Very tempting.

Honestly, I would just trade it to a disturb. straight up for a NIB Met. A friend of mine recently did this with a SM and was happy with the transaction. For all parties involved it was a win-win.

I'd love to own a SM someday but if I can convince myself to spend $5K in the near future it is going to be for a MET.

Man that looks sweet!!!!!! wish I could find one around here for that price!!!!!

Is Met really = SM?

Nice looking SM, extremely tempting...

Not to play price police but I was wondering the same thing myself. I'm sure there is someone out there who may feel so. I actually played Metallica last week and really really liked it, not more than SM as I love it too. So many games to be had.

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Some would in a second though. It's really starting to bother me that sellers on Pinside expect to always recoup things like shipping cost, mod expenses, the operator's overhead and delivery, and for others to not post junk or criticisms in their FS threads. It's really getting to me lately. NONE of these things should be expected.

Met is a better game than SM. SM is worth a little more in the condition here though. I wouldn't turn down a delivered NIB Met pro in exchange for that SM, but that's just me. Additionally, I think around 5K is very fair for this SM game. It's one of my favorite games.

A NIB Metallica Pro isn't $5k though. So it's funny that you think that's a fair price for it, but would make the trade down to something that's less than that (and frankly that instantly becomes even less once opened).

I'm presuming that the seller is talking about someone's used Metallica anyways, not a NIB one.

Sure, 5K is a fair price if it's a delivered price. That's a fair offer for a 4400 NIB machine. How is it not? Shipping isn't free and should immediately be considered a loss in every single circumstance. It's the price of playing pinball.

I would prefer a distributor deliver it, rather than ANY OTHER service. I will take that deal every time.

I'm purely discussing "shipped" prices for Metallica. It's less than $5k shipped. So yes, shipping isn't free, agreed, but that's factored in.

Anyways, not my game, so I won't keep harping on it, I'm sure the seller is perfectly capable of deciding what to trade for or not. I'm just saying that given the market value of SM and Metallica it's reasonable to ask for money on top.

Great shooter lane. Don't usually see them that nice. No chipping on the white paint stripe.

Yeah you lose $500 on MET as soon as you pull it out of the box and put the legs on.

Nice SM - GLWTS.

Seems like a great price. GLWTS

Dammit, this would be in my home if you were closer!

Great seller. Took care of packing and shipping a game I bought from him and drove it 2+ hours to a terminal. Buy with confidence

WOW, I wish you were a lot closer to me!

Still have it and love it. You did s great job on it

I miss my SM. Seems like a very fair price, best of luck with the sale!

which one was that?

Why has this not sold?

Things are slow selling right now. I think all the new stuff coming has people waiting. Lot of folks tied up in preorders. Plus a lot of people already have this fantastic game. SM destroys met imho. glws

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Crazy, a year ago this would have been gone in hours. I think this answers the question if Stern would do well on producing a SM VE, I just don't think the market is there, too many people have the game, too many other games available or coming down the pipe and price isn't fetching what it used to.

That's a theory. A year ago I would have snatched this up. I want one. However, since VEs and the potential of a SMVE, I've lowered my personal target price for a HUO SM to a price well below what I'd expect of a NIB SMVE. I've not left the SM market, I've just adjusted my strike price. If Stern does another SM run, I'm in immediately.

Interesting this hasn't sold yet at that price. Pin prices don't seem to have started to climb right before the holidays...maybe prices will climb when Christmas bonuses start to kick in!

I'm with Rush on this one. The possibility of a vault edition has changed the market for SM. My target price for a SM is lower since IMve as well.