It is what it is, I suppose. You have collectors and you have musicians and then poor souls such as myself who fall somewhere between the two... As musical instruments some of these things discussed aren't necessarily any great shakes but collectors/investors or whatever will always want them to tick a box I guess. Now I wouldn't pay that money for a CR78 or even want one, but if I had mountains of spare cash I would pay for say an '808. I know there are better drum machines about and perfectly decent emulators too so I don't really understand it myself but there is no doubt that I want one, one day! I think the vintage instrument market is a slightly different kettle of fish to the high prices charged for relatively common, (not "rare"!!) toys (Speak's, VL-1's SK-1's, anything with Casio written on it etc etc) and they can't really be seen as the same thing can they? Surely if/when the current high profile that circuit bending has dies down so will the price of the "classic" bendable toy come down. An SK-1 aint really worth jack for what it is and is only really interesting to circuit benders.