I think (and hope) that this price is the usual Tower hobbies "preorder price". If I'm not mistaken, the OS FS-200 FI (which is not listed anymore on Tower) first appeared with a 1800$ price tag, that was suddently lowered to 1200$ just before becoming available. A 33% price reduction. [8D]
If they follow the same policy with this engine, its price should be lowered at least to 3000$, maybe even 2800$ by the time it becomes available.
At least I hope so.
Radial.