[cjflan32]

Clearly not a lot of folks here that buy premium/high-end figures. Eventually prices go up. Happened with Sideshow, happened with Hot Toys, and now it's happening with Figuarts, MAFEX and Mezco.

Obviously there's little-to-no reuse on this figure, making it semi-unique and therefore raising the price. If you prefer another 40 Batman variants then save your money for those, but don't complain when they stop making figures that require a little bit more than the regular buck body and reused accessories.

As for being "forced" to "cherry-pick", well, you're not being forced to do anything. If you don't like the price don't buy it, pretty simple. Not every high-end collector buys every high-end collectible.