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                        Help me help my LHS - new stock in the store now, and I helped him rearrange to promote the new goods

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                        Mike H.
                        • Member since
                          November 2006
                        Posted by Mike H. on Friday, January 16, 2009 11:09 PM

                         DesertRat wrote:
                        Sounds an awful lot like the LHS I had when living in Anaheim. They were mostly into the Cars genre too. I could never figure out why the cars genre was more popular there than miltary subjects. All demographics, i guess

                        It's not really more cars, it's more needing military subject matter and the fact that it's so diverse, he (and I to a long extent) are clueless. 

                        I realize if the shop closes, we're out of a main supply shop first and foremost when you run out of paint.  However, he's lost a big core group of builders that don't come in anymore and I've noticed it as well, which is why he's enlisting my help as I am able to do. 

                        Mike

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                        DesertRat
                        • Member since
                          February 2007
                        • From: Casa Grande, Az.
                        Posted by DesertRat on Friday, January 16, 2009 9:54 PM
                        Sounds an awful lot like the LHS I had when living in Anaheim. They were mostly into the Cars genre too. I could never figure out why the cars genre was more popular there than miltary subjects. All demographics, i guess

                        Warmest regards,

                        Roger

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                        Mike H.
                        • Member since
                          November 2006
                        Help me help my LHS - new stock in the store now, and I helped him rearrange to promote the new goods
                        Posted by Mike H. on Friday, January 16, 2009 6:44 PM

                        Greetings all.  My LHS manager and I had a talk tonight, and he's not had a "model" guy in his store for some time.  Years actually.  Since, it seems he's lost his "core" modelers.  There are still a few of us who pop in for supplies/kits etc. but seems the business for kits has turned toward the beginner etc. 

                        Military is the big thing.  There are quite a few military builders in the area and of course, if he doesn't have the variation of a certain kit, the guy walks out of the store.  Car kits (my genre) are fine and I've got a good idea what to do with that.

                        SO - What's new, exciting, anticipated, and getting repopped in the world of military modeling?  Thank you!!!

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