I guess I'm the lucky one. My local hobby shop is less than 2 miles from my house and they stock all the newest kits from Tamiya, Fujimi and a lot of good kits from Aoshima. Heck, they just ordered me 2 sets of Aoshima 18" Work Meister S1's and 1 set of Aoshima 19" Lowenhart at their price. My area has a lot of automotive builders as well as the Gundam, military and RC.