Well, to give an honest answer, I have no idea what the costs etc are, I appreciate you are a business and need to make money of course. I can only speak as a potential customer, probably the target customer in fact given I'm a kit builder, a huge fan of starship design and that specific ship design is probably my personal favorite. I can only say that 600+ is way more than I'd pay for a kit, no matter how nice it may be, but then I have high shipping costs and import duty to worry about also, so maybe the USA would be the ideal market as much as it pains me to say it.
I think part of the problem also is that a much lower price of $250 was hinted at early on in production. At that price I didn't even question whether I'd buy one or not... I'd probably have taken two. But again, I understand you changed the production process to a higher quality. The thing is with kit builders, we don't mind a bit of clean up etc, it's all part of the hobby. So if it was an option to go back to a cheaper production method and with a lower price tag to boot, it might be worth considering in future. And I'm not trying to criticise here at all, hopefully this will be helpful and honest feedback. I'd seriously hate to see such an awesome piece canned for good, it's simply beautiful...
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