you never know what Pops will do as he is always trying to bring his ukes to people at decent prices but I would not hold my breath for the Sceptre to be made in Thailand at the lower price anytime soon. We are getting some more Thailand Pineapple Sundays in as there are no more available and new ones need to be made, but for Pops to train the Thailand crew to make the sceptre seems like a longshot, mostly due to time. Pops has been incredibly busy making Pineapple Sundays and Sceptres and the orders keep coming in. We don't even have a sceptre yet on our website because they go out as soon as they are built, even before we can photograph them adequately. I know that one of the projects on Pop's bucket list is to put out a PIneapple Sunday Kit. These kits are unbelievable deals because all of the materials are of the same quality. the difference is that 1) it is not assembled by Pops and 2) they are unfinished and you need to finish them yourself- hence the savings. I can suggest to Pops that since he is ordering more Thailand Pineapple Sundays (Thai Pi), that he consider using the sceptre design for his upcoming kits.