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Old 01-18-2017, 02:40 PM
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Default Re: Is this hobby dying in the US?

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Originally Posted by huber1918 View Post
I am a little surprised that there are not as many companies into this besides Tamiya.
High production costs vs low volume sales in a very niche market.

I would say there's lots of choice products out there today, though much of it would come from overseas. The rc heavy commercial hobby has ballooned 1000 fold from just 5yrs ago... and 5yrs before that there was just about nothing for aftermarket.
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