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The LHS is a toy & hobby store,a customer wrote on the store web page what good luck they had finding the toy they were looking for,but noticed a lot of old men,(in there words) cruising the place

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That's who builds models these days; people who started as kids and never grew out of it. You don't see teenagers buying many $170 Tamiya model airplanes or $60 armor kits.

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The LHS is a toy & hobby store,a customer wrote on the store web page what good luck they had finding the toy they were looking for,but noticed a lot of old men,(in there words) cruising the place

That just makes you wonder about what kind of person would write that sort of thing and their own perversions, biases, and/or general mentality.

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People like that to make me nervous about going and running my trucks in public parks alone. I sometimes worry someone might see my pistol style controller as a "weapon", or think I'm trying to "lure kids" in with whatever truck I'm using there, or destroying the environment with it (even though I'm running some sort of crawler, which does less damage than the average toddler, not to mention I'm constantly picking up and throwing out garbage left by people fishing and/or picnicing.....) Probably a good thing I haven't jumped on the multirotor R/C bandwagon yet, not sure how I would deal with the paranoid freaks those tend to bring out of the woodwork.

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That's who builds models these days; people who started as kids and never grew out of it. You don't see teenagers buying many $170 Tamiya model airplanes or $60 armor kits.

No, if a teen is spending that kind of money in a hobby shop, it's some sort of R/C product, be it a new vehicle, or parts to repair or modify what they already own.

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The LHS is a toy & hobby store,a customer wrote on the store web page what good luck they had finding the toy they were looking for,but noticed a lot of old men,(in there words) cruising the place

What do you expect, nothing but kids running around the store? There aren't many kids into modeling anymore. And just because there's a old dude walking around doesn't mean he's a pervert, unless he's taking pictures of the women in the store..

Also what do you mean, cruising the place?

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"Also what do you mean, cruising the place?"

I think that this reviewer was accusing all of those guys of being gay and/or pedophiles looking for "companionship".

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so if Wednesday is cruising night at the drive in, and cruisers drive hot cars, does that mean folks in hot cars are .... oh, brother. I'm going back to model railroading.

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so if Wednesday is cruising night at the drive in, and cruisers drive hot cars, does that mean folks in hot cars are .... oh, brother. I'm going back to model railroading.

Different meaning for the same word, why the reviewer thought that is anybody's guess........not sure I want to know why they thought that........might have been some sort if ignorant phobia...........

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There should be an IQ test for online reviews. I read Yelp reviews for a local Chinese restaurant that I really like. There was a one star review because of price. YOU KNEW THE PRICE BEFORE YOU ORDERED!!! I've seen two reviews for my employer from people who were not customers. Stupid.

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Have you noticed all the middle age/older guys at toy shows and model contests? Sheesh! Most of us are straight-up guys with a great hobby! Just ignore these opinionated jerks!

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Same kind of mentality that says all bikers are hoodlums on welfare, and all model railroaders are retarded. Idiotic opinionated tree huggers.

Are ALL tree huggers idiotic and opinionated?

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Same kind of mentality that says all bikers are hoodlums on welfare, and all model railroaders are retarded. Idiotic opinionated tree huggers.

The irony is strong here

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I wonder if the person would think the designer of his car was one being the model builder designs one from clay to start with? Modelers have a larger more important affect on the world than many know. There not perverts but highly skilled people most very kind caring people...never judge a book by its cover..it might just become your best friend or help you get your car jump started when you need it. Bikers,modelers,train people bring big bucks into the economy...sure there is bad apples but there is in any field,age or gender. Me myself have had others look at me funny...I just ask them if they need any help...shuts them up and they walk away or they ask what is on their minds. Yeah the guy your talking about has issues of his own.

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The LHS is a toy & hobby store,a customer wrote on the store web page what good luck they had finding the toy they were looking for,but noticed a lot of old men,(in there words) cruising the place

Any links to that review by chance?

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