Pretty much the same for me except 1) not in college and 2) I'm not a huge fan of the 1/48 but I still bought 1, and only 1 and 1 is all I'm ever going to buy.
Frankly I could care less about the price of the Q-Rau... It's a Q-Rau. Who else makes a Q-Rau?! Even better, who else makes a Q-Rau this good? I don't see Bandai making one!
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