It looks to me like they're just doing some rearranging.  The Platinum series drums look as nice as anything I've seen put out under the Pacific name.

Well, I've sort of found the reason... It seems that most of the customers are confused about there being like 3 different series with the same wood, just different finishes, and prices...  So it's rumored that they're just combining it all into the one "Platinum series" with all the options and features as all the other series... ex.  MX, CX, LX...

Seems like a good idea to me, it saves the hassle of having to produce 3 gazillion different series with different finishes but all being basically the same drum.  So I guess the "Platinum" series is like the "Collecters" series for DW, with the choice of different finishes and what not... isn't it ironic that Pacific is almost an exact mirror of DW?  I mean sure they're made by the same people... but their two different brands still...