I used to Run an Koyosho Mp-5 back in 1997. I am getting the itch again and noticed that there are so many more cars than there used to be. Most are RTR also. I had the old Box starter. I am looking at getting the feet wet and dont want a junk car but don't need a world level car. Here are a few I am looking at.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=007

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=015

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=012

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=011

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=002


I do plan to eventually race the car once I get some skills back. I also want upgradeability. Do most racers use pull start or bump starts?? To me for the price the MP7.5 looks good but I noticed some of the kits have a motor that is bigger than the Koyosho .21?? Any help appreciated


Redcat....looks good for the price
Torpeda....never heard of it
Kyosho 7.5 Nice and pricey but a good car?!?!?

If you must have an rtr then get the Hyper 8.

But don't do that. Get a proper kit instead. Then you can choose a decent engine and even better a radio and some servos that can actually be used.

out of your viewed choices, I would go with the Ofna Hyper 8 as it is way much better quality and performance than those others especially those cheap Redcats floating around.

If you are looking to get back in the buggy scene, do it right with quality.

IMO, the Kyosho RTR's are poorly designed and quality is not up to par compared to their kits. It seems like Kyosho took a big step down when they went into the RTR war against other RTR manufacturers but they had to come out with something to be in the game. I tested out their RTR version of the ST truggy and I had put it up forsale the very next day.

When it comes to racing, a large percentage of racers use a starter box. Anything with a pullstart or rotostart is said to cause a bit of hp resistance. RTR's come with those pullstarts or rotostarts as a convenience to the buyer from having to buy a separate starter box.

The Duratrax Raze.....I have never even really scene a Duratrax run ever. That might mean something? Sure they maybe good starters, but I am not sure of performance, quality and durability as well as parts replacement availability.

As far as the other viewed choices, IMO....they are import junk.

The hyper 8 is the only one that will cut it at racing.
I don't know for the MP7.5 III but versions 1 and 2 sucked big style. Very weak in the drive train and corners cut everywhere to get it down to price.
The others are all low end bashing buggies that will be difficult to get parts for.
The Kyosho design is also quite old (their current design is the MP777 wc).
The hyper 8 is a newish design and can be upgraded to pro spec or even the new 8.5 if you buy the extended chassis.
Hope this helps

Stay with a top name brand, as parts for the others can be hard to get. I have to agree with the others since you have experience with buggies I recommend getting a Hyper 8.5 pro kit and not a RTR. In the long run you end up with a MUCH better vehicle with less money in it. Yes out of the list you have the Hyper 8 RTR would be my choice.

Thanks for the input guys.

Hey NJRC, here's one of...

where i just happen to own one :-)

http://www.rcuvideos.com/item/FSF410SL7LVNQ8C0

if an owner/driver doesn't know what to do with this buggy there's a good chance he would have hate it.

Kamusta fellow Flip.
That redcat video did not impress me. After watching 3 minutes of that video, I saw nothing exciting. After continuing to watch it another 5 minutes, I still saw nothing that would make me want one. Even if someone were to give me one for free, I would just end up putting it up on ebay. Any off road can handle flat dirt terrain and that's about all I saw this thing do in video is run back and forth and do a couple of 180 stop and turn. Something my on-road can do IF I added off road tires to it. hahaha.
IMO redcat is not the better choice of this topic.

Everything is a personal preference. anyway, not trying to convince you to buy one. yet there's no way of telling you could win over this buggy in a race either. Sorry, i'm not a flip like you :-)

The vid doesn't mean the Redcat buggy outmatches all the expensive buggies out there, but it's just as good. you saw on the vid i also have an SP2 and so i like em both. i'm proud of it. nothing more.