In the end, you are still better off buying a Tamiya. When you consider the cost of the tank and then all the extra's most put into them you could have had a much better tank in kit form that YOU build to your tastes in the first place. Now, granted with the new boards and sound card systems that are out there you can get some nice features with Clark and Benedini and some others but they can be incorporated into a Tamiya too. Then you have the best of both worlds the first time around.
The argument that they are too expensive just does not hold water when you take even a 100.00 dollar tank. Which by the way is almost none existent now and start throwing tons of parts and money at. Putting a fancy paint job on a basically HL tank does not make it a 300.00 dollar tank in any real world.
For those just getting into the hobby this is fine but dont expect it to do everything you could wish for and still only want to pay a hundred bucks. This is the RC hobby. It Costs Money.