Originally Posted by one-nil

Speaking as someone who's spent too much already i.e. much more than the amount mentioned above - don't tell the SO, and still spending too much on r/c cars...375quid is a good chunk of lolly. And to sound so flippant (apologies if your intended tone was not so, the internet is not so good at expressing such things) about it for what is essentially a toy car (OK, give it a fancy name of you choice if you want e.g. ego massager, tingly-feeling-goodness generator, momentary reality escape contraption, rolling chassis ) makes me feel shocked for some reason. Are the prices so high (and acceptable it seems) nowadays because us hobbyists are willing to pay come what may or because it really needs to be this much before it remains viable to be put into production?