I hope you got him a lot of warhammer figures.
Heh, there are even a handful of warhammer stuff that cost 100$ and up for a single unit.
you think 1/6th scale stuff is expensive?
Take a look at miniatures gaming. i dropped 5 grand in under 3 years when i was REALLY into it, and that was moderate spending ( building 3 armies)
Also, just like getting custom heads painted, People will spend 50-200$ PER UNIT for what is known as "pro painted" minatures.
Examples:
Dreadnaught , non metalic metal paintjob. approx 2.5 inches tall.
An inquisitor, model is approx 28mm not including the base.
And some lunatics custom sculpt the 28mm guys, then paint them, like this
that's probably a 600$ guy right there.
and just because you mentioned terminators, one for reference
So yeah... 1/6th scale stuff is cheap in comparison.....