I've heard this same story a million times. Tamiya really hit the nail on the head when they started the RE-RE's. I'm a big Tamiya fan and i'm now able to buy all of the cars I couldn't afford as a kid.

Welcome back to RC's. A lot has changed for the better so feel free to hit me up if you have any questions. One word of advise on the Frog build. Use blue loctite on everything that threads into metal.