At their zenith, the Platinums were offered with about 20 shell colors, chrome or black hardware, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18" toms, 10, 13 and 14" snares and 18, 20, 22 and 24" bass drums. I just did the math on that, which comes to 560 individual model numbers that had to be stocked...just to have one of each in the warehouse. When the economy "assumed room temperature" (died), the line was cut to eliminate 13" toms, 10 and 13" snares and the 18" bass never saw the light of day. Then the finishes were reduced to four and the black hardware eliminated, meaning they only had to keep 40 model numbers in production.
From a business standpoint, it's a tremendous savings for a small sacrifice, but it was also enough to make me ignore the Platinum series for good. I've since been developing my skills to build my own tubs, as that's really the only way to get what I want without losing my shirt.