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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 455798" data-attributes="member: 16749">When I saw this in a hobby/craft store some time in 2003 or 2004, I thought it looked like something I'd want, but not nearly enough to pay $305.99 for it.&nbsp; I guess that's the tragedy of this toy, was that it was a really cool toy, but just cost too much to manufacture, for them to be able to profitably sell it at any price that anyone would pay for it.&nbsp; I don't think they made very many, and they discontinued it.&nbsp; On a return to the shop some time later, I saw that the price had been dropped to $229.99—still more than I'd pay for it, and I guess still more than anyone else was willing to pay for it.&nbsp; On some later visit to that store, I found that desperate to sell it, they'd dropped the price to $50.&nbsp; At that price, I bought it.[ATTACH]158863[/ATTACH][ATTACH]158864[/ATTACH][ATTACH]158865[/ATTACH][ATTACH]158866[/ATTACH][ATTACH]158867[/ATTACH][ATTACH]158868[/ATTACH][ATTACH]158869[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 455798, member: 16749"] When I saw this in a hobby/craft store some time in 2003 or 2004, I thought it looked like something I'd want, but not nearly enough to pay $305.99 for it. I guess that's the tragedy of this toy, was that it was a really cool toy, but just cost too much to manufacture, for them to be able to profitably sell it at any price that anyone would pay for it. I don't think they made very many, and they discontinued it. On a return to the shop some time later, I saw that the price had been dropped to $229.99—still more than I'd pay for it, and I guess still more than anyone else was willing to pay for it. On some later visit to that store, I found that desperate to sell it, they'd dropped the price to $50. At that price, I bought it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]158863._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]158864._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]158865._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]158866._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]158867._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]158868._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]158869._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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