Kialara moonbars were an amazing combo of concept, art and craftmanship. The pinnacle of cryptocollectibles so far imho.
I'm with you on 75% of what you said. But still, to this day, I cannot for the life of me work out why Kialara used a Toaster and not a proper rocket. Ergo, not in my list or owned.
#1 Casascius 1BTC Silver+Gilt - The true CLASSIC IMO #2 Gold Crypto Imperator 2016 Halving Coin - Great design, the best of the commemoratives and great with the Silver version too #3 Kialara "Original" Gold - Great design, unique product. #4 Finite by Design Bitcoin (Brass) 2015 - A classic design. Simple but effective
This does not surprise me in the slightest. They took the piss price wise with their handset and have always over valued their goods and services. An over inflated sense of worth. They're trying to rinse collectors plain and simple.
They had $20mCD and spunked it away ending up with a company that does little else but make basic hardware that's poorly designed, delivered and of course over priced. For a company that's been in this space this long, they should be much better than this.