[djjeffhall]

It will be interesting watching how this plays out. Granted, I really love the Admiral tanks that I currently own. However, $45.00 (plus shipping) is pricing themselves beyond my ability to support them.

Clearly Admiral has come to the conclusion that they cannot break into the "wide scale" general market. Therefore, go the opposite way and cornor the high-end collectors market. It's a wise business move and I'll be curious to see how the current market reacts.

I've seen upcoming 1:72 scale Dragon armor being priced at $25.00, so going twice that for a full metal tank is not that far out of line, if the details and finish are equal or better. Plus, I'm sure that we will see "sale" prices and discounts posted for these so most of us will be able to pick them up for $35.00-ish dollars. If that does in fact come to pass, the question to ask is will you pay $10.00 for metal instead of plastic?