As of January 1:st 2024, we no longer distribute Pro-Line Racing (and PROTOform)! After representing Pro-Line for over ten years, we have chosen to no longer import their products for further distribution. The market in general has changed, but racing in particular looks different today than it did back then. At the time when the agency for Pro-Line distribution was acquired, electric touring racers was using the Mazdaspeed 6 only, for several years. It was possible to stock hundreds of bodies without any appreciable risk of being stuck with an obsolete stock. Today, as many different types of bodies are used as there are drivers, from several different manufacturers, and the total number of drivers is significantly lower.
When driving 1/8 buggy you would use Crime-fighters, except if it rained you would drive Calibers. The pace of product development is so fast today that a product sometimes has met it’s end of life before we even get it to the warehouse. Pro-Line was bought by Horizon and has since worked on establishing an EU warehouse, but unfortunately this has still meant long delivery times in many cases and a dubious margin for both traders and distributors and we ultimately don't see it being profitable to continue to focus time and warehouse space on these products.
No shadow shall hang over either the products or the supplier – Pro-Line is a top-quality brand and Horizon is the worlds biggest and most advanced worldwide distributor in RC - but the path that Pro-Line as a manufacturer has taken no longer fits with Minicars vision and therefore we choose to end the collaboration and instead focus on other brands.
The sale takes place starting today and in three stages: 25% off from January 19:th to February 1:st 50% off from February 2:nd to February 15:th 90% off from February 16:th until further notice...
|