Imagine how many LHS's could stay open if people bought their kits there instead of finding the cheapest Chinese knock off they can find. :roll:
RC's arent going anywhere.
Honestly, it's hard to tell. Without the race to the bottom, prices never come down. We bitch about $360 axial kits when in reality, 25 years ago, that's what an RC10T kit cost. Had competition not driven prices down, those axial kits would probably be $800 by now. How many people would be in this hobby if every kit was $800 and every RTR was $1k?