Crispy 71, If your boys are young you need to remember that the nitro cars and turcks require CONSTANT maintanance and things are going to get broke. You may end up dissapointed if you stick a ton of money in your trucks right off the start. A guy I know started his son off with a traxas staidum truck. I am not a traxas fan but I was very impressed with how much of a pounding this truck would take.

You may want to invest in a starter box or roto start because the pull starts can be tuff for kids. My son had to ton of trouble with his, he has had no problems since I got him a cheap starter box.

Tools are another issue, The guy with the Traxas is a mecanic and he trys to use the tools used on full size cars on the nitro truck and he is constantly stripping screws. "you don't need a 1/2 drive rachet to tighten the flywheel"