ORIGINAL: city hunter
no offense but I dont get you guys with the whole tamiya electronics Drove a tiger and wasnt impressed what so ever. Granted I could give a rats ass about the sounds. I was expecting this amazing machine bcause all you tamiya fools hype em up so much, there isnt much to hype up imo. Frankly, I doubt I will ver buy a tamiya, if I gotta build it to begin with I might as well customize it.
I think there is too much of this brand name tamiya bs going on on this forum. a tank si a tank. Everytime someone asks about which hl tank they should buym, you get a bunch fo guys who must have deep poclets saying get a tamiya. I have 3 hl tanks with no freaken mods. Had a few issues, but now lets see..1200 dollars worth of issues?
The fact is you pay for the name. The engineering is better, but 900 for a kit? come on....These gears dont cost jack and shiot to make... It;'s much cheaper to sell a kit in pieces than to pay someone to assemble it and others to paint it. Tamiya has always been pretty spendy though.
City Hunter.....
Please don't take this the wrong way, and I say this with the deepest respect. You couldn't recognize genuine quality if you were asked to pick out a 10 karat diamond from a heap of cornflakes.
It has nothing to do with brand name, just quality and experience. It's simple math and it all depends on your needs and wants. You like building models? You like building in general? You want a machine that'll last and has impressive detail out the box? Can you recognize the detail? There's plenty of reasons, but you can't deny the fact that most will upgrade their tank to improve the functionality and sound of an HL.......why is that? Simply not just because.........Well, take an HL, factor the average cost for those running these after market upgrades and guess what?
You have the cost of a Tamiya!!
Why should people not recommend a Tamiya or at least point out the possible scenario toinquirers? Why the hell would anyone say, forget buying a Tamiya...an HL is the same thing. That's a load of bull.
I must also mention that I don't really appreciate the implication that I'm associated to a brand fan boy and that I would simply recommend something to someone due to brand loyalty.....cause that's complete hogwash as I own an equal amount of HL tanks to Tamiya. I still recommend HL's as well. So when I say there's a difference, it's not because of an opinion I basedsolelyoff of an experience from when I drove it one time.
At any event, $900 bucks for a Leopard....worth it. $450-$550 for the other four-worth it. $680-$750 for the other five....not so sure.<br type="_moz" />