I just one to share one of the opinion from this Graffiti toys few years ago in Jln Bukit Bintang. There was that old chap with lots of white beard (looks like a begger in fact) and I was asking why Jusco are selling F1 models by Mattel at 199.90 and they are selling higher than that? That old chap said Jusco were just disobeying Mattel instructions on selling below RRP. I said that old man talk co*k as he thought I am like kindergarten kids. Mattel have all the same pricing by Parkson and Jusco on F1 models all the time only thing recent years Jusco and Parkson have stop storing F1 model anymore. Then I was talking about internet purchasing. He said all online seller are crap! That old chap states that online store state they have certain stocks which in facts they don't have. They are just lying and when you order from them, they will get the stock and mail to you but it will take time! I have been purchasing from the internet for the past 5 years and to be honest these suppliers are great! They never lie, only thing is some Malaysian collectors are still afraid from purchasing via internet. Maybe because of credit card fraud or shipping charges is the reasons they are afraid. I seldom buy from local hobby store apart from Times Square Kyosho. other than that...local hobby stores are all craps and expensive! If you guys have some time, search via internet and in the end you could get more bargain and cheaper and updated products with pricing cheaper or similar to local pricing which is inclusive of shipping charges! Once you got your own supplier try to stick with them and they are your reliable source. 95% of my model bought from internet. My collections are mostly updated and I dont rely on local store to fullfil my collections.

Yeah, that old guy is still living in a nut shell. This is global business. You can't simply jackup price. People can searh thru internet and seek alternative source. I can get cheaper. For me, I don't mind paying extra for a model rather than paying extra for some out-date models.