Cost of inflation Lower sales volumes Higher price for oil impacts cost for styrene and delivery cost when kits were $2 gas was the 5 cents a gallon Cost of development for new kits has to be amortized over a smaller volume For round 2 there costs are refurbishing the tooling for new kits and new tires for most of the new kits along with getting a return on the investment on their purchasing all of the tooling All of these things contribute to higher prices for model kits