Man, I am incredibly sad to read this...crwjumper is a standup guy (bought my IMVE from him years ago), and I came very close to being conned into this remake hype, even though I owned an AlienLE at the time (weird but true). Spoke w Jonathan on the phone, and the remake was supposedly flipping 2 years ago. Intrigued me, but no way I was coughing up a dime on preorder anything (back then or now for that matter).
Pisses me off that this incredible theme has been used to shit on so many Pinsiders...best of luck to the op on this one. Alot of good people lost real $$$ trying to get one of these.....now a vaporware story, dammit.