Yes I agree it can get expensive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you, and keep it at the hobby level. I'm on a limited budget and my hobbies are even more budgeted than I am. I seriously doubt I will ever get as bad a s some. yes I will get a bunch of stuff, that's a gimme. But it will be some here and some there. If I am around long enough, I may end up acrueing several thousand dollars worth of stuff. But the only way I would spend thousands of dollars a year on this, is if I win the lottery, and we all know what the chances of that is. A couple of molds, and a bunch of colors and glitters, some UV, and plastisal aught to do it for awhile. Like I have said else where, I have to work with what I got and be happy.... Tight lines and blue bird days. Eric