that was it thanks jorgesimes
Yup that's the one.
Neither company are publicly traded so it's always hard to track down exact figures. But Kentech is close to the beehive so he know's those that do.
Tamiya's profits come largely from their plastic model kits, pants and hobby kits.
TRF makes them no money and I've heard that from a number of sources. Hence them closing down their Off Road team because it just wasn't commercially viable.
I heard someone chest pumping the other day about how their choice of brand only makes "race" RC cars. No hobby kits no bashers just "race" RC cars and how that made them the best. The money doesn't come from Race cars.
A lot of us demand a S^&T load out of these RC companies, a lot.
Our demands as societies have gotten higher and harder to reach
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Why isn't it drastically different each year?
Probably because it cost's hundreds of thousands of dollars for new moulding equipment, R&D and development.
I admire Andreas for this and I'll buy one. Because I admire him for what he's doing here.
Remember what he's doing is being done on the smell of an oily rag, late nights and plenty of cups of coffee.