I don't know if this might make sense but usually during the summer time business is really slow I know this becasue I work at a hilton purely basing its profits on business travlers , so they may have just slowed down the production line untill it picks up during the fall, or maybe they just slowed down to see how the market is reacting to the shortage of the 1/48. They probably stoped selling all the other 1/48 beacsue Max and Miria were the hardest to sell during the 1/60 scale years they might of anticipated this, so they are giving Max and Miria a chance to sell. Just my two cents
From Rich