It's made in Korea in 05 judging from the serial. It's not a perfect piece really there're chips and what not, but that's common with the iceman. But it's still quite a looker esp under the light.
Yes, a fact that I agree with... did you see how much some of the higher end ibanez models went up? They can claim its due to a strong yen but I'd bet that in a year the yen is weak, prices won't go down.
the prices won't drop but if people stop buying Ibanez guitars, they are simply going to discontinue the models that are not doing well due to poor sales like they always do.