Well it seems the Cyclone Messiah 2 clone I was originally asking about has been discontinued, only a day after i first looked at the site!! :
http://www.cyclonechip.com
Without out anyone here to offer reports/recommendations on them, I couldn't even consider it anyway... who knows what i would be getting ?!
So I guess I'm back to the original messiah 2. I'll still keep the Apple 2 and Magic 3.1 on my list, but I'll need to look into them more to see if the cost saving is worth it.