This is what our Elite rep told us. Elite was forced to make some cosmetic changes to their bows, but other than that, they can produce and sell all they want. We had 1 production E-500 in the shop tonight (it sold already, btw..) and are they sweet. The camo is now brown and the cutout in the cams is different, but they are very nice indeed. They are obviously extremely behind right now, so of the 12 bows we have ordered, we are only expecting to see 1 maybe 2 a week for a few months until they get caught up. Folks, I'm not jokin, that was the SWEETEST bow I've ever shot, period. Keep an eye out for them.