Welcome back. I too had A lay off for over 20 years and was surprised at how the prices of RC gear had come down. I was flying and building U-Controls from about 1956 then free flight in the 60s then back to U-Control in the late 70s. RC was way out of my pocket range until the 90s so it has been A long time getting here.
Kits are almost A thing of the past but there are plenty of places to buy plans so you can still have something different and not A cookie cutter plane.
Welcome back and have fun!!