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Originally Posted by DMS Racing
Thanks for the kind words about us and our service. At the end of the day, it juts simply was not working out with us and Kyosho here in the UK, there were several issues, but these are best to be left private between us and their UK office.
You can take nothing away from Kyosho, they have been a world leader for as long as we can all remember and drivers like Tebo prove their cars worth in all scales on an almost weekly basis at events everywhere, even Ellis showed at the start of the year what the FS2 "can" do on our own UK tracks.
The downside though is the cost, nothing coming out of Japan is cheap right now, even more so recently with prices dearer than ever and Kyosho has suffered from some rather steep rises over the last 12 months or so, "maybe" not helped by the fact it all comes through France on its way here too, but if you couple the Kyosho quality with the prices from Japan, it has made things tough... Also to add, that since the Tsunami and earthquake early this year that some parts have not been as free flowing as you would normally see or expect...
So simply put it may be the higher prices on kits/spares or availability or maybe even something else altogether why you are not finding so many stores stocking Kyosho as opposed to the likes of AE, having said that there are several good shops out there that do stock it, you juts have to look around a little. I am sure I read somwhere that Kev at Inside Line will be carrying some Kyosho soon in his online/trackside shop too, so theres another option for you all shortly....
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You're welcome (about the kind words) it was you that sourced a shock rebuild kit and the wheels!
Commercially, I understand - my day job involves electricals on a somewhat larger scale (32mW data centres!) and there have been issues surrounding cost and availability coming from japan, mainly components rather than finished items as lead times for fully fledged systems are so long, most have coped with Tsunami impact. My concern is that the presence wasn't strong, availability and support weak long before the economy got Browned and the Tsunami hit.
In real terms, in the next year or so, I hope and pray, my son and I will do a bit of racing. He is 6, I am nearly 40 but have not raced for 25 years. we will crash, we will break stuff. Lots of it. It will take some family negotation for us to spend lots of sundays just doing our own thing, if we start shedding money and time keeping the cars running, Mrs Maul may be even less tolerant of our hobby.
Bottom line is it has to be cheap and simple to run and repair. The ZX5 is fine as I have pretty much got a 2nd car in spares and if he drives it into the ground learning then fine, but I need some long term options and for the hobbyist, as oppsoed to the season racer, i'm not sure Kyosho is the right brand, sad though it is to say.