Yes, Ian. I should have phrased what I said better...

"In the meantime, you can listen to the GW-8 and Prelude demos to see a good reason why Roland SHOULDN'T roll out a TOTL G-series for a while..."

Neither of these really qualifies as a true arranger, unless you are satisfied with ROM settings. The E50 is still the better solution. And while the Sonic Cell is an improvement over the E50/60's engine and soundset, there are still areas that need improving. I don't know whether it is because Eric Persing left Roland some time back to form Spectrasonics, but Roland's voicing team doesn't seem to have been as dominant as they once were.

Until Roland can field something that really IS new and groundbreaking, there seems little point for new TOTL product. Hopefully, there's enough back stock to keep those of us that still prefer the things (like I said, they are still considerably more advanced than Yamaha and Korg in many areas) in spare parts for a while!

And forget landfills! A good friend of mine is happily gigging my old G1000, probably for years to come, as well. You build them right, they don't NEED to go to the landfill...