and that's kinda it.
the only way we, as a consumer have any say over how things are in our home market, is if we buy from the home market.
as the other guy pointed out, hobby stores have minimum orders which they can hardly ever fulfill.
what follows is that the store owners aren't in much communication with the distributers which in turn means that knowledge/information about our home market isn't passed on to the manufacturers.
instead, too many of us buy from import stores who can because of many factors, can supply us the same kits for what we would consider to be cheaper.
how are the manufacturers supposed to know what we want in the UK/US if no one buys from the UK/US?