Wow. Mail order brides are cheaper then that and they run great OTB.. But on a serious note, I understand the quality, but wow. I know this isn't a cheap hobby, just didn't realize the tamiya's, well some of them also need work just like the HL's. So when people say you bought an aftermarket metal tub/suspension for your HL and you are now approaching the cost of a Tam you should have just purchased the Tamiya, isn't true because they are also buying a tub/suspension because theirs wasn't up to par either, and now the tamiya is approaching the cost of a 1/6 model so then you should have just bought that, but then you need a better tub/susp for the 1/6 and now you are approaching the cost of a 1:1 Lol j/k figured I would put in my sarcastic approach.

Cheers,
Wade