Quoted from robotron911:Lemmings... Welcome to the cliff.
Seriously. I have never been in a hobby or situation where people were literally willing to throw large sums of money to reserve a product with no finished example or even a track record of reliable production. It's the sheer greed of "I have to get these early, so I can profit" or "my God, they might not make any more" herd mentality at work.
This Is a retool and many of you are ready to pay a huge premium for a game that has serious cost savings vs. a newly developed game. People harp on the price of Stern and JJP games, but are willing to pay their LE prices for a reproduction.
This is the absolute indicator that this hobby is now almost nothing about playing pins, but about profit or perceived prestige at owning specific titles.
1. Roger Sharpe is going to sign off on the fact that these are being reproduced accurately. I trust him more than I trust, say, some Internet stranger. Cost savings shouldn't mean a reduction in quality or features.
2. Unlike with other Stern or JJP preorders, the gameplay, rules, art, etc. are all known to all right now.