I agree with Ozz completely about this word "rare". For me rare means a model is really hard to find, almost all stock is sold and so the only place to look is the resale market. Even then, it is only rare if you can't find them on sale anywhere. If shops still have a lot of stock, or there are 30 of the things on E-Bay then it is not that rare in my book. I'm lucky enough to travel a lot and it never ceases to amaze me how I keep stumbling across shops with those "rare" models on their shelves.
I go to Egypt for 7 weeks on November 4th., so my other half will have a few weeks to calm down
My model room is a real mess, it's just littered with kit's, half finished diorama's I'm too lazy to finish, Bader boxes and all sorts of flotsam, I love it in there!
Justin