Well, my day just went to crap[&o] I read your comments on the Marui forum and the ones posted here -- I am bummed out Shen. After we've been talking about how great the VS and Marui tanks are (which they are -- or were, who knows now), it looks like the VS Tigers are going to be big piles of crapola. I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU CAN"T USE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES!!!! These tanks will be a complete waste. I'm not going to drop a bunch of money for 8 AA's every time they run down -- plus my Nimh AAs perform so much better. And the transmitter won't work with the old ones. And the track issues you mentioned. I was seriously planning on this being my next small tank purchase. Oh well, thanks Shen on a VERY helpful heads up for the rest of us. I'm sure you will work the problems out if possible (you ARE the 1/24th master). I'm just sorry for you that the tanks suck -- that's a lot of money man.