I see where you are coming from. Finding deals is rare in parts of the country. Where I live its all about bartering and trading. I'm not bashing brands either just trying to say patience does pay off. Redcats and Maxstones are great for beginners, i guess I have never had one. Only had used Axial's and a Twin Hammers. I usually don't dump a lot of money in these but buy one, use it for awhile, sell it for what i have in it ore more, and get another. If your not careful you can dump serious money into a scale crawler.