Get it sooner... I mean stern has your money sooner, lol

I'm guessing you'll get it sooner off the line if you have a place in line with preordering it

I would think just your wait in line? If you pay now the distributor will have you in, if you pay later you'll have to wait longer?

I ordered through coin taker , on the list , they will tell me when to send money , june on the premiums

I would wait an see if you like the game, there premiums so there not a limited number, see if what those magnetic slings do, it could make or break the game. Sure it will be sweet..

Depends on how patient you are. Really no down side to putting a refundable deposit down to hold the game and save your place in line. The LE will be out before the Premium, so if the game has some insane issue that customers are not aware of you should find out about it way before you get yours and you can decide then.

Just my 2 cents.

How much have you played it? I guess if you played it a ton and love it then why not? Otherwise there's no rush for the premium. Just sit back, wait, listen to all the complaints, play it and then decide.

The last couple of comments were good ones. I actually just put down a deposit this week for a Premium, after playing the standard version some at the Texas Pinball Fest. Puts me in line to get one sooner, and also if I change my mind I can walk away later without any pain. But really I am probably only saving a month by putting down a deposit now vs. someone who waits and decides when they start getting delivered to others (as the thread said earlier that is likely in June). So, if you don't mind waiting an extra month...keep your deposit money, listen to the comments of those who start playing the Ltd. Ed. games after they get them, and make a more informed choice when they do come out later.

Oh yes....definitely. Everyone should buy it immediately so I can get a nice tricked out modded one by early fall and save 2k when someone needs to dump theirs to pay the mortgage.

As others have already said, the ONLY advantage to pre-ordering a premium is that you will get it sooner. If you can show a little patience and wait, you will have the benefit of playing the game first before committing such a large sum of money. You may even be able to pick up a HUO one down the road for significantly less than the cost of a NIB.

...... dumps it? Look at ac/dc or met premiums....they don't sell cheaper

I said I wasn't going to jump before the release but GB looks great. I just put down a refundable deposit on the premium, which hopefully gets me in on the first production shipment. If any issues arise with LE owners, such as the case was with my GOT, we'll certainly hear about them well before premium production and I'll cancel my preorder. If people have major issues with the actual gameplay I'll cancel and wait until I can play for myself. Nothing to really lose if you're pretty sure you are strongly leaning towards purchasing and have a relationship with a distro that will allow a refundable deposit.

If you can afford to have that money sitting with a distributor instead of working for you and you like the game, why not? It's your money.

IMHO, Stern will build to meet demand and demand is high on this one so they will be available NIB from the factory long after they hit the streets.

Sometimes it might be best to wait a bit in case any issues are found in early run. Cloudy windows, etc.

Absolutely. In my case, 1k aint gonna generate substantial interest sitting in a bank for a couple months... and most importantly, if it's great I want it ASAP

I put down a few hundred bucks for get in line on the Premium. Distributor told me it will come out after LE's ship so I figured we would have some good ratings on it and then decide to cancel if for some reason it flops..I am glad I am in line, I want it for summer. I am number 8 in line at my disti and they assured me they probably get at least 8 on first run.