cheap radio.

I don't know about latrax killer. Once again side by side scale is off. Much like a rc18 compared to a MRS4, the latrax is larger.
I'm with you on the tx/rx. I still have a stock AM one that came with my first one in a giant box of other cheap radios. At least it is 2.4 now.