About a year ago I dipped my toe into the world of 1/8 scale buggies when I bought an OFNA (Hong Nor) NEXX8. At that time I was looking at the TRF801X buggy and the TRF801XT truggy in the scratch 'n' dent section of Tamiya USA's site, but I stayed away from these models for a few reasons including cost ($249 for the buggy, $179 for the truggy), the need to create or source an e-conversion kit (another $100), and a perception these models were phasing out quickly -- I wanted some long