Quoted from Whysnow:I can only think that this is all part of the plan. Stern will sell out the LEs on theme alone. Pro is chopped back to try and trun those buyers into prem buyers.
Prem art is 'delayed' and will be much improved (also prems wont ship till late Nov so plenty of time to fix).
Net results they are hoping for is more prem orders and a step towards full elimination of the Pro model.
You think they will sell all 700 LEs? I'm not so sure. I was on the pre-order list...and declined once I saw the art. I'm pretty sure I'm not in the minority.
Maybe they'll be able to unload them all on the distributors. Eventually there will be alternate art so maybe they will all sell - but I'm guessing it takes 2 years.
It also depends on how it plays, how complete the code is and if it contains audio clips from the show too...