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"I guess the problem with R/C is that it's gone from a hobby to a sport--hence, the higher financial bracket that's into it now."
A shrewd observation. I haven't heard of many sportsmen who build their own golf clubs, water skis, or basketballs.
The trend away from kits and towards assembled items seems to be across the board. In model railroading, the simple "shake the box" kits are less common in the shops and at the shows. "Model car" now implies 1/43 die-cast, not a 1/24 or 1/32 plastic kit. In electronics, Heathkit recently went out of business.
Yet Home Depot and Lowe's are making a mint in the do-it-yourself home projects business. People will do the full-size themselves, but leave the miniature to the experts!
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