How bad does FOMO grip you?

[Aerobert 2324]

I don’t have a strong FOMO sense although I permanently missing out something RC related. I always wanted the Porsche 911 GT2 and when I though I buy one it was gone. On this one I'm pretty sure it will come back, so I wait patiently until it will be announced.

Another one is the CC-01 in general. It seems that this chassis is currently disappearing from the market. There are only some left here in Germany which makes me wonder if I should buy one only to have it even if I don't like the supplied body. Same with the XV-01: I can have the Lancia Delta currently for around 200€ which is a lot cheaper than some month ago. Not sure if I should buy one. And while I'm thinking about it they are all gone. 

It's not a big problem for me, the time period that I'm annoyed or sad about it is rather short and something else will surely pop up which sparks my interest. 

I guess FOMO and not to be decisive when it comes to RC is not a good match. 

[Willy iine 18826]

22 hours ago, 87lc2 said:

 

I think the real FOMO of RC is what most people don't even realize they are missing out on - using their toys.  if you're not regularly racing or at least using your RCs you really are missing out and don't even know it.  I like building as much as everyone else, but the real enjoyment is putting what you built to work. 

 

I use to race every weekend in the late 90's and if not racing, was out on the track to set up my cars, etc.  It was an entire afternoon event (I was out enjoying my 1:1 cars in the Malibu canyons in the early morning hours)  and while this routine was fun back then, I don't feel like doing that now.    I already know that feeling and these days, I still drive my cars, but I enjoy them as much building them and just admiring the cars on my display.   I think I'm a bit older so perhaps such days may come to you as well.

[toyolien 5608]

6 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

and while this routine was fun back then, I don't feel like doing that now. 

I can totally relate to this. I raced 10th off road 2wd from 1991 to 2004 (ish), and on and off raced pretty much most weekends. Set up and practice in the week ready for the race at the weekend, and absolutely loved it.

I've tried in the last few years to get back to racing, but it struck me that the fun had gone. Maybe it was my, now older, outlook on racing, but the trackside seemed way more serious that I remember it being. There were no families with kids just getting into racing. It left me disappointed, and now I get pleasure from building and using my cars without the competition...

While I don't suffer with FOMO, I do sometimes get carried away with more builds than I have time to do....

[DTSCB 98]

I don't start/schedule/purchase projects anymore unless I can buy all of the parts. 

I'm tired of being bitten by one missing hard to find part. 

FOMO... looks at spare part stash... continues to shake uncontrollably in the corner.    Will the spares be enough until I can get more "next time" from somewhere?

[Sogogi 3359]

2 hours ago, toyolien said:

I can totally relate to this. I raced 10th off road 2wd from 1991 to 2004 (ish), and on and off raced pretty much most weekends. Set up and practice in the week ready for the race at the weekend, and absolutely loved it.

I've tried in the last few years to get back to racing, but it struck me that the fun had gone. Maybe it was my, now older, outlook on racing, but the trackside seemed way more serious that I remember it being. There were no families with kids just getting into racing. It left me disappointed, and now I get pleasure from building and using my cars without the competition...

While I don't suffer with FOMO, I do sometimes get carried away with more builds than I have time to do....

That is how i am feeling too. Never raced, but wanted to try out which lead me to dig into local rc race club and such… and realized things are too serious which i am not interested in. I occasionally go to local track just to have fun. 

I really envy uk or japan where they have lots of have fun kind of races (comical series race, just all vintage race etc).

 

21 minutes ago, DTSCB said:

I don't start/schedule/purchase projects anymore unless I can buy all of the parts. 

I'm tired of being bitten by one missing hard to find part. 

FOMO... looks at spare part stash... continues to shake uncontrollably in the corner.    Will the spares be enough until I can get more "next time" from somewhere?

That is something i am keeping in mind.. you all know how cost can go up significantly when you buy just a kit. (Followed buy electronics, some hop ups )

[bRIBEGuy 3376]

2 hours ago, Willy iine said:

I use to race every weekend in the late 90's and if not racing, was out on the track to set up my cars, etc.... and while this routine was fun back then, I don't feel like doing that now.   

 

2 hours ago, toyolien said:

I can totally relate to this. I raced 10th off road 2wd from 1991 to 2004 (ish), and on and off raced pretty much most weekends. Set up and practice in the week ready for the race at the weekend, and absolutely loved it.

I've tried in the last few years to get back to racing, but it struck me that the fun had gone. Maybe it was my, now older, outlook on racing, but the trackside seemed way more serious that I remember it being. There were no families with kids just getting into racing. It left me disappointed, and now I get pleasure from building and using my cars without the competition...

I too spend a good number of years racing, and ironically it was the FOMO of OTHERS combined with both the above sentiments that keep me off the track now.

I love driving on a track, and a race setting can be good fun... but it also became (for me at least) a competition to see who could have the newest, greatest, and fastest everything.  I was quite content to run what I had, and focus on testing and tuning the setup, but that makes it hard to stay competitive when everyone else is showing up every weekend with new motors, batteries, hop-ups, or the latest car.  Spec/Stock classes turned into a competition of who could cheat the rules the best, and everything thing else slowly morphed to be biased towards who wanted to spend the most $$$.

Every couple years I'll toy with the idea of racing again (maybe I have a fear that I'm missing out on racing fun? ), but in reality I think I'm happiest just tinkering and doing my own thing...

[Keracticus Pots 200]

A really interesting thread.

Over the years I've been on and off with RCs. Sometimes going for years with no interest. Coming back most recently I liked the idea of an anniversary Porsche. I was amazed at what these were going for and wasn't prepared to pay that much. I settled on a TT02 RSR.

The whole market around the 45th I found quite disappointing. Driven in part by FOMO, speculators and I'm sure other factors. The whole spares situation is rubbish. Break something on your new BBX and you have no chance of getting spares. This drives an element of demand for kits that should be met by adequate spares supply. I think it's a shame you can't simply look in Tamiya's current catalog in any given year and go and buy what takes your fancy.

This whole FOMO isn't just Tamiya or RCs - just look at the MoonSwatch. It's across the board with many consumer products and as others have said, demand is driven these days by a whole bunch of new factors that didn't exist 20 or so years ago.

Now (IMO) the 50th anniversary is going to be something really special and I'm already caught up in the whole FOMO!

KP

[BuggyGuy 1139]

19 hours ago, toyolien said:

I can totally relate to this. I raced 10th off road 2wd from 1991 to 2004 (ish), and on and off raced pretty much most weekends. Set up and practice in the week ready for the race at the weekend, and absolutely loved it.

I've tried in the last few years to get back to racing, but it struck me that the fun had gone. Maybe it was my, now older, outlook on racing, but the trackside seemed way more serious that I remember it being. There were no families with kids just getting into racing. It left me disappointed, and now I get pleasure from building and using my cars without the competition...

While I don't suffer with FOMO, I do sometimes get carried away with more builds than I have time to do....

I think this is completely dependent on the clubs that you race at. My local club is great - relaxed atmosphere plenty of young uns it's got lots of enthusiasts, and no regulars who take it too seriously. That's not to say we're not a competitive bunch - but having a good time comes first!

But I've been to clubs where everyone is taking things way to seriously for me - I did a round at another south coast clubs winter series, and it was a bit too serious for me at least. The guys I was pitting near didn't seem to be having a good time, plenty of people shouting at marshals etc.

The guys who do vintage racing always looks like they're having a good time - it's more for the rc enthusiast and always looks like good fun. Another fun class is the TT02 stock racing classes - I've never raced a class that was so fun or so close!

[markbt73 5701]

Honestly, I fear buyer's (and more importantly, seller's) remorse more than missing out on something. A few years back I sold off several vintage models I "wasn't using" to fund an RC4WD Trailfinder - and was completely disappointed by it. Sold it off piecemeal, and I don't even remember what I bought with the proceeds. It's like those vintage cars disappeared from my collection for nothing.

The hype machine has gotten me a few times, but I've learned to sit and think about purchases before impulse-buying. And honestly, I've reached a point where just assembling a new kit out of the box doesn't interest me. Vintage restorations, or even minor refreshes, hold my attention a whole lot longer. Of course, FOMO plays a role there too; sit and think too long about something you really want, and someone else will snag it. My "sit and think about it" time on that Hi-Rider Vette I'm working on now was about forty-five minutes.

As for event/racing FOMO, I don't feel it at all. I genuinely prefer driving my cars by myself, and I'm lucky to have a few places around my property to do it. I don't have enough open land to build an off-road track (wish I did), but I have built a small crawler course, and I've got plenty of paved area. No need to load up the car, drive to a track or a park, get everything out, and worry about a bunch of yahoos with brushless RTRs smashing into my vintage Blackfoot and ruining all my hard work. Nope, I'd rather stay home.