Yap, over-priced but a very well made toy in my opinion. Collected the toy together with Drifand yesterday. No doubt its pricey, at least I have no regret Retail is selling it for 23,800Yen = SGD$390.00 = USD260.00, and we only paid SGD$290.00 without the need to pay extra for shipping. Here is the link to HLJ http://www.hlj.com/product/CMS65248 for price comparison.
For those who still want the toy, but no intention to burn a hole in your pocket, you might want to get the reissue Aoshime transformable kit http://www.hlj.com/product/AOS04262
Likewise, I will be getting the kit for the mass production Calibur http://www.hlj.com/product/AOS043912 simply for the sake of completion. Looking forward to the remaining 2 'bots, Gazzette and Tulcas for now.