Stern Pinball has announced what is different about the limited edition version of their upcoming limited edition TRON Pinball machine and here is a summary of the additions:
- Multi-colored Fiber Optic light tubes.
- Motorized Recognizer toy
- Four bank drop-targets
- Additional lamps and LED lights
- New game rules and playfield art
For this they are only producing 400 models instead of the usual 500 and given the huge response from people about TRON Pinball, I really wonder if that’s enough. I can’t say I’m a big fan of these different versions as it sounds to me like the LE is the only version to go with so it may as well be the only one but I understand why they do it as well.With all of these extra features also expect a higher price tag of the rumor being around$5700, give or take a few hundred depending upon where you go. These will be available at the end of June.
Honestly, this news disappoints me a bit. This version is the only one that has enough to even warrant a purchase and with their limit being set at 400, that means I’m not likely to have a chance at one (since I won’t have a location up and running by its release) and the “normal edition” is so yawn inducing it’s not worth it. I think they’d get a lot more sales if they didn’t ‘limit’ sales of the limited edition since I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way. Oh well.