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Old 05-26-2002, 10:39 PM
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I'd say 70% of the people there were spectators who stayed at least for a couple of hours...what about rippon, did they have that many people???? I think not! and oh yah they are actually people who are more likely to be able to afford the hobby...you know, it is an expensive hobby so we might as well target a mid to high income level area. I mean, even with better publicity like you said rippon had you still won't get regular Joe to go there, isn't that a corn field area?? They learn about this hobby through RC magazines and from people like us not LA times, unless you have King Kong being attack by Hara's car on the foot, it might make it.....hehehe.
Remember too this is not neutral ground like Rippon so that say's a lot about the manufacturers trying to get together for the better of this business. It is a unique business and I'm sure the manufacturers and Mags are doing there best to expose it within there limit or else they will be the one losing at the end.
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