RE: The lack of kits
Yes, I've been there too, I was once told by a hobby shop owner, who holds a position in the AMA in this district, that goldberg doesn't exist and he can't get any eagle II kits. I just looked at him and said "what?" so he repeated it, I told him nevermind, I'll just order it from tower, I went to another shop, the shop owner thought he could pull the wool over me, I've been in it long enough to know what I'm talking about. He just assumed that I was new and looking for a trainer, probibally wanted to sell me something out of his current inventory of arfs, but what I didn't tell him is I was buying it as a present for my buddy. He just assumed that I was a noob and I'd buy the "goldberg doesn't exist" line. I never went back there ever again, and I lived a few minutes from that shop, instead I drove 20 minutes to the other shop for everything I needed.