i first thought it was was paypal spam but it had too much info that couldn't be auto-generated. then i realized it was from our dearly beloved pinball saviour (and/or anti-christ): Mr. Pinball Australia.
update:: it's not the AV ASIC but the CPU ASIC.. wayne just emailed me to clarify ---which i asked why the confusion since i was on the list for AV ASICS (but he said the AV asic is about a month away).. i think i heard that in 2005 also.
I am not one of those Wayno-haters, but his modus operandi seems to be to release new stuff ever-so-slowly. It is why I am doubtful that he will be making new pins... remember that he bought the rights to Bally for a period of 5 years...