Hi. Is there a relatively inexpensive (under 500 bucks maybe?) kit that's decent for fusion? If there was one (used is find, it doesn't have to be new), is there one made by a well-known brand?
Sure. If you keep looking, you could come up with a Ludwig,Pearl, or a Yamaha from that era for that amount of money. I would stay away from Slingerland just because they were changing hands a lot, and to be quite honest, their tom mounts & kick spurs/legs always sucked.