I would say its difficult to support the kind of inventory expense and overhead that this large operation had exclusively from the sales of train and hobby equipment. There must be 5 or 6 employees and 2000 sq ft of space there. It looks as though RC cars was the main focus and that's on the downswing.
I will agree that the future of retail is from online stores. I buy online 9 months out of the year and only go to 3 or 4 shows per year, but mostly to browse for the odd items and to say hello to other hobbyists. You sometimes pay more online and sometimes you pay less but you do save at least 50 cents a mile in car transportation and several hundred if you attend York.
