And that is the thing. It really is Australian icon, and despite it's NZ history I think that is where it will end up......IF it ends up anywhere different from where it is now! I thought the value of these had dropped in the last few years. There were reports of genuine HO's selling for a 1/4 of a million dollars in OZ, how true I dont know. You bandy these figures around long enough and people get used to them, and the shock isn't so great when one for 1/2 a million turns up.