Well, after several months off from rc tanking, I'm back in the game. My temptation finally got the better of me yesterday, and I ordered a VS Tiger 1 (Desert camo) from Tower Hobbies - with overnight shipping! (I had been watching Tower for weeks, and the tanks were out of stock until this week). The UPS man came before lunch bearing my new prize. Everything wasn't completely grand in tankville, however, as upon opening the box, I noticed the barrel muzzle had come off. No big deal, I stuck it back on there, and will glue it later. And one of the smoke launchers had broken off! And it was nowhere to be found! Oh well, I guess that will have to be fixed later. On to the good news. The tank is awesome! I previously had a Marui Tiger, a Marui Abrams, and a VS Leopard (as well as a Heng Long Tiger 1 and a HL Pershing). The VS tank has pretty cool engine sound, great machine gun and cannon sound, and the barrel recoil kicks ass. Driving around the office, it seemed to do pretty well. The camo and detail job is fantastic. One thing I did notice that was different on my tank and pictures from several months back of Shenlonco's Tiger 1's, is inside the battery compartment. The tabs for the batteries seem to be bent out somewhat (on the positive side), where in the pictures of Shen's Tiger 1 showed the tabs flat. Maybe I will be able to use rechargeable batteries without modifying the battery compartent (since it looks like the tabs are extended farther for the somewhat shorter rechargeables). All in all, I am very happy with my tank. Now the big decision for me is, to stay only in the 1/24 tanks, or buy a couple of HL's, too. Don't get me wrong, I love the size and modfication canvas of the HLs, but it is a crap shoot on electronics. On the other hand, for the most part, VS and Marui tanks are dependable as a Swiss watch.