RE: Big jump in kit prices at Tower
If you look at the kit prices in Gold you will see they have come down.
Your problem is you looking at the prices in US Dollars.
2002
Gold $319.00 per oz.
Tower Hobbies
Top Flite P-51D Gold Edition kit. $149.99 = .47oz of gold to buy kit.
2012
Gold $1,582.00 per oz
Top Flite P-51D Gold Edition kit. $199.98 = .12 oz of gold to buy kit.
So you see the real price for the kits has drastically fallen over the years.