Quoted from Deaconblooze:What kind of kits are you grabbing?
I grabbed a mini-z over the weekend, but I (foolishly) passed it to my wife to hold for xmas.
I got both my t3 and b3 running. I somehow don't have a battery strap for either. The original part is expensive on ebay, but I found a 3d printed part for each. I grabbed them and promptly received a cancellation and refund. I guess I'll need to work on printing my own (which will require repairing my own 3d printer). I gave my b3 a quick run anyway and I'm impressed with how well it ran after all this time (with a new nimh battery).
I'm a little apprehensive to run my old stuff too hard for fear of replacement parts. I grabbed a wltoys 144001 for $75 through walmart to run around lots and the local skatepark. I got my son the same model for xmas, as well as a wltoys miniz type clone.
Finally, I grabbed a usb receiver for VRC Pro, a pc game I already owned on steam. I'm also looking at getting RealFlight to get into the flight side of R/C for the first time (other than cheap copters).
Other than that, I'm trying to hold off. I was pretty set on grabbing an MT10 but it's probably overkill.
On my winter list is a Tamiya Grand Hauler, along with fabricating a trailer for my Traxxas Spartan boat. The other kit I want to build is an old school clodbuster. I'd love to build it with vintage electronics but it's cheaper to go with current stuff.
I have real flight and it's awesome to get the basics. I have a handful of helis that I can hover and do basic maneuvers. I wish I could pull off the 3d moves you see on YouTube but for now I'm happy to not crash.
My daily "basher" is HPI Savage XL Flux but thats been on the shelf for months.
I have an itch to build a rock crawler trail in my back yard next spring.
I picked up a few MT28s to run with the nephews and I have a blast with them.
Rambling now,