I like the quote from Publius Syrus that "everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it." Just wanted to add a post script "that sometimes the prize is worth more than the price". Last week I found a Buy It Now for $499.00 listing a collection of fourteen different "like-new" and "boxed" K&C Iwo Jima sets (retired 006,008,009, 012, 013, 016, 017, 018 and 020,021, 022, 023, 024, and 029) which had an original retail of $650.00. They have arrived and are boxed and like-new. I guess you can still buy below retail on Ebay. Happy Hunting!!