After dropping many heavy hints, for my birthday last week I got a remote control landy from the better half. It's excellent, although as previous posters have said it does seem a bit flimsy, especially the 4WD. The greatest danger is the embarrassment, however. I had to walk down the drive (100m, rough stone and mud) to do something very important, so I took the Landy with me to see how it would cope in the rough. (It did.) On the way back, I had to park it swiftly in the bushes as the next door neighbour drove his Escort down the drive we share. I think I actually blushed, and had to bribe him with a pint not to tell anyone. Mind you, it was dusk and the little headlights lit the way very nicely.
Wife is already talking about setting out a trial with some lolly sticks on the lawn.
People who have had one of these - can you make the transmission any stronger? God, it's worse than having a real one. I can see a winter of modifications coming on - roll cage, extra spotlights, winch... At least it'll be in the dry.