That's just brutal. BRUTAL. Bruuuutal. I'm actually really, really irked. This was the one piece at SDCC that I was really excited for. It looks gorgeous, and he's the one Predator I actually wanted to own. I get prices going up bit by bit (you know, like the $70 price jump from one Stormtrooper to the next in a month earlier this summer,) but this is an INSANE jump.
And for us international customers who have to pay another $50+ on shipping, and then another $100 or so in customs fees PLUS exchange rates? Kick in the teeth.
Like most, I was expecting $500 and thinking, "Okay, I can sort around that, I'm sure..." but this is not even in the orbit of prices that anyone was expecting. I can't say I'm out for sure, because I do love it...but I think I'm 75% out, which is sad, because it would've been an instant PO. I'm sure it'll sell; but it's ridiculous that for $150 more they're just tossing customers aside. This piece would have to come out 100% exactly like the prototype...okay, 95%, in order for it to be worth it on any level. If it ends up with the paint job that the previous Predator LSB had with the stenciled on triangles, then it'd be an instant return.
Oh man, I'm so disappointed. I saw someone post the pictures and price on Facebook and my reaction was disbelief until I saw it for myself...then I turned into Tom Cruise (without the same bank account)