on. It's easy to say that "....their prices should not be this high." But honestly, there are a lot of variables and reasons why prices are sometimes not where one may want or expect. I know.... I have been buying, selling and hand built limited edition, and mass market models in many scales since the 1970s and have seen immense changes and dealt with countless companies that have come and gone. I have also been producing/manufacturing limited edition hand built models since the 1980s.