I'm a little tired of re-litigating the Legolas price debate -- and jokes on me, 'cause I caved and ordered it, anyway -- but for the sake of discussion, I will attempt to distill down my personal problems with the price point. Hopefully, I'll touch on others' concerns while I'm at it.
I understand that the braids especially are intricate and require skilled craftsmanship, but that feels like a wash when you consider that Gandalf has even more hair, including a rooted beard. You look at those sculpts side-by-side, and the rooted work makes much more of an impact on Gandalf's overall appearance than it does for Legolas.
Then, there's the accessories component. We were spoiled with Aragorn. You get all the accessories you could possibly want to display him as Strider, in full Fellowship gear, in his Amon Hen appearance. He came with a lot of stuff. By comparison, Legolas is light. That's as much a function of how the characters appeared as it is a deliberate choice by InArt -- outside the inexcusable Mirkwood omission -- but it lends to the impression of a more barebones release.
Taken together, you're left with the feeling of "So, I'm getting less hair and fewer accessories, yet I'm paying more?"
