What I've gathered is that Horizon is no longer JR's main distributor. JR has moved their manufacturing to Malaysia and will handle all their own U.S. marketing and service via JR Americas. My LHS is still able to obtain any of their products without Horizon as the middle man. This was all a little scary as I've been a faithful JR user for 30+ years. Without the middle man the LHS may be able to offer slightly better prices which is a good thing. Now, if the darn wind and rain would stop here in NW NC I'm ready to do some flying.