I'm with you Derek, I have two heading off in the next few years and I've been preaching MIT to them since they were 3 tears old. They're keeping their end of the bargain, now I have to figure out how to pay for.

Brett is dead right too.

Whenever I think about a hobby purchase, I always compare to other stuff and Tamiya always goes heads up against a new iPad or Macbook, but $7500 is off those charts. I think I'd get more enjoyment out of a month long cruise with my wife...