They are pretty poor to run, but a mate of mine had a Monster Beetle and I thought it was really cool, so I had to have one for my collection 🤣
It'll stay a shelf queen, it'll look great in a display when I get round to making one.
I have this problem too, apparently I only like expensive hobbies.
I have a vintage tamiya Boomerang with several built and unbuilt re-releases, including an avante and avante black edition.
I used to go into Beatties as a child in the 80's and drool over all the Tamiya's I could never afford...