There are LOTS of licensing issues for those regular MoFis. Some labels get the rights to ONLY press a 33 and different places get the 45 pressing rights. MoFi doesn't seem to be pressing many 33s which is a shame as you said. I don't think it's entirely a money game because many many people prefer the 33s and refuse to buy the 45s.
These supervinyls were done in small quantities because they were a test to see viability of the product and price point (it's why we got a 1LP and a 2xLP). I think the Bacharach is still available but as you know Dylan sold out in hours (I believe that had less copies though).
I thought I had read that they get 1,000 pressings out of a single One Step lacquer but I can't remember where I saw that and I might be confusing it with SRX. They definitely get less copies per stamper and it's one of many reasons why the One Steps are expensive. You also have the better packaging, different vinyl formula, etc. Plus, it's just marketed as the best of the best, so the snake oil/hype price is built in. The reject rate is likely higher QC-wise as well.
They will have no issues selling these at this price point to a certain demographic especially if numbers are kept to around 2,000-3,000. They already fairly quickly sell out of the One Steps at $125-$135. There are some facebook auction groups and one guy paid $850 for the Santana One Step. Obviously that's not everybody, but the demand is out there for stuff like this and people are willing to pay for it. I do hope that they don't entirely get rid of the regular $35-$45 MoFis but I'd be surprised if they do. I'm guessing most of these Super Vinyls will be long OOP titles from their regular series. You get people who didn't pick up the old MoFis buying them, plus some people who are curious about whether or not its an upgrade.
