Ballwin, MO
Ok. Want to start off by saying that I don't forsee a pinball market crash. However there are a Ton of games coming out and there are manufacturers than we have had in a long time. Just feels like something has to give.
I don't this thread to become a dumpster fire, so this thread is for people that generally accept the following
- pinball machines manufactured today are better than they ever have been. They are deeper and more advanced than ever. Yes stuff like Munsters isn't as deep as Deadpool and Iron Maiden doesn't have as many toys as Jurassic Park 2. They may not be as mech crazy as dmd games of the 90's but generally have more to offer.
- people that are shopping for pre alpha numeric games like those games for what they are and aren't trying to compare them to stuff made today.
Ok. That being said, i feel like there has been a pin resurgence over the past few years where all games have climbed in price. (Dmd games that were sub $2k five years ago are now selling for over $3k) The market is being flooded with new games to the point where Stern dmd games are finally starting to fall in price.
At the same time I see people asking $3500 to $4000 for games like dirty harry and de jurassic park and now there are several Stern dmd games like Metallica falling under 5k. It makes me think that more people will be passing on the Bally Williams titles to grab a Metallica pro or tspp.
I understand that you could have made this argument for more desirable dmd games like TOM, TOTAN etc for awhile now (i.e. why buy TOM when TSPP is newer, deeper and the same price?). It just seems like now we can make that argument to the bulk of dmd games.
So my question is are we just going to end up with nearly all 1992-2010 games being in the $3500-4500 price range? Or do you guys think that something is going to give resulting in lower prices on mid range DMD games?
Keep it clean and let the speculation begin.
