I don't know if there's a second generation out there (like there seems to be with the King Tiger), but I got mine nearly 18 months ago.
The controls are basically 2 speed non smoke and sound, with the machine gun sound triggered by full left on the left stick (traverse is via a cam controlled by full right on the left stick).
The battery is small at 1500mAh and it has a weird 3rd lead - not sure what that one is for

The paint is glossy and the stickers are worse, but don't let me put you off

The good news is that they fit on the Asistam Tiger chassis, so there is hope for mine yet...
