Right now it is Stern only for me. They have the best designers by miles and miles in Ritchie and Borg. I would have considered a JJP while Nordman was still on the payroll, but he is gone and did not get to design a game. Hopefully Nordman gets picked back up by Stern to fill Gomez slot.
As for the LE, Premium and Pro thing, I personally love it. LE is just that: LIMITED. If you don't get one I don't want to hear bitching as long as there is a Premium available with all the same playfield features. Stern was failing and on the brink of ruin before this system came into place. Would you rather they just stayed the course and went belly up? JJP is not a reasonable substitute either. They are a boutique company that will be lucky to produce one game a year if they don't go belly up.
