Lucky for me I don’t have to even choose not to shop at Hobby Lobby…[:@]
LOL! I could really give a rats hiney about most of their model selection, but they have a reasonable amount of supplies, and lots of other stuff I can incorporate into projects. And occasionally I stumble across a good deal there like my 1/35 MH-60 or 1/48 PV-1 at 40% off or on clearance…
well you guys gave pretty good description. I stop about 20+ years ago, and just pick up a few months ago. Back then you could buy them(Models) just about anywhere, and as I remember,sketchy at best LOL the prices then did not seem out of the ordinary. Now its not enough to take me away from the hobby, but it was more of curosty
I started modeling again about ten years ago, and if you really wanna try sticker shock, try coming out of the styrene world into resin. Holy frijoles. A resin figure kit can easily set you back a hundred bucks, and then you need an airbrush, paints, a spray booth - you get the idea. Sometimes I get nostalgic for the days when I’d bring a model home, put it together, slap some enamel on it and call it built. But OCD forbids me to follow that course now.
