The rising cost of special equipment, RL example for a game Options

[Snow_Fox]

The cost of gear in games has been fairly consistent with occassional runs for rare equipment. Thursday I was a at the gun range and had an interesting experience that at once made me think of SR.

Several years ago I bought a Mataba semiautomatic revolver for $1,200. This was Togasa's gun in Ghost in the Shell. Amazingly accurate .357 magnum whose mechanism absorbed all recoil wonderfully. For various reasons I sold it about 2-3 years ago for $1600. I showed a profit. Nice.

Thursday I was talking to a guy at the range about italian guns and when I mentioned "The Italian Monster" he said they were impossible to find now. He got on line, there's a gun shop, and within their network they had NONE available and many requests. The last time one sold was a few months ago for $4,400!

With this in mind look at those old characters and wonder what is the cost for an Ares Predator I? Colt Manhunter without a reactive trigger? A wrist phone? Wrist phone with picture screen?etc