The protector looks pretty sick. Looks like the big thing was going from live axle to independent suspension all around, so no driveshaft being thrown in weird orientations and breaking things.
On my way down the rabbit hole, I saw the spectre, which looked like the 12427 with upgraded parts, and the rear driveshaft looked put together better than the one on the wltoys truck, very similar to the Traxxas axles. But that truck really isn’t available and spare parts are hell to find for these things apparently.
Part of me still wants to find an rc buggy with a solid rear tho. It did real nice at the dog park with the uneven surfaces and whatnot.
Something your critique of the kitchen brought to mind. Yeah it’s a Reddit link, but it goes to something that kinda expanded my view on the monotone fad that has dominated the interior design landscape: https://www.reddit.com/r/Anticonsumption/comments/10njiwd/colour_theory_and_corporations/