I don't think a flat coin door, not
Route friendly. Single shoot may be possible but I hadnt heard the coin door was different. It's plausible the toys may be a bit different (cycles).

I Hope the the Coin door lOoks like the 2011 Version . Single coin slot ( BS ) And decal's , No Problem for me .. I'm Just Happy to be 1 of the 100 . I played Rawleigh D's LE , and I've played the Pro ,, both are Great Pin's . I'll mod & Bling the Pro out myself ..

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So many of my questions left unanswered to give you an answer to your question. LOL!

Just make sure you sell it to me when it goes out the door, BR.

Just make sure you sell it to me when it goes out the door, BR.

AC/DC lasted 1- mth ,, Just Keep Yr eYe's Open , Ya Never know w/ me !! ,, ALL_Right.gif

Let me see If I can Answer this for you..

A Distributor is a seller of pinballs but dosn't have to be a retailer.. but most of the time is. Stern Only Sells through Authorized Distributors like ford only sells through Car Dealers.. Distributors are Pinball dealers.
10k For a Magneto is very high. I am a Distributor for Stern feel free to PM me for pricing.. Most of my pricing is below Sterns Min Price so I can't post it publicly.

I'm in! I actually like the new translight and can't wait to get mine and start modding the hell out of it!

And this will be my 2nd NIB purchase (so far) from JJ...great guy!

Nice pb custom...only reason I would actually like to find a 3d for my new 2d machine is because of the backbox led kit. Not worth $600 to me though

Cant wait for my second NIB this year...who knows maybe a third!

Same Here . It's takes about 3 week's for that NIB smell to Slowly dissipate

And you didn't get Portal? Come on man.....
SoS was lit at the scoop and most inserts were solid, too....I flubbed it!!!

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the real prob is NOT to get the portal, but to fully finish it !

I only see the Dude once on the new translite. Ergo, two Dudes translite is better.

The 3D translite really brings the pin together.

I don't understand. If Stern has a popular machine and can sell 100 in a day...why not make 500 or more? Why does there have to be a limit. If he can sell 2,000...why not make em'?

Could be parts. Could be an upcoming 3 or 4 day empty block in the schedule they needed to fill. I was told that the yellow Clu light cycle could not be sourced, so we will get the orange Sentry light cycle. Since the last run came with the 4 wheel light runner and Clu's cycle, I assume this run will have the light runner and the orange cycle. Most don't care as they will add the hallmark cycles anyway.

Yeah, no joke. Retailers knew the demand was there but apparently Stern didn't.

I think in a way for every Tron from the new run that Stern sells they probably figure it will take
away from the sales of the pins released after it. I agree spfxted, it doesn't make much sense.

I know when I bought my Tron several months ago, the salesmen at the distributor I deal with
tried really hard to steer me away from Tron and onto one of the Transformers LE's that they had
there. While I was there playing Tron he asked me several times if I'd put in any time on TFLE and
told me he could give me a really good price on one.

So you are saying they had toys made and cannot get them made again?

they used off the shelf toys from Spinmaster. They've been out of production for a LONG time....

I heard that Stern had 100 p/f's left over ,, this Could be the Reason .. Could be Just Hear say .

Well hopefully they do another run sometime next year, then I can probably jump on one.

ACtually, I see now how this has screwed us all out of more Trons... I can live with a Tron machine without all the toys, except one:

The recognizer. And oh yeah, it was made by Spinmaster too. WE'RE SCREWED!!

Yeah, RJW, I understand. I just can't see throwing away business. If you can sell 500 of these suckers...find a way!

What if they make 500 more Pro's, and only sell 120?

Would you, as a business, make more product and not sell some (take a loss), or make less product and sell them all (make a profit)?

That's why you take pre-orders. You make what you need.

I agree spfxted, why throw away sales? If this 100 sold out to distributors in a day, I'm sure 500
wouldn't take much longer than a week to move.

I think what you're saying is the model JJP is using. Sell as many of one pin as you can until demand dries up. Then move on. Stern seems to plan 3 or 4 machines a year.

It's going to be interesting to see which strategy is most effective.

Would you, as a business, make a large $$$ investment on that?

I like the never say never model Stern uses. I was way late to Tron, but am happy they are running more, so I can grab one. My Simpsons was from the 3rd run (glad they kept revisiting that title).

Thank you.

But how long would they take to make? And how far would it push back their next machine? I'm not sure Stern is set up to run like a boutique. They have a schedule to keep. But if demand stays high I wouldn't be surprised to see them run more down the road when time opens up.

Oh, I know they were hammered on the production of those toys. Look at all the factory errors in that toy line. It's crazy. I've got boxed toys with misprints on them from the Tron line, the whole Castor/Zuse thing, etc etc.

Betting on making money in the pinball industry, not a chance.

I also understand that they have a schedule to keep with new games etc. but I find it hard to believe
that their factory is running at full capacity and they couldn't sneak a few extra runs of Tron in.
It's basically the same factory that used to pump out considerably more units back in the DE and
SEGA days.

After all, a large portion of the cost of a game has to come from design and development, I can't
see how running more units (if the factory has the capability) wouldn't be cost effective.

I guess if producing and selling more Trons comes at the expensive of selling a new title then it
doesn't make much sense. This is assuming that the guy that misses out on Tron is gonna run out
and buy an X-Men, ACDC, Avengers etc. Unfortunately there is no real way of knowing the
answer to that question.

Got mine. Thanks JJ

Does anyone know the production run up to now? Just wonder how diluted the population will get with the extra 100?
Al

And therein lies the rub.

If they did end up making 300 Trons, and only 103 collectors really had to have them, they just boned themselves.

Tron is not making anymore money on route than any other game. He is selling this run to collectors. No one knows how many more people want a Tron. And really, if you really, really wanted one, I'm sure there are a few guys who would part with theirs. Money talks.

Not a fan of either backglass designs. Who wants to see a bunch of dudes?

Someone please make a nice looking translite with just the girls. Count me in for $100. What happened to pinball backglass art? Need more hot women.

I think someone said ½ were going overseas.

Is the new batch with plastic apron and pegs?

Pro always had that

Not a fan of either backglass designs. Who wants to see a bunch of dudes?
Someone please make a nice looking translite with just the girls. Count me in for $100. What happened to pinball backglass art? Need more hot women.

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Couldn't be said any better. Although there are a few here that would argue that "fact".

Lets hope the PF's are not 2nd's I have full light cycles if people want them. about 20 of each. The toys they sold in stores. I believe they are the same as Hallmark. they light up have noise etc. Airbrakes extended out. I got them super cheap but looks like they can still be had online for cheap

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=tron+light+cycle&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS492US492&sugexp=chrome,mod%3D14&um=1&hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1857&bih=1019&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=5790946365117741068&sa=X&ei=pcFQUO-tFZDW8gTW9ICIDQ&ved=0CGEQ8wIwAQ

Stern and Hallmark light cycles are different- just to be clear.

Being a "flop" commercially doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad game, and commercial success is a much easier thing to measure.

I was comparing to what i have and Hallmark What i have is what i linked.