Budfish LOL.
My wife is cheap and cheerful
good value i would say
As for Bearings it seems you dont need to worry!! the ones form Kyosho as i saw once are normally 1st or second in the grading chart. Your cousin can get some great prices for sure.
Again sorry about the plastic sprue thing not sure why you doing so many? maybe you put an option shock tower on and thats made the holder the weakest part??