Ah yes a spelling error, I meant proprietorize (to make proprietary) hope I spelled it correctly this time.
Thing is that Airtronics and AMB are selling just their individual products and not using a timing system to promote car sales.
Besides there are several transponders as well as lap counting programs that that will work with the AMB timing system as well as Spektrum modules and such for Airtronics radios. If AMB where selling an RFID system with tags you have to buy from them and no one else would make more sense, although I’d still advise against it since one of the primary benefits of an RFID system is that the industry standard tags are plentiful and inexpensive to the point of being disposable, the laundry puts them in my suit pockets to keep track of them during the cleaning process, I couldn’t find out exactly what they where paying but if I want a permanent button like plastic coated tag with my name and phone number programmed into it the price is a whooping fifty cents.
I actually don’t have a problem with initial high prices from the manufacturer for hop-ups it’s a sound marketing strategy, Kyosho’s high prices are an enticement for aftermarket companies like RC Atomic, 3Racign and others to make and sell them at a lower price which in turn promotes car sales.
The Autoscale body price does seem a bit high considering that it doesn’t come with the fitting parts kit but then we are only seeing the initial MFSR price and at that an inflated one since they are currently only being sold retail through the Kyosho stores, once released to distributors and retailers with an as yet unknown and likely undetermined MAP we may be pleasantly surprised, if not quite as pleasant as some may wish. Problem is that they are selling and quite well even the outrageous over the “over the counter purchase-ship-n-resell” prices like those on eBay and at dNaNoshop.com are apparently not keeping people from buying them.
I’m not exactly sure why anyone would want an aluminum hub, aluminum wheels sure but hubs
