The owner of Hobbytown here in Corona was telling me about this the other day...
I guess it's true. Kyosho buying Orion is cool...both are great companies.
Global buying or being the sole distributor of Airtronics SUCKS. Those guys can't even run their own stores (Hobby People) right...horrible customer service (no special orders whatsoever at any time), lousy prices...they specialize in the low-end, cheeseball Taiwan stuff.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5804504/tm.htm
Hopefully it works out ok, but I have a bad feeling about this one