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Limited Edition Run On New LOTR
koolmoecraig:
It's really simple supply and demand here.
Think of the prices that a lot of the late Bally/Williams titles command. In restored/NIB condition as to be compared with a NIB Stern.
MM's are around $7-8k restored.
Cactus Canyon around $8-9k
Monster Bash $4-5k
AFM $5-6k
There is obviously a demand that outstrips the supply. You could sell brand new MM, AFM, CC all day long at the $5000 it costs for a new Stern. $5000 "player" condition MM's are snapped up quickly. You would destroy the inflated prices of the original machines but that's a good thing if it's an EXACT remake of the original.(No inkjet, photoshop artwork).
I couldn't imagine the BS involved with doing it but if Stern could do it, I do not doubt they could do it profitably.
Tamiya did this with their old R/C cars. They did exact remakes. It killed the values of the originals by about 50%.
BTW, Apparently there were only around 900 Family Guy pins made. They anticipated a lot more demand so they were left with a ton of left over parts. That's what led to the Shrek pin.
Anyway, it's never gonna happen but it sure would be nice.
shardian:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 21, 2009, 11:17:43 am ---The reason those games command so much is because of the 'rareness'. As soon as you pop that balloon you're going to have a tough time selling them for $5k "all day long".
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Cactus Canyon is the only pin that falls into the rare category at ~900 units. Medieval madness had almost the exact same production numbers as Scared Stiff and Attack from Mars - around 4000 units. Why is it consistently more expensive then by $2k or more? One of these days I'll get a real answer to that question. Personally, I'm in the camp that MM is inflated in price.
divemaster127:
Stern has the new LOTR pin (the hobbit) version in design state right now. I am curious what it will look like
dm
shardian:
--- Quote from: divemaster127 on July 21, 2009, 03:39:44 pm ---Stern has the new LOTR pin (the hobbit) version in design state right now. I am curious what it will look like
dm
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and say:
2 flippers
3 pop bumpers
2 bays of worthless targets to spell "Hobbit" or "Bilbo".
2 ramps
and a whole crap load of 2-d "toys" made of pieces of flat arcrylic with inkjet art on them.
divemaster127:
yep, now i have to have one
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