Quoted from nogoodnames222:
I got a standard because
1. I wanted a middle-of-the-run game (like 250-500 ideally) due to possibly moving in the next few months, and drastically underestimated how many people would get BSE's
2. I much prefer the standard grey armor to the purple. Figured I'd save the 500 bucks, and now that the standard is the rarer game I'm guessing the resale value for the two will be close to the same too (as I'm sure at least some others feel the same as me).
I'm a little annoyed at being a year and a half away from playing R+M but oh well, I'll still be just as excited the day it shows up. I'm just glad I got one coming
I too went with the "standard package" for many of the same reasons. Since most people here are going to be new to Spooky, I can tell you that the non-powdercoated hammer-finish rails/legs/apron are MUCH nicer looking than what you think of as standard. And the purple just didn't do it for me.
I actually wanted back of the queue........ Gives me plenty to time to come up with the payment in any way I want, ensures the code will be mature and my first experience with it at home will be as good as possible, allows spooky to self-correct any manufacturing bugs/issues before mine comes up and also ensures that when it's time to pick my final options and make payment, that every option they will have will be available to me up front (the last one may or may not apply to R&M, but it did for ACNC, where target decals, speaker lights, topper where not available to purchase with the machine until later in the run).
Plus, if I had bought a BSE just to "skip the line" and ended up having to wait 14-16 months anyway, I'd have not been happy......
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