There may be a third party involved between orion and the retailer
either way we can all shop around
All those scopes are probably pretty similar to look through and all
despite the space savings on the truss types still have a very large
and ungainly base.
while there are some nice assemble yourself kits around , the pricepoint of them was always well above the dirt cheap dobs .. maybe worth another look at the dollar price of some of these scopes .