There is a HobbyTown USA near my house. I have an old Grasshopper RC car from the early 80s and I went up there and asked a question about it. I also bought a few things from them as well. It seemed like I was bothering them more than anything. Some dude with a 40 year old RC car was not what they wanted to deal with. I am going to purchase my 7 year old a new RC truck here shortly and I will give them a chance and if I get the same treatment I will use the store as an amazon showroom lol.

Growing up I raced RC cars(early 90s) and we had several hobby shops in town to choose from. There is still just as many places to race them around here but only 1 or 2 shops.