Tamiya catalogue

[JaredVannett]

What's the deal with Tamiya Catalogues and their high prices?

I stumbled across their twitter page last night and saw some great new products (I've been out of scale models for years)... that led me to want to order a 2021 catalogue that I could enjoy reading in the evenings and maybe pick something to buy.

I checked on ebay and prices start from around £17 !!

Then I found this lol: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265192089577?hash=item3...

So school me:

1. Are Tamiya Catalogs more than just catalogs, they are considered very collctable, thus a premium?
2. Is there any better alternative to browsing their online catalogue? (eg. Tamiya Japan?) : https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/archive.ht...

Thanks

Edited by JaredVannett on Wednesday 23 June 13:17

[JaredVannett]

Thanks for the suggesstions.

Hmmm, well I just discovered that "tamiya base" site and spent more time than I should have looking at the RC box art archives

Guess I'll pick up a catalogue then.