I wish the Hornet was my first kit, but got am MRC Pro-10 instead for Christmas. That car was a pain for parts locally compared to Tamiya and Associated. I bought a used Frog from my local hobby store that had many CRP upgrades that I later installed on my new Blackfoot.
Even with all the modern high performance brushless buggies and trucks, The classic Tamiya Buggies and trucks from the 8o's score equally high marks I'm the "cool factor" department.
Since it doesn't come with proper bearings fitted I'm going to buy a kit instead. If it came as a kit with a painted shell then I would be happy as I really don't like the painting it part, just the building it part.
My only wish for these XSA kits is that Tamiya should have gone the extra mile and re-acquired the licenses for the real world sponsors that were on the original release. The genericised and parody logos on the re-issue just don't hold a candle to the real logos.