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Originally posted by blueboost
well spoken. I don't see how making more wheels available to there customers could hurt them. and other companies have been doing this for years now so it wouldn't be considered "trend" because it's not a new thing
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It wouldn't be a trend, but remember, Tamiya is much more diverse than it's competition that do sell wheels so they don't need it for another avenue for profit. As far as I know Aoshima and Fujimi are basically model companies that are fairly diverse in that arena, where as Tamiya has many lines of toys like, plastic and die-cast models, Dangun racers, Mini 4WD's, paint, tools, R/C models, educational etc. They also have the largest warehouses which is an added cost to maintain and inventory, Aoshima and Fujimi basically ship out the production to disributors right away.
Tamiya's engineering/design department is rather small so the military model employees also do the car models etc. This is to say they probably feel they are a well rounded company and have enough irons in the fire already, it is unlikely wheel kits are very high in their interest.
