I am totally a "LE" kind of guy, I own LOTR LE, X-men LE, Tron LE, but I'm definitely out on the LE version of this game. Pricing and lack of confidence in Stern are two major factors for me. I am still a little sour on the X-men code, and would rather wait this one out and see how it plays and how interesting the code is. If it's a great playing game, I'll spring for a Premium or Pro.

Also, when I look at the premium/LE I just don't get that "WOW" factor for the extras you get over the pro. Anyone else feel that way?

+1.

I was in on Tron LE long before any pics or gameplay hit, because I loved the theme. There are certain themes that I would spring for the LE's on no matter what also. If Tron LE ended up being a flop, I wouldn't have cared.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of speculators or flippers that think they are going to get BIBLE or Tron LE prices out of the Hulk later on. Good for them for wanting to take the gamble, but they are buying for the wrong reason. Buying into a pinball machine for an investment is foolish.

But lots of people have the taste of TFLE's, X-MEN LE's, and Avatar LE's left in their mouth and are still approaching with caution. $7K is getting up in the high end pricing range, and is too much to gamble with for me- especially when there will be a premium available with all the same features.

That's not why I lumped them together I lumped them together becuase they are examples of LE's that lost value over time vs ones that increased in value (Tron LE, BIBLE, LTBR, BSM).

+1. I played it at another collectors house and made an offer on the spot.

So, the question is, do you think it's worth the $2600 or so extra?

So you don't think that Gomez had his hands full as V.P. of development with everything going on with "the pin", X-men problems, and other responsibilities at Stern that are above and beyond designing his own game? Borg and Ritchie only have to worry about designing. I'm just not convinced this is going to be a killer game.. nor do I think it's going to be a flop either... I just prefer to see for myself once the game is released, the initial honeymoon/hype phase is over- and how the game stands then before I jump.

I hear you on thinking the code will be more complete than other recent games, but I'm just not convinced it will be.

They started boxing them up yesterday (monday) according to someone I talked to at Stern. Also confirmed that video was being shot today and tomorrow and we will get video at the end of the week if everything goes as planned. I guess we'll see!!