It's well worth it, at least in the opinion of someone who missed out haha! And I've seen them crazy marked up on secondhand retail. Sometimes more than a $1000! So hopefully it's a comfort to know that they are at least valuable, even Coach marked them down at firstI bought the NASA rogue from Saks during a promotion and was a little mad to see it later marked down more substantially through Coach. But in hindsight, I got it at a fair price and it was absolutely pristine with all the packaging. I comfort myself saying it was a bird in the hand and at least I did not miss out. It is totally my style too being a science nerd and intergalactic geek. One of my all time favorite ltd bags from any designer.
