You would think about the new color for a few weeks then just be into the games anyways. It would be nice for a while, not quite sure why they would charge a lot more, though. There are some ps2 customization places from what ive seen. You could get yours done up nicer than what they have, and probably cost less than what they want for their solid color editions.
Take a look at this, at little cost...
https://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/ne...10&nid=7-18.db
I would do this much quicker than paying that much extra for the other.