I had been hoping for that Vermona 14, too. Well, we won't have long to wait; they said some time in 2016.
I'm indulging in one vintage dream. I'd like to own just one iconic synthesizer, something really classic but brand new. I'm hoping NAMM 2016 will be the year for such dreams. I'm content with the polyphonic portion of my set up; the Poly Evolvers and Prophet 08s are superb for my needs. But I'd like one mono synth in the classic old school style: three VCOs, a thick raw analog sound, a raised control panel, mono-timbral, and no memory. Forget all the fancy features, violate the technological correctness, and just go with strong fundamentals and a simple classic warm rich sound. This means perhaps a new Minimoog Model D, or much more preferably a Korg/Arp 2600, or possibly a new Sequential instrument. My only stipulations are stable oscillators, a full-sized 44+ note keyboard, and hopefully MIDI Out.
Designing sounds without having saved programs to fall back on makes a different sort of synthesist out of you, and it also effects the types of sounds you use. I noticed when I had the Voyager Old School that the sounds I designed were few in number, and therefore, had to be far more useful in different musical contexts. I liked that effect, as opposed to having many and diverse sounds saved, and often jumping from one to the next. That may be fun and even impressive, but I don't care for it in the end. There's a monotony in constant variety; I find it wearisome and musically distracting. I prefer to work with a small number of fine and flexible musical tones and to become skilled at setting up those sounds quickly from scratch. So, I'd actually be happy to have one instrument without any memory.
Then there's the control panel. I've always liked the Minimoog panel design - upright and moveable. It makes programming so convenient for the eyes, where as, a flat panel causes you to somewhat strain and even lean forward a bit. Modular synthesists have it made. So, I also like the ARP 2600 design, with the controls up higher at eye level, looking straight at you. Additionally, I've found that this is the sort of synthesizer I'm most likely to tweak, whether there's a lot of time available or only a little. It's inviting to see the controls conveniently positioned and ready to be used, without any need for scrolling through menus, referring to digits in a window, or tracing a matrix for a parameter. It's more immediate and satisfying, and I'm more likely to go deeply into designing sounds because the whole process is easier and more immediate and satisfying.
If NAMM 2016 doesn't produce any new opportunities for old schoolers like myself, I'll make due with what's available. But I'd love to have just one such instrument, and one that I could also build up with modules over time in sort of an on-going project.