I here ya on that, but forget the price, for me it's more a question of just finding them!! Been checking YAJ, Mandarake and even eBay for a while now and nothing. It's sods law, finally when I can afford something I can't find it anymore!! lol
I wasn't about to pay the $500-$700+ for them. Luckily another member had someone who had made recast of Balcus, Aptom and the tank which looked better than the originals. So I was able to get a set for a lot less $$$.
I wish there was an elfin recast of Balcus. I would love it, but no chance of me affording him and aptom since i had children. I got the bulk of my collection before they came along, i hope to finish it one day!
Well, I've finally caught up with the anime and it seems that they are going into the Cal Mira Arc. That much is obvious seeing L'arc in the opening credits. But with the limited number of episodes left, (assuming this is a 26 episode season), I wonder how much they will cram into these last few episodes.
Another thing that draws me to the anime is that it explains some of the stuff that I glossed over in the Light Novel.