I have a feeling that those that just missed out on getting some of the equipment before it disappeared will be happy once the replacements show up.
Reasoning is this.... imagine buying the item just before being removed only to find out the replacement is slightly better for not much more money. I know I know, will probably be much more money but still, if it had any bit of improvement, one would probably end up buying it so in the long run, WGT could be saving people lots of credits.