[Arct1k]

Personally I doubt it is that - Patrick might chime in but my hypothesis is that Castle had an agreed SLA with HPI for a set number of motors and had its own production schedule for the green variant to satisfy demand.

Traxxas came in a bit later to the foray... There must also be quite a lead time - I'd bet Traxxas have the motors already but have to get the kits built, packaged and shipped to USA for distribution.

Also I'm sure things were held up slightly with the v3 as Castle wouldn't have wanted HPI or Traxxas to have any controller issues - too much reputational damage and would imagine there are expense clawbacks on part failures etc.

PS All 105% conjecture on my part... None of these ramblings are supported or should be considered fact and may not represent (in fact almost certainlydon't ) the opinions of Mike (Rc-Monster), Patrick (Castle) or any other human or almost human being