The other decks Leisa publishes are larger runs, longer lead times, unlimited editions and come with standard manufactured boxes. If we had done that for this edition it would have been pretty pointless as the Kunati edition will be doing all of that on a much larger scale.
We chose to go with the 'make it special' and put our own little touches. eg I am sourcing and buying the braids for the bags in the US, paying shipping to Australia so my Mum can make the bags, then shipping the bags back to Leisa all Express Air Mail. Leisa is having the decks printed locally in the US so that they won't take months, then sending me the Author cards to be signed.
We knew we would need to spend thousands on printing, materials and shipping backwards and forwards between US and AU, hence why we sounded out here whether it was worthwhile, or should I just do the mass-market edition next year with Kunati. And the consensus was that some people wanted it ASAP and were willing to pay the higher price that would entail.
If you think $56 is too much, please just wait for the mass edition. Give it a few months after publication and you'll probably even be able to get another 20% off on Amazon