Thought that I should look into past prices of TLV and yeah, for some reason (inflation included) the retail prices have increased quite a bit.
Here are some examples from Hobby Link Japan and Tomytec minicar (the official TLV website) from 2004, 2007,2013 and 2019.
2004 release Prince Gloria (one of the first castings) retailed at about 980 yen (before tax)
2007 release Mitsubishi Debonair retailed for around USD$9.56 in Japan
2013 release Nissan Gloria (I have this one) in blue retailed at 1,500 yen (before Tax) in japan.
2019 release Lancer Evolution IV retails for around 2,400 yen (before tax) in japan
I wonder why this is the case? minus the first castings) the quality of detail hasn't changed much but for some reason even if you include inflation the prices have pretty much doubled.
Here are some examples from Hobby Link Japan and Tomytec minicar (the official TLV website) from 2004, 2007,2013 and 2019.
2004 release Prince Gloria (one of the first castings) retailed at about 980 yen (before tax)
2007 release Mitsubishi Debonair retailed for around USD$9.56 in Japan
2013 release Nissan Gloria (I have this one) in blue retailed at 1,500 yen (before Tax) in japan.
2019 release Lancer Evolution IV retails for around 2,400 yen (before tax) in japan
I wonder why this is the case? minus the first castings) the quality of detail hasn't changed much but for some reason even if you include inflation the prices have pretty much doubled.
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