TD and Nemesis, I am new to this hobby, I have never owned an R/C anything until two weeks ago.

Here's MY perspective:

I could have bought a Tamiya for oh, let's say $450.00 or more, Then I would have to build it, and run the risk of screwing it up somehow, which would REALLY pi$$ me off, THEN, I would have to buy and install all the radio gear, which would up the cost even more. Now suppose that after all this, I find that R/c Tanking is not as much fun as I had originally thought... What then? I could sell it on e-bay for a loss and then I still got no hobby... OR... I could get a $50.00 MR. Cheapee r/c tank and decide then, after learning some things, if spending $1000 for an r/c tank is what I want. So in response to your question, I would tell anybody wanting to get into this hobby to do their research like I did, and decide for him or herself if they want to spend $100 or $1000. If and when I ever get a Tamiya, I'm sure I'll love it to death, but for now I'm going to love and learn my HL and if it breaks... well I'll just have to fix it then won't I?