Originally Posted by toolmaker7341

#1 look in your news paper the USD is stronger than it has been in years compared to most world currencies Price increases are do to all the large hobby companies
are corporate owned and profit is there #1 priority
#2 companies do not want to stock anything if they can avoid it
#3 ???? what does this have to do with the price of ARF's

Grandpopa: I have been building kits for 60 years if I can buy an ARF of a kit why bother I have nothing to prove to anyone I plans build or kit build (mostly older ones if an ARF is not available) The cost of a kit and accessories (covering,wheels,tank,etc.) to complete are more than an ARF. Like you said most people today don't know how to build I'm not one of them but I do buy ARF's because they are cheaper.