Quoted from Rarehero:Assuming they play the same - the only reason I can think of to want an original is if you hate LEDs and must have incandescents in your game. We should call the original MMIE (Incandescent Edition)
Or if you hate the soldered in warm white LEDs and you want to bling out the game with bright colored LEDs. Also, will ColorDMD ever be made available? I assume so eventually.