As far as I know, no one has any idea. BUT - I think the premium has a very good shot at being the "definitive" version of the game here, considering that all the things that are in the Premium that aren't in the Pro were a part of Keith's original Archer designs.

So this isn't a case of sticking some extra crap onto a pin to make it premium, in fact it seems as they they removed stuff in order to make the Pro. (The pro is still an amazing incredible machine).

Also the Premium art is supposed to be Egyptian theme, so to me it seems like it will look the best as a whole with the art package. And Powerslave is my favorite album so... pre-ordering the Premium was a no-brainer for me, sight unseen.

It's just a target, no magnets, on all versions.

Yeah this wait suuuuuucks. Looking forward to a future where I'm not obsessively checking Pinside every hour.

Do we know if they're going straight from producing LE's to the Premiums? Are are they doing Pro's in-between? I really hope they go right to Premiums as I would looooove to have my Premium by the end of the month for my 40th bday

If Stern produces 50/day of the LE's then they would be done in two weeks, which would be about now, right? I'm also making a big assumption than they are ONLY producing IMDN LE's every day for their 50/day, they could be producing other machines at the same time who knows.

The 20th is a Sunday. Seems like a strange day to start production?

Holy shite how have we not seen this thing yet. What the everlasting fudgebuckets is going on

HERE IT IS PEOPLE! I, for one, couldn't be happier. What an incredible package.

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Shiny brass or gold would be pretty badass I think

I cropped out just the awesome translite in case anyone wants a better look

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My west coast distributer said he hadn't heard when they're shipping yet. But Stern showed a picture of them on the factory line, so I can't imagine it will be longer than a few days? I ordered mine April 4th, not sure if that is on the early side or not, but I'm really hoping I have it by the first week of June.

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