Hate to bring this up but by the time you buy a model the paint,glue,BMF your in the same range.All a console needs is that disk,unless you have to pay for online play.Their about even.
"My sticker shock is when I look at the price tag on kits at the LHS , and what really gets me is how a kit that was first issued say 30 years ago or longer has a price tag of close $30, I am pretty sure that from the time the kit was first released, and the countless reissued times, the model company has made their money back on the kit, or not, what do I know" My hobby town is chargin 45 bucks for the Moebuis Tim Flock chysler kit,I swear there are times when I think Mike (Store owner) is smokin something.Also I have found he is 20-40% higher then everyone else in models.