Cripes I might as well buy the new Hasbro ship and repaint it!
These kits are the best ones out there, but no way would I pay that kind of money for a completed one. Half the fun is putting it together and painting it yourself.
I collector would be better off buying the kit and paying a professional modeler to build and paint it. I bet they could do it better and cheaper. I wonder what the profit margin on this project for Sideshow is since they had no pre-production work and they are selling it 4X the original sticker price.
There is some blind love for Sideshow. They are lucky to have such loyal fans.