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

That's why I said "just to be clear" - so no one would mistake what you posted.

There was a battle in the federal courts with Amar Bose about the Bose speaker price fixing a few years ago.

It was finally decided that a company could set a "Minimum Advertised Price" (MAP) legally, to protect it's dealer's profit margins. BUT a company could not set the actual "in person" sale price; or that would be considered price fixing.

So if a dealer wants so sell a product below MAP pricing, he can do so without fear of repercussion by the manufacturer, he just can't advertise that price.

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Now as far as "price gouging", you are not being fair to the distributors.

The distributors take much of the risk for new games.

If the game is a a turd, they can have them stuck in their warehouse for literally YEARS. Think of all the Avatars, TRS, and Transformers still sitting around gathering dust. That is money tied up, interest being lost, taxes being paid, storage room used up, heat, A/C, insurance....even if they sold them at cost, they would have lost money.

So if a few "hit" games sell for more than the MAP price, it probably equals out in the long run.

Think of it this way: If you local Ford dealer found they still had a brand new 1967 Mustang in inventory, they would not put it up for sale for $3100 would they? No, because it is worth much more. You would not call them greedy if they sold it for $50,000 would you?

Same with pinball, if you still have a Tron LE in stock, you are not going to sell it for $5200 if it is currently worth $9000.

MSRP - Manufacturers SUGGESTED Retail Price

MAP - Minimum Advertised Price

Sure, or think of Nintendo, Playstation, Xbox game consoles. Same advertised price anywhere.

But if you walk into an independently owned game shop, you can always talk the guy down $10-15 if you pay cash.

All games dimple until every wood fiber is mashed down and it looks even across the playfield.

Even Cliffy protectors dimple under the VUK and they are made of steel that is thicker than most clear coats.

$4700 is the cheapest that has been verified.

The trick to seeing good 3d at an Imax is to only see it at a theater that has dual projectors and only on a full size Imax screen.

Imax took off the 3D ratings from their website, so now you have to call and ask for a manager and ask "Is your 3D movie showing on dual projectors?". Don't ask the girl who answers the phone, she will automatically say "yes" because she does not know anything.

Secondly, Imax took the real screen listings off of their website, so here is a list of the real Imax screens:

http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2011/01/01/proper-full-imax-theaters/