A local op here actually bought a Pro to route until he got the LE, then was planning on selling the Pro and routing the LE. After our launch party, the vast majority of the players actually preferred the Pro over the LE so he sold the LE he had just bought and kept routing the Pro. I look at the GOTLE a lot like TWDLE. At first, TWDLE was a joke compared to the Pro. The left ramp was super clunky compared to the Pro, the crossbow barely passable and the rulesets were not developed for the LE features like spinner and the drop target. You basically got a lightshow for your thousands of dollars. I feel the same about GOTLE currently. The upper playfield has generic point scores as fillers and Castle MB is basically worthless. The skilled players here let it drain out of the castle on the plunge so they didn't waste their ball save time up there as progression wasn't worth the potential risk. The LE/Premium specific rules and features just are not utilized yet to make it a great game. Will they be in the future like TWDLE? Probably, who knows? For right now, the Pro to me is a great game. The playfield is stripped down, but the shots are fun and the rules require some strategy. The Premium art package looks the prettiest, but as far as gameplay goes, IMHO the Pro is more fun currently and you can save thousands by going that route.
Disclaimer: I have played both the Pro and LE numerous times, seen everything there is to see in the game currently and own neither so I have no horse in the race.