RE: Will Lanier still be around
Your choices are clear, they can be summarized as whatever Tower, Hobbico, Great Planes, want to sell you... As talked about before, they now own Lanier, Goldberg, others.. etc, etc...
Recently, maybe I was naive.. I found that Hang 9, Horizon group also reside in Champaign, IL, home of all of the above... I am certain that there is a Hobby Town USA connection also, but that one is only a guess! lock on the market, I think so!
As I've said before, I shouldn't throw stones.. I buy from them also!