ORIGINAL: Argess
I didn't offer an opinion on the having more higher level vehicles. Mainly because the hobby has sort of gone the hop-up route. Almost any vehicle can now be made ''high end''.
Agree completely.
What makes more sense from a business perspective?
Make a RTR, sell it cheap, and sell the upgrades separate.
OR
Make a RTR, and a kit of their product, sell them at different prices with different packages, and put more cash out upfront for something that might not sell as much.
I'd say the 1st option, because you no longer need to have 2 separate packages in stock, and the person can customize it to how ever they want with aftermarket parts, and hop-ups.
Only thing I would LOVE for them to do is put better servos in the RTR's seriously why do they put servos in the 1/8ths for steering that crap out before the thing is even broken in. The steering servo I got in my RTR Jammin X1x CR was so poor it died after 40 minutes in a stampede. I can't imagine how long it would have lasted in a buggy that weighs probably 2X more than the pede does.