That is so very true. Everybody has thier differences and like different things. This hobby is the same, all kinds of helis for all kinds of folks different interests. But I will tell you some of the club guys can make you feel intimidated by their bling bling machine and how much money they spent. It was like that in the car club I used to race in. I went thru 5 cars before I bought a good one $1200 total with everything. The performance was way better than the other 4 I had, so it made my skills driving better. Its like a kind of invisible preassure to get something that will keep up with the big boys and be worthy of their approval and feel like you fit in the group. Thats from my own personal experience though. The plane club was the same feeling when I bought the goldberg 550 back in the day. So you see we *different folk* have to stick together and support each other in our endeavors regardless of what others say. Im a firm believer *less is more* and it really can be. So Toy'ish good performing helis it shall be from now on.

Almost forgot. Yes buy what you can afford and enjoy it. Buy what you can afford to crash and fix. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and go fly it again"