the vantage don't look that bad
Its sold over here in the states under a different brand(integy i10B, took me a while to remember where I saw the vantage before) at a fair bit higher price point for the brushed RTR than you get the BL one for...
Just check to see how much stuff like arms, knuckles, driveshafts cost to replace. Sometimes the lower cost RC's have insane prices on common parts that break.