I had a nice long, well worded reply typed out, but I just don't have the energy for this. Buy whatever you want. But that's like saying that both Honda and Ford build cars, so Honda must have copied Ford because they built a car and called it their own. :rolleyes:
To each their own, but I will not give my money to a company whose entire business model is based on thievery. There aren't a ton of things that need upgraded really, it's mainly small things and some of them aren't even upgrades, they're things the car doesn't come with stock like limit straps...
I won't get into a debate about which one to buy, or whether they're the same. That info is out there in spades if you research it. I will say this though, without HPI spending the R&D and engineering money initially, you wouldn't have any clones to pick from. Not to mention, none of the clone...