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Quoted from pinchamp:Maybe someone knows more? The matrix has changed in the past near or at production so I am still hoping...
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I'm all in on the LE. I know I'll love this pin, but am a bit disappointed with the LE goodies ... if this were any other game, I'd be waiting for a used LE. However, I played the pro and flat out know I'll be keeping this thing as long as I roam the Earth .
If Stern wants to make me feel better about this purchase and wants me to buy the LE versions of their next rumored pins (Guardians of the Galaxy and Iron Maiden), add the following to the LEs going forward :
1> Shaker motor (about $10 in COGS ... seriously, buy the frigging motors in quantity from China and throw one in each LE ... it is such a cheap feature to include on the top of the line model).
2> Their equivalent of invisiglass ... I know there isn't much of a profit margin on this stuff since you'd have to buy a building's worth of glass to get a decent price break, but it'd be a great token of goodwill.
3> Do something amazing with the backglass. If there aren't many good ideas, just have them made the old fashioned way (mirrored of course).
In the case of Star Wars LE, the *first* thing I thought we'd see on the LE after seeing the initial pics of the game is some kind of animation outside of the cockpit of the Falcon ... specifically some kind of amazing light show with motorize art akin to Black Hole ... that might get expensive though and not produce the desired effect ... what they should do is mount an LCD back there and drive static space, entering hyperspace, in hyperspace, and exiting hyperspace in sync with the game. Maybe throw in some Tie Fighter animations at the appropriate times. I think a 22" LCD would fit comfortably and the 3D effect of the translite overlaying the LCD would look amazing. The overhead driving the graphics is almost negligible since there isn't much, and the LCD itself would be silly-crazy cheap if bought in quantity. I wonder if the CPU board in SW has dual HDMI output ... if so, that approach would be a no brainer (I'm aware this introduces some overhead in software ... I don't think it'd be much though).
4> Maybe a colored apron if metal ones are a thing of the past (I kind of like the translucent colored ones).
Maybe throw in more Stern swag ... we idiots love swag.
When all is said and done, you're looking at a rather small increase on the BOM with most of the money going towards the invisiglass.
I don't mind the eventual topper being an option (though make it worth the asking price).
I really hope the holo r2d2 thing in the game's settings amounts to something cool.