Hi, I have just built a Lunchbox that came from Father Christmas for my 9 year old. He has a Schumacher KF2 for racing but loves the Lunchbox for Garden Bashing.
If your kid isn't going to go racing anytime soon the fun factor of the Lunchbox is probably the way to go. It is still pretty robust. My boy has been fairly rough with it already and hasn't broken anything off. With the silvercan motor it is fun but not fast enough to self destruct. Parts are easy to get and cheap as chips too.
You can put a lipo in the Lunchbox but it needs to be the same shape as and old NiMh. Even then they are sometimes a bit too long and you need to mod the retaining bracket. The silver can and a half decent Nimh will give enough run time though.
We are now looking at upgrades (oil shocks etc..). There are some cheap mods to strengthen up the chassis too. These are easily found on Google searches.
Really depends on what/where you plan on using it?
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