after further inspection of the hyper 7 rtr they are plastic and the same colour of the chassis, my bad.

i am definately getting the hyper 8 rtr from my lhs.

It comes with:

Hyper 8 RTR version 1/8 buggy
Decent radio system
Batteries for radio and receiver pack
Full starter kit including fuel bottle, wrench, glow plug heater, glow plug heater battery, tuning screw driver and some other tools
Full bottle of fuel for running in process
And a final in-shop pro engine tune up done by a Nationals 3rd winning nitro racer who lost due to buggy, not engine problems.

All for $780 AUD which is like $575 US

also you get lots of free advice, tips, help and discounted parts. also when u buy a failsafe with the buggy, the failsafe is further discounted and put into the buggy for you.

thing i like about hyper 8 rtr is that it comes with a metal gear servo for steering, not a crappy plastic gear servo that the hyper 7 rtr comes with