I suspect that the discontinuation of the 1210 will only serve to appreciate and inflate the price of the eventual new 1200 series turntable ....
A very smart move by Matsushita Electric Industrial Inc.
(remember if you will ... they used a similar tactic before introducing the SL-1200MK3, which afforded them a hefty USD$200 price increase back in 1988 or 1989 ...)