+ 1 pinsanity
in edition the spike system has just been released but has been around for a while as it was used in "The Pin" to prove the system worked so the development costs were a while back and it must be cheap it it was in the pin.
Good point, swinks. I forgot they already had spike beta testing underway in The Pin. I also believe a member here on AP spotted one in an ACDC quite some time ago as well.
The R and D argument alone to justify the price gouge on current models just doesn't add up.