[captain harlock]

I dont think so, Sylvester. I would say its just as good as a 1/8 buggy with a top notch quality, but the bad thing is that it uses belt driven system and the chassis would not accept more than 6 cells or big controllers for brushless applications. Otherwise, its one nice machine. I cant wait for the Tamiya buggy. By the time the whole japanese manufacturers get back to the 4WD buggy arena, I'm sure that team Associated will start to work on their own 4WD buggy. History is repeating itself, if you ask me.