Personally I am thrilled at the chance to get the reflecting pond, no matter what the price! I don't think it is that expensive, considering you might try way more times by buying the box and still fail. I tried many times to get the koi pond and failed. If I had been given the option to buy it outright I would jump on it! So the chance to get a beautiful item I never thought I would ever get? Definitely worth 70 gems , thank you so much TL for making it available!!!