Legos have ALWAYS been expensive. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.
When I was a kid, my one big christmas present was THE
Lego Pirate Ship. The website is showing that it had a MSRP in 1989 of $109. If anything, lego prices really haven't gone up THAT much. A
comparable product is $10 less in todays money with 200 less pieces.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, legos have always been expensive, always and forever. They're not any more expensive now than they were, and Chris still wants $10,000 worth of them. That's a lot of money in 1989 and it's a lot of money now and it'll be a lot of money in 2024.