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Originally Posted by Welshy40
If tamiya were clever and we know they are not they could have made a killing in the market but no, you cant buy the decent cars in the uk. Daft!!
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That's nothing to do with Tamiya, it's the Hobby Company that imports and distributes the kits and if the Hobby Company doesn't want to buy the high end kits from Tamiya there's nothing that Tamiya can do about it. Tamiya can't force the distributors to buy kits if they don't want to, in the same way the Hobby Company can't force shops to buy particular kits from them.
Unfortunately for the racers the Hobby Company knows they make a killing by concentrating on loads of differently bodied TT01s and cheap buggies instead of the tiny market for the high end buggies and tourers. Why spend a fortune buying kits and all the spares to support a few hundred cars that will be sold when most savvy buyers will be buying cars and parts cheaper from abroad anyway, when the same money can support thousands of basic cars and make much more profit for the business.