This is hitting model kits as well. A chinese scale model maker, very prolific, (ships,planes,tanks) is now selling on ebay, and charges 2-400 for shipping to US. The cha-bu-dow, (it's good enough) part: while very prolific, every kit has a flaw. Some big, some not so big. So, while every kit has limitations of some sort, inherent to scale modelling, their kits magnify the issues. This is all chinese manufactured goods in a nut shell. The supposed captains of industry only answer to the shareholders, people be damned.