1st of all, my apologies for not being a larger part of this group. Because of user friendliness, I tend to hang on the Facebook modeler groups. I was googling model car demographics out of curiosity & was just pondering the same thing & totally agree.
Catering to the next generation is huge. Sure those of us deep in the hobby can & will find all of the hard to find parts, spend 3-10x the amount of the original kit cost to get the results we desire. But those generating their interest would definitely benefit from having something cool right out of the box.
& to those who share the "who cares" mentality,wow.. narrow minded! I guess since you guys are already catered to, you can feel that way. Makes sense I guess. All the more reason to cater to the next generation.