I keep hearing everyone talking about this being a prototype but why would they spend the money to make molds and then make the parts out of aluminum anyway. Why would molded parts be so bad? That could conceivably bring the pricing down where more people could afford it. I dont know if that would eb the case or not but it iis kind of the trend. Losi and Associated mold the parts that everyone else machines out of alluminum or cuts out of carbon fiber.