I would honestly say that I have to agree with Stalefish. I want to upgrade the Axis. Whether you like it or not is your opinion. I like it. And honestly with enough upgrades I don't care what you have I would be able to keep pace, plain and simple. I look at a hobby like this the way that I look at restoring a car, you don't buy a brand new Mach 1 to restore do you? No you buy an old POS and fix it up and brag to your friends about all the stuff it has. When we're at the track and my POS is kickin your arse what are you gonna have to say about an axis then? It's all about how much work you want to put into it. Me, I want to make my own custom parts and upgrades for parts of the buggy. Can you do that with an LST or a REVO and make it any better? I doubt it.