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Its not been 'passed off to make money elsewhere', its been shelved as financially not viable.
They'd need to make new tooling (which costs money) and divert resources from the Cougar SV (which should make money, so by diluting its develop will in effect cost Schumacher sales) for a car of limited commercial value.

If you look, the only people doing Re-re's are Tamiya. Thats because practically every kid in the world had a Tamiya at some point. They sell more to non-RCers who had one as a kid than to retro-collectors.
A Cat re-re would be great, but its not going to sell nearly as well as a Sand Scorcher re-re as it really only appeals to those who were racers in the late 80's.

Despite the interest here Schumacher have assessed that there is not enough demand to warrant the costs so aren't going ahead. Its a better way of showing respect to Cecil than bankrupting the company he created making an expensive model for a limited market!