Well. if you stop to think about it, it's pretty simple to see why we don't get much support. Tamiya is the only high-profile company making r/c tanks. Kyosho can do it, but doesn't. Heng Long is a nice, low cost option, but I never even heard of them until I started researching r/c tanks and found out there was a low-cost option to Tamiyas. Anyone considering tanks and going to a hobby shop will not see HL tanks, or even be told about them. Tower does not carry them. You have to be in the know. As expensive as Tamiyas are, the other options are the even more expensive, larger scale metal tanks which are too big, heavy, and far too expensive for most. Tanking wil not blow up without serious competition to Tamiya. Don't hold your breath on price drops. If HL stepped up quality to near Tamiya standards and got carried by major distributors like Tower, that would be awesome for our community. BUT kiss those under $100 price tags goodbye. It's very hard to convince go fast guys to drop the kind of coin on a slow, realistic tank that they could on a 40MPH 1/8 scale buggy or truck. But hey, I knkow none else in Miami with tanks and I'm fine with that. Between you guys and Making-trax.com, I'm straight.