Same name, basically a different plug. I spoke at length with L.J. and there are several differences.
1. The halves are molded left-right (hence the middle seam) rather than the old top-bottom. The idea is they are tuned "out of the box".
2. The eyes are molded in, not screwed in.
3. It dives.

Better - ?????????
Different - yes

The reason it is hard to find is that the official release date is Monday the 16th.