I can explain. Back when the metallica LE came out, my distro told me I could give him a $100 refundable deposit to hold a spot for future LEs. That only held me a spot for one of his allotted games. When it was time to order, payment would be due.

Unless I mis-understood, Stern has recently required that LEs have a $2000 deposit to guarantee them for the distros and they just pass it on to us.

I was told about the 2k. When I saw the pics, I decided not to send a deposit.

So, I passed also. Now that I have gotten over the hype, I can make a more rational purchase decision.

I am genuinely curios what they think of all the negative reaction to the art. 700 x ? Is a lot of money for them to lose. I don't imagine the operator orders for pros were changed much over bad art, but a lot of collectors are represented here. The LEs are aimed at us and many of us have spoken with our wallet.

I don't see any loss of pride over changing it. My assumption is that it would be a cost prohibitive issue.

I saw ACDC premium when it debuted at the Texas Pinball Festival. If memory serves, the whole show was talking about how freaking awesome it was. I ordered one that weekend.

I liked ST from the start. I remember being a fan of the pro, but blown away by the LE.

I like GoT, the game looks really fun. I'm just not excited about the art. I sure wish we had new stern on route here. I'll have to wait to play.