RIght. RTR kits back then would of been considered virtually pointless. I think it was implemented to get more people interested in the hobby, then it morphed into the instant internet gratification phenomenon and stuck. And I feel bad for these new millennial kids, they are getting paid a lot less than what I made doing the same job. They don't seem to know or care about that either. And they're getting hit hard with super inflated college tuition prices, four times what I paid. That might have something to do with it. I love electric gizmos too; like the ipad, etc., but Its gone a little nuts, with tweets, facebook, myspace, foursquare, etc., kind of narcissistic stuff. One more change I can add to this thread regarding R/C over the years is the use of two and three speed transmissions. Serpent had two speeds in the nineties, then many years later they found their way into new models, for top speed advertising purposes probably, i.e. Traxxas, lol. I love Traxxas. If there can be 1,000 putt putt golf courses for every square mile, why can't there be at least one outdoor R/C track that lasts more than a year?