HPI Venture18 - Under Promised, Over Delivered.

🔧 I take a first look, run and review of the new HPI Venture 18! This pint-sized mini crawler ticks a lot of boxes: capable, brushless option, and reasonably priced. Should this end up under the tree? Watch to find out.

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[metalrc]

I am very happy that Hpi is finally coming out with new stuff hopefully this is just the tiny beginning of new Hpi models to come . And yes not much for micro trucks but I will support and buy this one !

[bcochener]

Still have and love my original 1/10 Venture. Super stoked they are reviving this brand line. They killed it with this first entry into the mini world.

[poorboysrc]

Well this little rig is all sorts of awesome! Agreed, the wheel/tire combo is a little off, but whaddya gonna do? Marty and Jennifer would be proud!

[aegixxer]

I'm honestly impressed with this little HPI. The 2 speed is not my first choice but it is what it is. Overall I think they nailed it and I hope it gains traction in the mini/micro world. Bonus points to HPI for making the headlights a period correct yellowish light instead of hyper white like we see with most.

[DasECuz]

I think they nailed the looks of this. Less TF2 and more Stomper. Even better yet it seems like they built what us smaller crawler generally want. What a concept.

[REPLAYRC]

I think it’s really well-made, but it probably won’t be officially released in Korea, so I might never get to see it in person. Wishing HPI the best!

[blammers]

What a perfect little truck! My first hobby RC was an HPI, so I have a particular fondness for the brand. I just wish this one was a little bigger.

[nurcoffroad]

For those of us that are new to the hobby and really appreciate the channel, keep doing what you're doing sir👍🏾

[Braindog]

This is an awesome looking machine out of the box. Brushless, Oil Suspension, Light Control. Im impressed now the Price is the Point.

[chrisquigley]

I sold my scx24 after about 6 months, I hated working on an rc that small... but if I was to get back into small scale, which i have no desire to do, I think this hpi brushless version is the one I'd get. Great video again Matt 👏

[Rokstardad]

I love this release, the fact they have two options for power, and a two speed. It's awesome 👍 the micro rs4s were awesome back in the day

[vivos]

I like this, HPI didn't really hype it up other than saying some sort of new 'Venture' product was coming soon. They could have completely gotten away with releasing something similar to the Panda Hobby rigs, but they quietly sent this brilliant new truck around and let it do the talking for itself.

[longtalltexanrc]

This is a cool little pickup. I don’t have a mini but they do seem that they could be a lot of fun. I hope this is the starting of a comeback for HPI. I loved them in the 90s and would love to see them be a big player in the market again.

[kendotek]

I just heard about this new HPI and now I must have one. I hope it is as good as how I remember how good HPI was in the early 2000s.

[stevepataki]

really like the idea of being able to shut the turn signals off ! 👍

[Steve_J]

I have a sneaking suspicion that HPI outsourced to Hobbyplus, Flysky and Furitek for many parts on this truck which is totally fine because this truck is awesome. The esc that came in the Hobbyplus Arktos 6x6 also had the ability to turn the indicators off and that esc is made by Flysky.

[thomasbialzik]

Nice little truck. Dingle dangle, yall! Affordability is going to weigh increasingly heavier in the next couple years, so small scale will remain popular. I love them all. I struggle to service the small ones, but patience is a virtue.

[verpine]

This is definitely a nice 18th scale offering from HPI. SO very glad someone took that "giant step forward" to give us the ability to switch turn signals off properly! The body looks good even if it isn't 100% perfect. It will be interesting to see what aftermarket options become available for it.
As for small scale burnout - no, I don't have it. I think there's a place for 24th and 18th as much as there's a place for 10th and 8th scale. In fact, I'd love it if more content creators took up the challenge of detailing the smaller vehicles as much as they do 10th scale.

[chrisdoval]

Matt I love full scale and 1/18th scale crawlers. HPI was always one of my favorites back in the day.

[CRAWLERLIFE]

Brother absolutely great video footage when your driving in 2nd gear looks sweet and had to take some skill to keep the camera on that little ball of hpi goodness. I think this truck is awesome especially with the brushless option like big big wow factor from hpi on this release. Thanks again matt for keeping us drooling over all the delicious scale creations.