Hi Neil,
No warm fuzzy house here. My Tamiya's are not far from being one off's here on the Aussie tracks. Which means they generally scarce. So far parts, and the kits for matter, I have been able to source from OS.
If the parts become hard to find then I'm left with no option to change brands, as you can't race cars with no availability of parts, because when you race, stuff breaks. Further, as the cars are scarce, I generally can't ask the guy in the pits next to me to borrow some parts.
Thus in the end if I'm not driving Tamiya, their not getting my dollars. But in the end, if they are making a loss in Off Road, they need to reorganise and concentrate on where the profits are being made so they can survive, that is understood. It still doesn't mean it isn't disappointing.
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