Greyelephant
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I would suggest that they're no going to be doing that anytime soon for the following reasons:
1. WotC has a bad case of NIH (Not Inveted Here), meaning they are loathe to produce something they didn't come up with. I'd think they'd create new products before reprinting old ones.
2. Supply is not that short, from a global perspective. They are being clearanced in Canada (see BigBadBruinsMac for details) and they are all over Ebay. I would think that supply needs to come to a near standstill before they consider reprinting.
3. The fact that they were clearanced off indicates to me that they oversold it and the retailers would've given feedback to Hasbro indicating that it did not sell well. Sales numbers are the only true indicator of demand, and the fact that most people have 1-2 sets of TT versus a multitude of sets people have of RotV and SotM would tell me that the market desires large Master Sets over smaller terrain sets. This is happening with the TJ set and FotA set now, where they're being sold at just-above-cost.
Thats my 2C
I think theres some truth to this comment. Until supply is completly gone, you won't see a reprint. Now that's not to say that there won't be one. I just don't believe you're going to see it until next year.
The other thing is that you can pay $20 plus for a small expansion (retail at the time) that comes with 1 set of exclusive figures or you can pay $40 (retail at the time) for a much larger set that comes with tons of terrain and several figures you can play with. That's why you'll always see Master Sets out sell Expansions.
Boosters are where the money are. If they are to do any reprint, it needs to be wave 4!