I just can't get past the $30 for a 1/25 scale plastic model. I guess I'm just not into it that much anymore.
This.
I guess I'm stuck in the late '70's early '80's when it comes to pricing on kits. When I was a kid in the '70's, Conn had (still has) the 5 cent deposit on bottles. My friend and I would collect and cash in bottles for a few weeks, then go and buy a few kits. At the time, K-mart would have sales where some kits were marked down to .99 (or less!). I remember buying a Volare Roadrunner kit during one of these sales, and the body wasn't fully molded. Part of the drivers door and most of the drivers fender was not there. It was obviously a manufacturing defect. Ended up using it for parts.
I think I gave up models when pricing reached the $10 range.
Y'all do know Hobby Lobby has a 40% off coupon? This would make a $30 model $18 and not all their models are $30. I finally bit the bullet and paid $50 for a '65 Valiant resin body so I can build a replica of my first car. All I lack is painting it (I even bought the correct color from scalefinishes for it) but since we moved last December all my modelling stuff is still packed away. 1 kit came from HL ('71 Duster) for the 340 and bought a '69 Barracuda from the hobby store I mentioned for the chassis. I don't spend hours and hours working on models but it is an enjoyable way to spend a few hours when it's too cold or rainy to get out.
Tim
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