A friend has just bought one of these, Hong Nor ULTRA LX-2 Ultimate RTR Buggy:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISA...m=251056035416
It's cheaper than the HPI, has the same (but bigger) engine, 3-shoe clutch and bigger (16mm) threaded alloy shocks.
It arrived yesterday and for the money I was well impressed. I like the Trophy as well (It's basically a re-badged HB Lightning RTR) and someone at my local track had an Ansmann Deuce which was also pretty good but I think HN have really taken value for money to another place entirely with this, I thought it would be good for you to know.