One of the very few stores in my city which sells the figures, has now closed down too... It wasn't a small store, so I'm not sure why it closed...
Personally, I would like to see the F?gures go the way of the dodo
That might just be the case.
I heard a "rumor" about sales (at least in my country); it seems collectors are jumping for these wonderful figures, but kids (and their parents with the wallets) aren't that much exicted about the surprise f?gures, probably due to the fact they don't know what they're buying.
So that may explain why so few stores sell them here, and if they do, it is in a not very noticed spot...