Well, I just received one from toolnut who got “fresh” stock from Festool. It had a manufacture date of 2/17 if I recall. I don’t think Festool will be eager to replace it with anything that sits in the warehouse for 2.5 years. For my own part, I had been thinking about getting one for a while, I had just been waiting for the next project I needed to scribe, cope or strip paint. After 1.5 years of sitting on the fence, the discontinuation of the tool pushed me over the edge.