David,

Get the Kyosho ....

This is a tired debate - always filled with abstract anecdotal heresay, and never any real facts. Bottom line is - if you can drive - you can beat people driving $1500 Prospecs / SP2 / Xrays etc with a Hyper 7 Pro and a Hyper .21 8 port engine .... setup, practice, chassis tune, and skill will always rule the day.

They ALL break the same ....

Kyosho isnt impervious ... just ask the ST-R owners about the helical diff gears....

Nitrohouse is NOT an impartial retail Hobby Shop - but they are NOT owned by OFNA. It kinda appears that way but - if OFNA owned them would OFNA allow them to sell Mugen, Losi, Traxxas, and Kyosho? Think about it. Besides - I know all the guys that work there on a first name basis, and know they are NOT owned by OFNA or Jammin or Ho Bao.

I can also assure you - ive been at the counter and watched the Mugen guys and the Kyosho devotee's stand in line and order their replacement parts just like the rest of the Ho Bao OFNA Hong Nor Jammin folks.

Eveybody like to talk smack on OFNA product ... but when you ask them what they had 3/4 or more say they either never had one - or it was an rtr pile o crizzzap or some dumb thing like that.