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Originally Posted by arch2b
could the kyosho rep please explain to me why not a single hobby town within 60 miles of me will carry the dnano? what good is a sole distribution system when few of the chains will carry them?
i called them all today and none plan to carry them or even know when they will be available which is very odd considering some stores in other states have had them for some time.
my zip is 20874.
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The "deal" they supposedly inked with HTUSA (or so I have heard) is you either do full dNano and offer racing and all exclusively... or you get nothing. That means no tires, parts, nothing. While that may sound highly restrictive, the "word" I heard was a 75% adoption rate nationwide. Even though 3/4 US adoption is killer, there are huge gaps of land that have no HT. Does it mean that it is likely you may be 60+ miles away from a _participating_ HTUSA... absolutely. I can see a lot of them that may have no interest in offering full boat dNano support. The whole plan is to drive revenue TO the HT stores, not elsewhere.
What do I think Kyosho and HTUSA should do? Set up and offer parts and cars supplementally via HTUSA corporate web site and share the same percentage revenues across all HTs for their already agreed upon percentage. That way the exclusivity deals aren't broken and the incentive is not breached. It's a win/win for all involved.
Then again, WTF do I know
