11-10-2006, 09:17 PM
Product releases do drive this hobby and UMTs are everywhere now. I have never owned a MT as they seemed to need more $$$ to upgrade to be reaceable. That's why that class never appealed to me and why I have stayed with my XXXNT and will run it this winter.
There is definitely a "wow" factor now with the truggy class that was with the MTs when the TMAXX came out way back when. The 1/8 buggy class has always been popular. I see truggy as an extension of the MT concept, just bigger and built on successful buggy platforms, so the necessity to upgrade immediately is not there.
More "beginners" in the increasingly popular UMT class will happen bcuz RTRs are not that much more $$ than MT (as stated before) and truggies are just plain coooooool.
But there is plenty of room in the GT class for nitro noobs, I just don't think that is where they will go.
There is definitely a "wow" factor now with the truggy class that was with the MTs when the TMAXX came out way back when. The 1/8 buggy class has always been popular. I see truggy as an extension of the MT concept, just bigger and built on successful buggy platforms, so the necessity to upgrade immediately is not there.
More "beginners" in the increasingly popular UMT class will happen bcuz RTRs are not that much more $$ than MT (as stated before) and truggies are just plain coooooool.
But there is plenty of room in the GT class for nitro noobs, I just don't think that is where they will go.
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