If you can find a fully restored older game , then lucky you.
I couldn't so I am getting a Mermaid edition and signed up for the series. Also a CELTS for true originality.
clever marketing IMO
And why would you pay the same price for an older machine " restored" when you can get a fully wank factored NIB for a tad more with new technology to hopefully last another 40 years.
Haggis is gonna kick some goals unlike some others who tried.