I wouldn't call his comments "bitching"
It's a legitimate complaint on his part, that the colors of the packs are a far cry from the grayish color presented in the Wonderfest (or was it some other convention?) prototype. Thus he included the link to the prototype, along with his review.
On the other question, if I am not mistaken, Malvin sells his 1/48's for about US$110.00, more or less, depending on the current Dollar Versus Peso exchange rate.
Cheap huh?
yap, my price is around US$110, the same goes with most of the 1/48 valks when they were in stock. The fast packs for 1/48 is around US$56 dollars.