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Old 06-22-2012 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Bugstomper
My friend is offering to let me buy his Nikko Dodge Viper for $60.
It will come with both of the bodies it came with, the car itself, and two batteries.
This will be my first hobby grade rc car if I buy it. Should I?

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Words of wisdom from an industry insider.. Nikko isn't hobby grade. It's cool and I'd buy it, but it's definitely not hobby grade. If you break the Nikko, you're screwed. Nikko is defunct these days. It's just a marketing company that slaps a name on r/c cars.
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