Yeah, I totally agree. Even the Kraton EXB for example comes mostly finished as far as I know. Axial has some killer kits though. And you can still get the Kyosho Legendary series kits. The Tamiya kits I have put together remind me of building a Walmart toy, unless you buy one of their Bruiser's...
I had an RC10 B2, B3, and now have a B4. They were the cars to have back in their day. And they didn't have RTR back then. You had to build it all. I will say the DR10 chassis isn't too shabby for a RTR. I've seen far worse. But I sgree with the others above... these new offerings are just...