Yeah I don't think the price is out of line, really what did we expect after the $300 AT-ACT, etc.? I kind of wonder if it gives any idea at all of what the actual "collector base" is these days. We are clearly more divided than we have ever been, but in some ways it seems like the landscape is changing. I really don't know how many "new" collectors they are gaining with kiddos and the new movies. I know my daughter and her friends (boys and girls), have really enjoyed all the new movies, but seem to care less about the toys outside of LEGOs (well, my daughter does, probably because of me, but spends more time with LEGO.)
I sometimes feel like our group here is becoming more of the "old guard", still caring primarily about the OT, where there are also segments of fans who grew up with the PT or maybe Clone Wars was their first experience, or even Rebels. Now we have the Disney generation as well. It is all great, just more segmented than it has ever been.