I quite like it actually...
It is unashamedly odd, and maybe all the better for it. I'd be much more amused to see one of those chugging around a track than Tamiya's other starter buggies, which range from the plain ugly to the bland.
Good value too.
I know the classic Tamiya fanatics are annoyed that it is not a true re-release, and that the body has been modified... but my gut feeling is that Tamiya have realised that the true re-re's don't sell. There is a small community of nostalgists who will buy one, but most of them prefer to restore originals. There seem to be more Buggy Champs on shop shelves than anywhere else - £250 is a lot if money for a not very good car that is not identical to the original.
So... if the £85 Holiday buggy gets more people into (or back into) RC than a Rising Fighter or a Sand Viper does - great!
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