I had emailed Stern about TRON many weeks ago, before this thread had even begun.
I had actually asked if future TRONs to Australia would have any upgrades done to them, namely the new Red LED display, and the new sound upgrades etc, and specifically when and If production would start again. I got a definate answer about production starting again, and they were on the fence about any future upgrades for aussie machines, but tending to lean towards the "proably not" answer when I pushed them to be specific.
I also asked about Transformers PRO and the Avatar PRO model with the same upgrades and got the same answers.