I'm glad you said that because I've just bought one!
Like I said, I did wonder at first if there was a problem causing the huge reductions but after scouring the internet for some sort of bad review and failing I decided to buy one quick before they all sold out!
Since then however I have found this review from Jang at the ultimateRCnetwork:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB_k...e_gdata_player
I assume this has all the same electrics, if so this may be the reason for the reductions... Oh well, we've got the rtr for the same price as the kit so I'll swap these out as my skills progress and until then use these to get some practise down at the track!