I would have to agree that its a good thing to have a car that will bridge the market and Tamiya have had a billion cras that already do just that. Im not the biggest fan of car that claim to be race bred from Tamiya but when the 501X was released it definately made the race community sit up and take notice. The 501X is in no way a 'TOY' like the old Hotshot ,Hornet,Frog etc...they finaly were blessed with a car that would compete against the best of them at a world class level. Tamiya didnt need the Durga or Baldre as they already had the Dark Impact which in my opinion was a great introductory race car. Ive been racing since the first optima was released,worked a few R/C shops and written for a magazine on occassion so I have been around as long as it needs to be to have a fair point of veiw. I have a good collection of post and modern cars that run through many of the manufacturers across the board. Tamiya has only released these 2 cars so they could market and make more $$$ from knock offs much like they always have-(Hot Shot,Super Shot,Hot Shot2 etc...) anyone???
There have been enough 'entry level' offerings that have been released across the board from Tamiya but only one serious contender. Why would you want to cheapen their best offering?
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