Given the fact that R / C models can cost upwards of NT $ 10,000, most of the dedicated amateurs are well-off people in mid-career. These are the same people who are active online, and this combination of characteristics means that products can become known globally overnight, or equally can become overnight flops.
尤其遙控模型一套動輒上萬元，玩家都是中壯年菁英，這些人同時也是網路族，「模型玩家」結合「網路愛好者」的特性，可以讓各家產品一夕之間全球叫好，也可以一下子無人問津。