[SoCal Pubbie]

“The British Invasion is frequently credited with firing the fatal torpedo (in the form of the electric guitar) into the hobby industry”

Do you mean coin collecting, model building and so forth?

[Steve_Seattle]

"Do you mean coin collecting, model building and so forth?"

Stamps, coins, model building all seem to be dying in favor of electronics.

[niteowl77]

Do you mean coin collecting, model building and so forth?

Those, along with control-line planes, tether cars, slot cars, chemistry sets, erector/meccano sets, etc.

I used to occasionally have meetings with a guy who had formerly worked for Monogram back in the day, and he laid out a convincing case along with not a little bitterness.

Mr. niteowl77