I have a green BK that's hanging on my wall waiting to be built-up when I get to Georgia. Did you look at the EAI godzilla frameset too? Nicer welds, NJS. Lighter, better material. At some point in the next year I'm going to pick one up for my son. Leader has a good reputation here, both because Scrod has done a good job of marketing through usage (and being a nice guy) and because some people just want to keep their money going where they can see it. In short - it's very easy to feel compelled to try something when everybody else is doing it. Leader has developed that following.