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RC stuff, but only kinda? My dad got me into micro helicopters about a decade ago. I now have several dozen planes, drones, helis, etc. Not to mention multiple RC radios, batteries, chargers, and FPV goggles. Absolutely love it, though. To be fair, it's been a few thousand dollars over a decade. It ads up sure... but quite a bit less than I spend on video games, and more satisfying. :)
Out of curiosity, have the battery lives improved from older RC vehicles? I've looked at some current models and it still seems like they run only a short time, but I've not followed RC stuff closely enough to know if they've really gotten much better and I'm lacking the context.
Depends on what you want to get and how you use them. I have racing drones with batteries that only last 4 minutes, and a few planes that last 30-60 minutes. Lipos haven't improved radically in the last decade, but they are a lot better than nickel batteries from a few decades ago though.