Then & Now: The Cost of Imagination (If you ever built a ship, a castle, or a galaxy far, far away, this one hits home.) LEGO Star Wars X-Wing Set (1999 → 2025) 1999 Price — The original LEGO Star Wars X-Wing set retailed for $19.99. 2025 Price — A comparable modern X-Wing set sells for $79–$99, roughly a 4–5× increase for the same satisfying clack of bricks becoming something more. Inflation does its best work in the quiet spaces where childhood wonder lives, letting familiar toys return each generation with a heavier toll. And when your currency thins over time, even the building blocks of imagination demand more of the hours you once traded so freely for joy. #soundmoney #bitcoin #inflation #purchasingpower #fiat