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I scored this one for a very good price thanks to Phin. Can't wait to rip it apart and clean it up, it's new but very dirty!

Sold by Robbe, manufactured by BlueBird makers of the optima clone we all love to hate, the Growler! Seems to share a lot with the Traxxas Wildcat as well, such as shocks. Likely the same maker

Enjoy

I happen to really like the baja growler. Ive missed 2 in the last 2 or 3 months also. Never ran one,, but now a days,, Ill run anything!

Bluebird and great vigor both made some really cool cars. Very rare,, and mostly lower prices.

I just noticed on the instruction manual cover it shows the bluebird branded bumper and mono shock setup. Inside the manual is corrected.

I love the resistor placement. Wonder how many people got burnt! Lol

All 4 shock bodies have stress cracks. The yellow oil must not be plastic compatible.

Very cool. Did it come with mono shock set up?

Body kind of looks like a Tomahawk with a relocated resistor heatsink.

Are those body mount posts aluminum or just silver colored plastic?

They are actually aluminum the car is quite brittle, even thoughts of running it would break components

The mono shock setup was not included. It's only shown on the manual cover. The arms are trimmed of their mono shock mounts

Hah that's awesome....all that fantastic plastic and they opt for structural integrity at the body mounts.

No kidding, that's pretty funny...but that's par for the course with most clones...to undercut sales of the originals, they have to cut corners somewhere, and it's usually with inferior materials.

Interesting rear stabilizer assembly. I like the body, though it's quite derivative of the Optima; the windows and hood & roof scoops and overall shape, even the simulated louvers behind the side windows are all Optima-ish.

With those wheels and RWD, maybe it should've been called the Foxima?

Yep, they liked to copy others design. It's filled with tamiya and kyosho influence. The gears are hotshot, even has the bevel for the front drive.

Yeaaars ago I had a clone of the FOX from Tamiya. Dont remember the name or manufacturer. It was cracked just by building it! Never ran. Im sure its super uber rare, and worth a small mint now,, and some lucky Tamiyaclub guy probably has it.... or not. Very cool old cars in plastic fantastic,, and your a brave man to collect them!

I have it nib also

yeah! Thats the one! I actually built mine. Followed the normal precautions and boiled the parts to soften them. Cracked up anyway.

I think boiling only helps to rejuvenate old, dried-up nylon parts...probably doesn't help ABS plastic, though.

I have the mono shock version.

Oh right on, I didn't figure they made it to production