The run out of MS excuse is pretty weak tbh, expected more concise reasoning from Bandai. With the constant remakes / updates of old iteration every few yrs they can sustain it indefinitely. Who dont want a ZZ 2.0, 0083 2.0, Seed 2.0, and i've not even go into 3.0 yet. Its practically free money as fans of those series are begging on their knees for an updated design. Also the rise of gbf with its emphasis on kit bashing, ideas for new kits are endless. Heck IBO have 72 gundam frame in the story plus several valkyrie frame to rival it, want more design just pluck 1 from those. Not popular u say, make a side story about it (prequel mayb) n heavily feature in some magazine, there fix that for u.

They hav been making questionable decision these past few yrs, endless waltz kits as p bandai????? Genius, lets make 1 of the most popular series that hav a huge worldwide fanbase hard n 2 times more expensive to get, surely this will drive the sales up right guys right????

MG justice & providence.
PG freedom. 

Pffft, those are petty choices.

Perhaps Bandai has  reduced resources going into R & D.

Release many new molds too fast.. wont improve sales... Imo.. Collectors n builders pocket problem.

In fact the bootlegers will be the one making $$$.

not sure if you're talking about the normal version since this is an expo exclusive item + HWS parts
during the expo in japan it was sold at 11,340 yen (around RM470+) but expect it to cost slightly more than that during the expo

i saw my kit at end of the video

in about 34 min above