Better hope the Pro's sell really well, 'cause if they don't, no Premium.
Why else would they delay the production of them?
I think its a decent marketing angle to make sure every single LE model gets snapped up ASAP by every Stern dealer even before production has even started n all the allotted LE games get SOLD to waiting excited buyers who have only seen the machines via photos. Its a quick 3 or 4 million dollars to Stern to cover all its costs n designs etc n licencing...then probably there is still a nice chunk of profit left over from the initial 500 sales, then the Pro and Premium make even more profits cause all the upfront model costs have been paid for easily by the 500 LE sales...Gary seems to have this down pat by now....
Thats only 250 of each model. It seems that if a Premium model gets introduced to the lineup, they seem to make less of the LE models.
I would have thought there would have easily been enough interest for Stern to do maybe 350 of each model, maybe even more.
It certainly is a way to make sure LE buyers machines stay highly priced on the 2nd hand collectors markets, cause everyone wants one so to speak, but not everyone can afford to get one straight away.
What makes it difficult is if u have just purchased a BNIB machine, its not like u can just instantly fork out for the next model, even if you really really wanted that LE that is coming out....hence the Premium meets the gap, but its not the same really as having the true LE.... maybe also, they make the LE run shorter so that the unsold previous models LE like X Men LE get snapped up as well by people who missed out on a Avengers LE...i guess the marketing dept has everything worked out for a reason if they are doing only 250 eaqch, instead of 350 each...thats why it will be good to speak to Gary Stern when he comes to Australia and ask why only 250 LE models each n not more ?...
