We are all racers so if u get a problem solve it stop putting the blame on TD they are trying the best they can to solve all the small problems I have kit 00001 and have run the car std for a long time and haven't had any problems with drive pins or ball cups yes I got the new ball cup just in case but still run the std car rather praise them on what they have done so far with what they got and stop all this baby nonsense about a little very nice rc car It's like Martin Achter said @ the world's u don't have to buy the car so stop complaining about the price of the car.