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I broke down and bought one of the ready sets today from my LHS. The car is similar to the DTM but all the electronics appear to be the less expensive variety (I'm guessing to keep costs down). The tires are a soft rubber, not foams like the DTM. Peformance wise I felt it was slow and sluggish, but it comes stock with a 10 tooth pinion, I'm going to try one of my ABC 8 tooth pinion gears to see what happens, also purchased a 180 motor to install that should give it alot more pep.
The radio however was better than I expected. It comes with the foam covered wheel like the Linx radios, has the same controls as the Perfex that comes with the Mini Z's. Also has steering and throttle reverse switches. The thing I liked most is it's 27MHZ so you can also use it with the Mini-Z if you so desire.
Overall, I think the kit is very cool, the steering and throttle are smooth, the car drives very well overall. Like the Mini-Z though, I think it could use some hop up's to make it even better. I think it's ABSOLUTELY worth the money of $140.00. The kits are sold under "Rocket Racers" not "Pocket Racers" (my fault for not paying attention to the ad I read), the other cool thing is like the DTM this kit is also 1/24 scale which opens up an incredible array of model car body possibilities. I'm happy overall with mine and I think they will be hot sellers because it comes race ready except for 8 "AA" and 8 "AAA" batteries. I recomend it to anyone who may be looking for a smaller scale RC car. I glad I made the plunge for one.
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