Thanks for everyone's input. I'm thinking that I might start off with the Estarter and then move over to the Formosa in the future. Now the question becomes what accessories will work with both of these planes and possibly more in the future. I have an exisiting Hitech 4-channel transmiter and micro servos that I'd like to reuse, and I'll start out with the stock motors so the rest of my shopping list looks like :

-Battery (prefferably Lipo)
-Charger (that charges 2-3s)
-Reveiver (micro size)
-ESC
anything else?

I think one of my main concerns is ordering these pieces and finding out they've all got different connectors... btw, anyone know of some good deals??