XRAY - Model racing cars

what i am a little concerned about this buggy is the price. if i compare it with a hong nor X1 CR Pro you get the same optional parts, you also get 7075 aluminium,... but for about 2/3 of the price of a xb8. if they can do more or less the same quality of buggy, please correct if i am wrong about quality or anything, there must still be a huge margin on the big names like xray, but also mugen and kyosho...


Insert: and before anybody feels offended by what i write: it is no offence against xray, i appreciate the kind of service they got, blablabla..
There is another word for what i am doing: i am being critical (no disrespect, no offence, no what so ever, just critical) you can always say nothing and dont say what you think, like this you dont help xray at all. the customer is the market. and i ask things i am concerned about, even if it is considered to be rude,... it's not. Because: there are other people like me, who think: xray is more expensive by far than a hong nor, which offers similar material, and without saying a word to xray about it, they swap to for ex. hong nor... (in this forum there are - i take a guess - about 100 xb8 owners, the whole rest who buys the xb8 or does not buy it, is not in this forum...)
thats for all the the guys who dont understand critics, who always feel offended.


so can there be expected a general price drop on the 1/8 scale buggies like prices are dropping in other areas or not?

Mario, in case you have time and passion to give me an answer ( i know i am a very annoying customer ) how do you justify a price difference of 465 Euros for a X1 CR Pro Hong Nor to 696 Euro for a XB8 which makes 231 Euros more. that is more or less exactly 2/3 of the price for your buggy. ( i took these prices from a onlineshop in germany, there might be differences to other shops, but the relation between the two buggies will be more or less right is think)

Thank you very much
Greetings Mikebello

I myself was thinking about this... "Hobao or XRay, Hobao or XRay"
After hearing that "XRay rules XRay rules" I had to give this a shot. Well ofcourse I got a good deal from my dealer.

This car includes oils, tools, receiver pack (well ok.. it's dead but some have worked) etc...

After putting this baby together I have had no regrets - it looks good, it works good (wish the driver would!), I get parts in 15min, Net support...
I appreciate it enough to pay "extra". Drive season is so short that waiting parts for weeks/days is "expensive" if they would sell drivetime somewhere.

+100€ on the price was too much on my opinion. Now its much higher than Hobao and not very much cheaper than Kyosho. I bought it week before +100€. Lucky me! Ofcourse this car has weak spots - all of them have. I'm willing to give Xray time to solve all probs and maybe the next buggy is perfect. XRay has proven me in this prob. solving thing! They actually admit, report and solve problems.

Keep up the good work guys!

grahama89, that still doesn't explain why there isn't at least someone from the design team that contributed to the 777 range to answer any questions about the car that the racer has, least with xray you get that service.