After combining the price of a new SCX10 II kit on Tower Hobbies with the cheapest stuff I could get.

Kit = $350
Receiver (for use with my Futaba 3pv) = $38
Motor = $12
Esc = $35
Servo (Futaba S3010) = $25

That comes out to $470, and that's more than I'd like to spend.

Plus, that doesn't count paint, which'd be another like $15.

Ascender is $30 cheaper, so $455, but then I'd have to add an SCX10 battery tray (because I only have standard size lipo packs) which is probably like $15 bucks more, so it would come out to be $470 as opposed to $485. Which isn't a whole lot better.