Agreed. ARFs are a fact of life. Unfortunately it is not an either/or situation any more. GP and Topflite discontinueing kits. Many GP kits are only available as ARFs. Royal gone, Pica gone, Sterling gone.... Choice is what it's about. Unfortuanately for us Kit builders, the choices are starting to get few!

ARFs make them, lots of them! Buy them and fly them. Have fun that's what it's about. But when they become the only choice it will be a tragedy for our hobby. I think the point of this thread to point out, that many of us kit builders are getting to a point where we are starting look at buy kits and supporting products from manufactures who are committed to providing as many options for kits as they do ARFs.

I stop by a new hobby shop last week end. Hundreds of ARFs (litterally) and not a single kit (unless you count Gillows). Trends are what they are, but I don't know why if you can build an ARF in Vietnam and sell it for $150 why you can cut a kit in Vietnam and sell it for $125???? We would all be happy.