The pieces, the minifigs, exclusive prints and the licensing, I can understand but while big sets are always a nice option, they shouldn't be the only option... Not everything needs to be the high end. It is just pricing people out of the hobby and increases feelings of missing out.

As much as I would love this in my collection and to make future sets viable for Lego to make... I couldn't justify spending that much on it. Not only do I have bills to pay nor space to display but also if we keep buying sets at this price, they will just see it as justified pricing.

You know what they say about guy with big feet... ... ... They have a heck of time finding shoes that fit!

Are you sure about that?