One comment made on the Origami Project forum made me grin, because as absurd as it was it was true: it would be cheaper to buy First Class airfare from London to Tokyo, buy it yourself, fly back First Class, and pay the taxes and duties yourself. (Plus you get a brief vacation!)

That’s gotta be a boo-boo on the price page.

— Steve

Expensive, err, Expansys is well-known for it’s over-pricing. Like importing a device like that costs a company like expansys THAT much money, huh . It’s 100% profit for them this way. It’s best to either a) have a friend in Japan who’s willing to ship you one, or b) wait for eBay to start filling up. *or* you can try to find somebody on auctions.yahoo.co.jp who is willing to ship internationally (like http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e58028641). That is, if you can cross the language barrier .