I believe kits will be back. I've been watching the auction prices for kits on ebay and they are getting pretty steep. Also the prices of ARF's is bound to go up. They are probably artificially low and I've already noticed the great planes big stik now costs $50 more than it used to. All the balsa wood in a kit only costs $20 or so. The laws of supply and demand will take over, and coupled with the increasing prices of ARF's I think it will be worthwhile for many to start building kits again. I am almost tempted at this point to put my band saw to work myself and begin producing some simple kits. Stiks and such things. I'm sure some other enterprising individuals are going to think about this too. Many of the old designs that were easy and fun to build as kits are now really expensive at auction. There will always be some that want to build them, and experienced modelers know that a kit you build yourself is usually sturdier and easier to repair.