We have a Nikko Rhino buggy in red. Its definately a cool car to have some fun with. Back in the day anything with a 540 motor, especially something RTR, was quite fast and powerful. My friend in grade school had the golden arrow and I had a Hornet. The Golden Arrow was right there with the Hornet, maybe the Hornet had a slight edge in speed but nothing really by much. I actually thought the Golden Arrow had less front end bounce and tracked better than the Hornet over bumps IMO. It was pretty sturdy too i can recall. Also, you could get replacement parts for it at Radio Shack. Support at our local Radio Shack in Parsippany NJ was good. Thinking it was like 1988 ish...