Pro-Line racing is now own by HorizonHobby

[Surchaufeur]

https://www.facebook.com/HorizonHobby/photos/a.57816863934/10158176281558935

Rip traxxas
If 2020 could not get any crazier i have mix feelings about this i hope they keep the manufacturing in the united states but this is not good for traxxas because proline made specific stuff for traxxas we might now see them make stuff specifictly for horizonhobby brands

 

[arrmadillo]

Like the Nova!! ?

 

[GRC]

Not sure I'm happy about this news. I love my Arrma, but dealing with Horizon Hobby has always been a pain.

 

[Engineer]

Does this mean I have to wait on hold for two hours now in order to find out when my Mini-T 2.0 Hole Shots are going to ship?

 

[Surchaufeur]

Does this mean I have to wait on hold for two hours now in order to find out when my Mini-T 2.0 Hole Shots are going to ship?

Idk

 

[GRC]

Does this mean I have to wait on hold for two hours now in order to find out when my Mini-T 2.0 Hole Shots are going to ship?

Seriously, once Horizon Hobby has to deal with all the people that have Pro-line products, which is like everyone, how long are we going to be on hold?

 

[Surchaufeur]

Seriously, once Horizon Hobby has to deal with all the people that have Pro-line products, which is like everyone, how long are we going to be on hold?

Hire more people?

 

[nino]

Sucks.

 

[Surchaufeur]

Lets stay positive and hope proline doesn't get worst

 

[bicketybam]

 

[gotnitro]

https://www.facebook.com/HorizonHobby/photos/a.57816863934/10158176281558935

Rip traxxas
If 2020 could not get any crazier i have mix feelings about this i hope they keep the manufacturing in the united states but this is not good for traxxas because proline made specific stuff for traxxas we might now see them make stuff specifictly for horizonhobby brands

They would be foolish to lose that much money if they didn't make parts for Crapxxas anymore.

 

[RookieNumberss]

 

[SrC]

https://www.facebook.com/HorizonHobby/photos/a.57816863934/10158176281558935

Rip traxxas
If 2020 could not get any crazier i have mix feelings about this i hope they keep the manufacturing in the united states but this is not good for traxxas because proline made specific stuff for traxxas we might now see them make stuff specifictly for horizonhobby brands

Who cares about Traxxas? Come on....
PL actually snooted Arrma guys IMHO. Limited Arrma stuff and all. Slow to respond to Arrma owners and all. So obvious. Even a PL insider I speak with regularly said this to me last year.
PL was mismanaged and got bad over the years. Pricing on their poor QC outsourced stuff was just horrible.
PL needed a Big player like HH to bail them out. PL was going south real fast. Obvious to me at least. I'm not surprised at all.
That explains their MT roller and variants going gone.... Very smart business move for HH.

Edit: BTW, even most of PL employees had no idea of the impending buy out.

They would be foolish to lose that much money if they didn't make parts for Crapxxas anymore.

I guarantee PL will still make Traxxas stuff. Bread and butter money is there. But it will now be on HH business terms.
The exclusive good old boys network between Trx and PL is no more. Now they have to invite HH to play golf with them

 

[gotnitro]

Who cares about Traxxas? Come on....
PL actually snooted Arrma guys IMHO. Limited Arrma stuff and all. Slow to respond to Arrma owners and all. So obvious. Even a PL insider I speak with regularly said this to me last year.
PL was mismanaged and got bad over the years. Pricing on their poor QC outsourced stuff was just horrible.
PL needed a Big player like HH to bail them out. PL was going south real fast. Obvious to me at least. I'm not surprised at all.
That explains their MT roller and variants going gone.... Very smart business move for HH.

Edit: BTW, even most of PL employees had no idea of the impending buy out.

I guarantee PL will still make Traxxas stuff. Bread and butter money is there. But it will now be on HH business terms.
The exclusive good old boys network between Trx and PL is no more. Now they have to invite HH to play golf with them

Having the monopoly on everything isn't always the best either. I've seen it too many times in business myself. The American way. The problem is they become too large and CS goes right out the window because, well, they don't have to care if they own everything.

Eventually one or two companies own it all. That's when you'll start to see brand new, mom-n-pop start up companies open up for business. Those are the ones that will need the support and in return will support you.