Well, actually, the wife forked out £85
(It was my main Christmas present!)
But you're right - it's a heck of a lot of money.
There again, what I would describe as the character and impact of the piece does rather make it stand out in comparison with the usual suspects from Conflix and PMC... Perfectly good pieces, and I have almost all of them - but this baby really is a class apart (once you can get the bl**dy thing to fit together, that is... )
Hammers - if you can still build stuff like this from scratch, you're in the wrong job!
PS. Sorry about your gonads.