SM is a kickass game. I have a very nice HUO '07 red and love it! I don't know if the price is too high or not on the VE. I do know the prices across the board on all machines seems to have gotten a bit high. I believe the market will determine if the VE is too high. To try and compare the price to the original and put normal inflation on it is just wrong. How many collectors on here sell machines they bought in the past for what they paid plus normal inflation? If that was the case we would be buying $6k MB's and $4k TZ's...... Doesn't happen! Everyone on here sells their machines for what the market will bear and they should. IMHO.....the art to me on the VE doesn't look bad, but not good enough I would ditch my current machine for one. I do believe the call outs on the VE are not as good as the original. However, if I didn't have one and was in the market for one I would probably go $6400 NIB delivered to my door. One thing I can say if the games plays the same as the non VE's than if you get one you won't be unhappy!