Seal codes on mine are fresh: 48R7. What I think happened is that this is supposed to be new stock for Easter, but somehow the clearance flag did not get removed for store stock. Employee at one of the two stores where these were in stock (but had been placed on clearance table so they were gone by the time I got there) said they came in fresh today, but immediately went to clearance. And since clearance is at $2 right now, that's why we got them cheap. I assume they have more stock coming, and I assume they will fix the clearance flag when it does. That said, I'm keeping my eyes open