$800 for a toy you can't use will make 99% of people pretty serious about it. I was at the track recently and a guy was running a nitro 8ight and I was so impressed with how it ran, idled, and it's power. Yes smaller rig but after owning the XXL-2 for a brief stint it's power belongs in a 1/10 scale not a 1/8. Had I kept it I would have eventually converted to nitro or electric. If losi wants to put the money in it the next one might be better. Just depends on how many they sell and from the low Internet traffic on it now that it's out I don't think they are selling a lot. There was a lot more interest pre release vs post. That tells you something.