New Kit Prices.......

PaintsWithBrush

 

Sprue-ce Goose:

 

Not just model kits.

Food, petrol, machine tools, hot water heaters.

 

Hot water heaters? Why do you need to heat hot water?

 

Seriously though, 'Sprue-ce Goose' is right. Everything is going up but on the whole, this is still a pretty cheap.......er, inexpensive hobby when you get right down to it.

Based on how slow I build, you are correct. However, it really boils down to how much AM you want to add to the basic kit. I mean you could buy a $20 older Tamiya kit and add some $40 Friuls to it. Suddenly it's not so cheap anymore. For prolific builders such as wbill, whom builds at least one a month and all of his builds include countless AM kits that easily jump the price to over $100. That over time can and does add up.

I will agree that for the casual builder such as myself, it's a pretty reasonably expensive hobby.

PaintsWithBrush

 

Sprue-ce Goose:

 

Not just model kits.

Food, petrol, machine tools, hot water heaters.

 

Hot water heaters? Why do you need to heat hot water?

 

Seriously though, 'Sprue-ce Goose' is right. Everything is going up but on the whole, this is still a pretty cheap.......er, inexpensive hobby when you get right down to it.

I thoroughly agree with PWB on that!

You should see prices on metalworking supplies.

BTW...thumbs up for Revellogram kit prices vs. other companies.

Sprue-ce Goose

Not just model kits.

Food, petrol, machine tools, hot water heaters.

Hot water heaters? Why do you need to heat hot water?

Seriously though, 'Sprue-ce Goose' is right. Everything is going up but on the whole, this is still a pretty cheap.......er, inexpensive hobby when you get right down to it.

Vance recently did such a kit price score, didn't he?

 I used to get a bit bent out of shape over kit prices. Not anymore, they can charge whatever they want, I'll still get em for 1/4 - 1/2 of retail, at vendor tables. It takes some time for the kits to get there, but eventually, they get there, and I save a ton of cash!

 They charge it, because people are willing to pay for it.

Just wait for them to go onsale on ebay.

Blame Dragon. They kind of set the bar high for everyone else by cramming the box full of goods to make an out-of-box build complete, without having to buy additional AM kits. You're basically paying for everything, but it's now all in one box. Their latest gig has been the pre-zimmed kits that add another $10-15. Less then the cost of resin zimmerit, but you get the idea.

Not just model kits.

Food, petrol, machine tools, hot water heaters.

I've seen prices on a lot of items going up since 2008.

Some fast stock turn-around machines are up 50 pct. at Harbor Freight since 2008.