flex is one of the most overrated sticks IMHO. I have posted it many times before. Never would i pay that much money for a bat that i hope wouldn't break prematurely. Besides, what is an extra 3 ft?! Every time i swing the flex i felt like i was about to break the bat.
Now don't get me wrong, they are top tier bats, but that amount of money for that and an RD are just absurd. THere are so many other bats that can hang with them and you can get two bats in the span of the receipt. I like trying bats, not collecting them. (it's what i tell myself and my wife so that she doesn't divorce me. LOL)