I would say that the wealth was spread pretty nicely and fairly from the last contest.

I agree, and if said person builds more than one kit (say he builds an aircraft and a tank), and wins first in both categories, and maybe wins best of show.....doesn't he deserve his prizes for doing so? If he then chooses to let some of the prizes slide down to the next winning entry then fine, but it should be his choice what to do with the extra prizes and not have it taken away because he won something already.

I sort of agree on this....I really think that the All Open came about because there were so many prizes offered from all the great sponsors. All Open was designed for those that had kits on the go, and didn't want to start something else in the meantime. However there is no way really to police this, really on an honor system as to whether the kit was "in progress" when the contest started or something that was completely finished. I suppose we could require a picture of the kit in progress with some sort of proof of the starting date, but where to you draw the line? Kit still in the building phase? I mean literally I could have a kit that just needs it's final flat coat and call it in progress when the contest starts. Not sure how this could be policed so that it was fair for everyone, and someone isn't entering a kit that was built and finished years ago.