Did Traxxas miss the boat?

[skellyo]

After seeing folks that have the Savage Flux in hand and driving/bashing it already, I have to wonder if Traxxas didn't lose a good bit of sales by continually pushing out the BL E-Revo. Sure, problems happen, but we all know the 2200kv combo has been shipping for a good while now and aside from the 2.4GHz radio, it's not much more than an E-Revo with a couple of bolt-on upgrades (17mm hubs, Summit axles, MMM hold down). Setting the expectation to the public that it was originally going to be shipping 2 months ago really put them in a bad position IMO.

What do you guys think? Did Traxxas drop the ball? Should they have publicized a reason for the hold up? Should they have owned up to putting out a bad original ship date?

Just curious to see what some of you guys think. I personally won't be buying one and never had any intention of it, but I can't help but think that Traxxas is now in the less than optimal position of being the 2nd company to come out with a RTR brushless MT.