The new lego at-ot! good set but prices too high!?

The new lego at-ot looks really cool, but the price are way to high! any ideas on how long it willb e before the prices go down? i mean 250 is way to much to sped on a lego. also i heard that the reason lego prices have gone up is becuase as has gone up. is this true? i remember when you could by a nice loking lego for 20 bucks!