Quoted from PW79:Preordering = high prices
If no one preordered we'd see a price drop
Just be thankful you can eat, drink & own a pin or three or more if possible.
If ya can't buy one just play on location & enjoy life.
Vacations, reserves & fine booze/cigars are more important to me than owning every game ever made or the latest LE.
I have to admit that the best time for me is when I come across a game on the boardwalk in wildwood nj and play it. I have owned a lot of pins but that takes me back to my childhood when things were great. You don't need one at home to enjoy. But it is nice.