<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://49/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I was at a huge Hobby Town USA in the Atlanta area last year…a large as a grocery store. Even at that, 80% of the floorspace was dedicated to other hobbies and crafts. The RC section was small and a very small portion of it dedicated to a limited selection of small electric ARFs. <div>In a very large market with several active clubs and almost year-round flying season, this is indicative of the direction of the market. </div><div>The modest local hobby shop in Kansas City that I go to, is about the same floorspace ratio, but with a super-active hell counter, and sizable selection of electric ARFs. </div><div><br></div><div>The only things I buy there are glue, carbon fibre, and a few odds and ends in a pinch. </div><div><br></div><div>John</div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 18, 2014, at 8:14 AM, Keith Hoard <<a href="mailto:klhoard@hotmail.com">klhoard@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div dir="ltr">Our local Hobby Town is downsizing, probably a first step towards going away. Only a small part of their business is now airplane / helo - mostly Eflight and stuff like that.<br> <br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:00:26 -0700<br>From: <a href="mailto:mups1953@yahoo.com">mups1953@yahoo.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Mac Hodges<br><br><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Local Hobby shops are hard hit by the way business is conducted these days.<br> It's sad.<br> <br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div>Mike Mueller</div><div>President of<br></div><div> F3AUnlimited</div><div class="ecxyahoo_quoted" style="display: block; "><br><br><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; "><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:06 AM, Hnycmpsts <<a href="mailto:hnycmpsts@aol.com">hnycmpsts@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br></font></div><div class="ecxy_msg_container"><div id="ecxyiv0373079290"><div><div>I didn't know he closed his hobby shop. That's too bad. It was just one of the many perks when flying at his field.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Oscar</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="ecxyiv0373079290yqt9774885120" id="ecxyiv0373079290yqt67516"><div><br clear="none">On Mar 17, 2014, at 11:36 PM, "John Fuqua" <<a href="mailto:johnfuqua@embarqmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">johnfuqua@embarqmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote><div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="ecxyiv0373079290yqt9774885120" id="ecxyiv0373079290yqt48083"><div class="ecxyiv0373079290WordSection1"><div class="ecxyiv0373079290MsoNormal">Has anybody got a good phone number and/or email address for Mac Hodges. Previous numbers he used for his hobby shop are no good now that the shop is closed.</div><div class="ecxyiv0373079290MsoNormal"> </div><div class="ecxyiv0373079290MsoNormal">thanks</div><div class="ecxyiv0373079290MsoNormal"> </div><div class="ecxyiv0373079290MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; ">John D. Fuqua</span></div><div class="ecxyiv0373079290MsoNormal"><span><a href="mailto:johnfuqua@embarqmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">johnfuqua@embarqmail.com</a></span></div><div class="ecxyiv0373079290MsoNormal"><span>850-974-6655 Cell</span></div><div class="ecxyiv0373079290MsoNormal"> </div></div><blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>NSRCA-discussion mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></span></blockquote></div></div><br><div class="ecxyqt9774885120" id="ecxyqt62505">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" shape="rect">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion" target="_blank" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________ NSRCA-discussion mailing list <a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a> <a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>