Thunder Tiger Phoenix is an old RC10?

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Hello,

I'm looking at buying a good starter buggy to learn racing. Nothing too lame that I'll want to change soon, yet nothing too obscure that the parts and upgrades are hard to get.

So...Team Associated RC10 B4.1 £209 or Thunder Tiger Pheonix XB £175

As Thunder Tiger took over and own Team Associated in 2005 I read somewhere that the Phoenix is basically an older version of the RC10, with some newer bits on.

Here's a criptic posting I found on an American forum...

"Associated T3=TTR Phoenix st
Associated B4=TTRPhoenix bx
Associated tc3=TTR Sparrowhawk vx
Associated GT=TTR Phoenix GT
Associated TC3 chassis used on the new TTR sparrowhawk XB 4WD buggy and XXB brushless 4wd Buggy

parts will interchange."

So just how similar is the Phoenix with the current B4.1? Are the suspension arms and shock towers and other commonly broken parts the same?

Can I upgrade the Phoenix with B4.1 parts?

Any thoughts on comparing these two buggies?