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I'm here and have said many times I don't like the direction this hobby is headed. Too much pre-built stuff. Don't need it, don't want it! This hobby is about building stuff, to me! Just last night on 60 minutes they talked about the Echo generation, which I guess is the kids growing up now. My kids generation and slightly younger. These kids have no patience, everything must be instantaneous and they are driving the market, now. When something doesn't work, they throw it away! They have no abilities to take things apart and attempt to understand how it is built, functions and effect repairs. Both my kids learned how to model and, have a curiosity about what makes things ticks, because I was a modeler and messed with stuff and fixed things when I could. <br /> <br />The truly sad thing about all this is the manufacturers are simply responding to what the market wants. Therefore, none of us whom like building kits can do anything about this. I predict in a few short years no (or very few) manufacturers will offer kits anymore! It's to their advantage to provide built kits and charge more for them.
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