The profit margin on your soldering iron isn't high enough to keep Radio Shack afloat. That stuff never kept them going.

There's a Radio Shack in West Seattle where I live. There's another a few miles south near White Center, and another downtown, and another near Beacon Hill, and two more near UW, and one in Ballard, and one at Northgate Mall, and still two more a bit further north.

I count ten on the map. TEN. These are all in Seattle proper, not even looking at the surrounding areas. How many hobbyists does Seattle have? No way hobbyists are keeping this going, no matter what Radio Shack puts on the shelves.