personal, will buy two too, one for refresh the feeling when purchase it. At that time, purchase one RC car kit is a BIG BIG event. I didn't open it and keep 3 days, read manual very very clearly, always worry will make damage (sure impossible la ). Another is for refresh the feeling when play that, I even don't need any improvement like diff. gear. I just want to buy the feeling. Just my 2 cents
田宮 faces stiff competition from other entertainment nowadays and many young kids have never bothered to build stationary model or even the more expensive R/C. So R/C remains a niche market for the few groups of people. If there are fewer and fewer new customer, then 田宮 won't be able to survive in the next century with its current business model.
Yes... when you purchase a '遙控模型月刊' nowadays, you will see most guys playing rc model you had known in last 20 years...... No too much fresh blood, most younger I know nowadays only web surf, and tv games.
"I was talking to a friend about this re-re at the weekend, I mentioned I already had two pre-ordered with RC Champ.
Apparently, this friend has been talking to his LHS, who have said that Tamiya are cracking down on grey importers. Apparently, any Tamiya reseller who ships new Tamiya stock outside of their market area will be struck off Tamiya's list and will no longer be supplied by Tamiya."