>>9000617The biggest factor of the price inflation is the salary of the Chinese factory workers. It went up like 300% in 10 years. A lot of industries have become too dependent on them so they can charge more if there's no alternatives. With the very limited production Japanese collector toys, this hits them hard. The recent trend is to shift more towards plastic models as those cut the assembling/painting process practically to zero. GSC (figma company) is a prime example of this.
