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Originally Posted by Rich D
Some people avoid the brand as they are frightened of spares availability. Personally though, i have found it quicker to get spares sent direct from HK than i have ordering out of stock parts by other manufacturers here in the UK.
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I was gonna post this, but you already said it. I don't see what the big deal is when people always say this. Stuff comes from HK and Japan in about a week, even to the US. If you're at the track racing and you break something, unless you've got a hobby shop 5 minutes away driving distance, you still need to go home and order parts.
Hobby shops don't make money supporting a hand full of local racers driving expensive cars that they might sell a couple a year. They make money off the hundreds of other cars that are cheaper and more popular.
Racing is about brand recongnition. Tamiya doesn't race to sell high end race cars. They race to get the name out there to sell all the other less expensive cars.