Sounds like somebody got in to some angel dust...lol...
Discontinued products--sometimes they are actually BETTER than newer products which have been cheapened in order to yield increased profit margins. Sometimes miniaturization, or the actual "name" of a product can cause the product to no longer be competitive in the marketplace; for example, the Speedotron 405 and 805 Black Line power packs have recently been discontinued...it seems that with more and more consumers coming in to the marketplace, they just look at the "number" and think, "Oh, those must not be very powerful." Why? Paul C. Buff, and so many other monolight makers basically "doubling" the ACTUAL Watt-seconds to arrive at the "name" of their products. Never mind that a 400 Watt-second pop from a Speedotron 805 at half power has as much actual flash output as, say a 1200 Watt-second "Brand X" monolight pop...Seedotron recently dropped the 405 and 805 in favor of a "1000" model power supply...gotta' keep up with the times...
When the Nikon D3s is discontinued, for example, it will still be an awesome camera choice for many people...we see the same thing all the time when "newer, more expensive, and higher profit margin stuff" hits the shelves with regularity.
