Originally Posted by
wingracer
I think 1/12th declined with everything else with the decline of electric. Then electric made a comeback and so did 1/12th. Then the economy tanked and EVERYTHING declined. On average, I think 1/12th is very healthy.
The need for nearly unobtainable, finicky and expensive batteries killed 12th scale. Now that you can buy fairly competitive lipos starting around $40 and you only need 2, instead of six to make it through a race day, the class is once again growing.
RTR won't help 12th scale, but it's been necessary to keep the hobby going overall. The microwave mentality has hurt our hobby greatly. It's way easier to hit the reset button on the playstation than it is to rebuild a front-end.