Heres how I see the LE situation right now.
For arguments sake, I would like to purchase a Tron LE, Avatar LE, AC/DC LE etc BUT none are available. If Stern does another short run of say 25 units, or 50 units of each, everyone who missed out is happy. If the original run was say 200 LE's, it aint going to matter if the total now goes to 250. It will make no difference to the LE original owners. If anything, the more people who own and like a LE, the more people see and play such a great title, thus making that title well known and liked for resale value.
As it is, u have to buy a second hand LE if u want one, and I would rather buy a BNIB LE instead. If the original LE run was 200, and they added another 300, well I could see oversupply etc, so thats not good for resale, but a small fraction being made again in another LE run is good for the hobby. I think i said before, that if anyone thinks there shld be no more LE's made of a title, give yours up, then try n buy one and u will then feel like alot of the people who missed out. Undersupply is just as bad as over-supply. The short re-runs are a great step in the right direction IMO.
I see where you are coming from Brett but I think it defeats the purpose of calling the first batch LE's if there is every intention of producing more. Buyers will become sceptical in the future and will more than likely hold off, I know I would, if there colelctible item becomes less collectible because there are more available. To be fair and true to their customers, any re-run of "LE" machines should be slightly different to the original run. That means that the original is always going to be that....i.e. the 1st run and the most collectible. i think you would find there would be guys out there who are cashed up and would feel the need to buy a slightly different LE machine to complete the "set".
Why not produce LE runs of the song names, we have the 2 so far, create another one or two LE machines with something slightly different that relates to or highlights that song. If they sell out, consider a small run of others. It's like being caught up in an auction, people go nuts when there is a genuine LE run of something.
When it is all said and done, I would be upset if I bought something that was sold as a LE model only to find that it wasn't so limited afterall.
