Is this hobby dying in the US?

[frizzen]

I prefer using forums for information like this, but i'm not one of the people who lets facebook run their life.

I think the problem with the truck and construcion end of rc is that the bar to enter is too high for a lot to justify trying. For $100-200, I can get into a noob-grade rtr short course, stadium, monster, buggy, crawler... Our 'cheap' rolling truck kits are around $400, there really aren't any rtr. It's hard to get them hooked at that price, and it's not as flashy as the fast stuff.

There are a fair number of 1/14 - 1/16 cheapy cars out there, but there's not really much hobby hobby grade for them without scratch building. No trucks or common cars though, i don't want a world of only supercars and semis.

Plus we aren't really publicizing our meets that well, even to others already in the hobby.