Never say "Never!"

I agree. It's too bad that it's perceived that there aren't enough people in each special interest group to keep the manufacturers out straight designing and manufacturing new stuff for the aficionados.
I can see why people want to do different things, even though I have little or no desire to do them myself ... I like the pull of the plane on the lines, the affordability of C/L. I understand the allure of motorless soaring ... trying to catch a thermal and stay up for hours without power. I like watching the mayhem of C/L combat, and hearing the scream of racing engines. But I can't do it all, so sport/scale R/C flying and occasional C/L flying are what keep me busy for now.

It's funny, to me, that you mentioned this today. Just this afternoon my job took me to Malden, MA, home of America's largest model train store, Charles Ro Supply Co. I've been into model trains off and on over the years, as well, so I stopped in for a look around. Man, that stuff just keeps getting nicer, too. Then later I was in a magazine "super store" and I found a Model Car Racing magazine ... slot cars, not R/C. I figured that stuff was long dead ... in fact the editorial says "that hobby that peaked in the early seventies, died during the eighties and nineties, to be resurrected less than a decade ago." So I'm constantly amazed at the toys we have available to use up our free time and spare change.