-Travis Amezcua goes to Hot Bodies.
-Gil Losi Jr. goes to Kyosho
-Losi releases a 1/36TH scale toy, a drift car with headlights, and a truggy that's pre-assembled.
-Just about every part and tire needed for racing is on Back Order.
- And now they didn't attend on-road nats and aren't attending the worlds?
Who wants to buy all of my losi gear? I'm switching to Kyosho when they release a truck.
On a side note, Mongoose bicycles went through a very similar situation about 7 yrs ago. They used to make high-end only bikes. Then they started releasing a more affordable bike to be able to put on the shelves of WalMart. Suddenly bike shops couldn't move a mongoose bike because people didn't want to think they're $1500 bike was bought at WalMart. But from a business side, Mongoose probably made a killing. Losi's one step away from making the same mistake. If they want to produce toys, release them under a different name, use brand diversification.... like Lexus and Scion.
(sorry about tangent)