I have owned several Traxxas RC's over the years. My favorites are the X-maxx, and E-revo. I currently have 2 X-maxx's and would buy it again if I had to. Its on version 2 now, and has made strides to fix things the Version 1 had wrong. Yes, it is expensive, but with a 1/5th scale electronics, metal geared servo, and a good radio, its pretty good stuff. The E-revo is a close 2nd in my book. Its a monster truck/truggy and can handle anything you throw at it, some people complain about the diffs, but I never had a failure. But then again I don't jump off buildings, or over houses.