K7HTH wrote:
Keep an eye on eBay folks. And don't bid like crazy because the miggys will flow enmass out of Nippon; maybe.
no way. Amiga never had a market share in japan. Most machines here are imports from US or some european amigas, and they're not plenty. When they go auction at yahoo auctions (auctions.yahoo.co.jp) they fetch unbelievable prices. I saw a rather clean Amiga 500 with a multisync monitor and ext drive go for $550. (that's even higher than a VW!) and a plain amiga 1200 go for $280. Japanese don't use amigas, they keep them for exhibition, like an item for a museum. So cleanness is more important than the specs most of the time. See
this auction for a 4000 video toaster most probably imported from the US. It's currently at 580$, five hours left. I bet it will hit around 1000$ by the end.
edit : the auction ended at 800$.