I'm saving for the KISS Shannon Tweed LE.

7/17/15

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Hulk gooooooood. That's what we were supposed to notice right???

Well, there ya go, a new Luci sitting at Stern.

All those SMUG Lucie owners claiming their game is worth $8K can now come back down to earth!

Old style Cab..
Most likely a customer repair

or one that had shipping damage that they are fixing up to be like new.

Yep.. What i meant

MMr, KISS, Luci, Met, and Avengers The Pin... Interesting line up.

Where do I send the check to?

They never made AC/DC in the new style cabinet, and won't. Stern just doesn't take back games to re-decal them either. That BIBLE that they did for sepins was a rare thing from what Stern has said.

Jared's the king of whipping people into a froth. That's why Stern hired him. The picture doesn't mean shit.

What is the Jared post to reality ratio to date? (edit: Even as the author, I am confused by this statement)

My question is, have any of Jared's teasers actually come to fruition?

This^

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Stern Repairs games that are damaged in shipment..
JJ at Game Exchange has also posted pins for sale that have been factory refurbished at Stern

If I squint long enough, I think I may see a reflection of a Tron VE in there as well.

Don't forget the poor WWE pin hiding in the back all my itself.

Remember the shit storm when stern put a pic of that BIB repair job on their facebook page..

Instead of teasing, how about relevant info?

Did they relicense?
Are they running a few "under the table" with remaining parts?
Is this a one-off for a special customer or to cover a warranty issue?

Sepins get them to redo one? LOL. Wasn't he looking for one?

I'll say this, if they are re-doing Luci, I'm in!!

Sorry, above my pay grade.

I know the photo was taken today in Chicago. This is all I know certain.

Assume things at your own risk.

Had I not posted it, one of you would anyways.

Lol how many feet can you fit in your mouth???

He drops hints about upcoming games that are so vague that you REALLY have to have too much free time to figure them out. He doesn't do anything this forward about upcoming games. Ever.

Game of Thrones is next anyway. And Jared better get me a t-shirt.

Possible some Luci's on layaway getting made now?

Why would they repurchase the license just to make a few more Lucis? Makes no sense. To be profitable they'd be offering every style of ACDC they possibly could.

And there you go: Jared wanted us talking about it, and Jared got us talking about it. That's why he's good at what he does. And obviously there's more than one sucker born every minute.

Um cause Centerflank told them to

Seriously though they better run Met Prem first!

+1000

Not sure what you mean, I was thinking they'd do the AC/DC Luci run in the old style cabinet again. No feet inserted, thanks.

Not to go off topic BUT:
Pretty sure the next VE off the line will be SM with Comic Book Art (Marvel) for the Cabinet Decals, not sure about the PF Artwork.

PF would have to change too. It's all movie assets.

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Well lets look at your statements. "they would never run acdc in new style cabinet". ACDC pro LED & Metallica Pro LED both in new style cabs that were originally in old style. Along with IM Vault.

One Luci sitting at Stern all of the sudden means they are making a re-run??? Come on gimme a break.

So Luci VE will easily sell 300-400 units for a remake to make it worth while for Stern huh? Yet, this Luci sits on Pinside in NJ for a few days at $7000 and has not sold? I see demand, but not from hundreds and hundreds of people with $6800 for a NIB for one. Sorry.

Maybe this is not your war Centerflank?

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-acdc-luci-w-mods

I only saw the first one. The one and only original.

Oh you are talking about the it is not your war full clip VE version!

I got acdc when it was available

Here's a friendly message to you all
Get your Metallica now... Dont come crying later for a VE

Just like acdc , Met is a fantastic
Game,one of the best!
And they are available Right fuk'n
NOW.

Truth! MET Pro is a beast! ST Pro is great also. Don't wait and wait and demand a VE later on. So many solid players right in front of you, but not for long.

Nope. Not running again. The license is expired. It's a customer repair/warranty machine or something.

Don't believe it? Let us know what your distributor says when you try to order one.

I fail to understand or appreciate the cryptic approach to "creating buzz" where buzz involves no actual/factual information.
My message to the powers that be....such an approach to marketing actually fosters a negative response to your product among all but the most dedicated consumers. If you want to use social media to communicate with your customer base, then do so.
When you do, keep it simple, clear and direct. Anything else and you are just jerking around your customers. And while you might find that personally satisfying or intriguing, it is frustrating and annoying for many of us on the receiving end.

You can't un see a face like that

We play pinball and love it. They're playing games with us and despite the frustration, people keep coming back for more. Just like a game of pinball. Sure, this wouldn't fly with the Ford motor company, but we play pinball. Ding ding ding....

Not running again? What in the world of pinball makes you think it can't be run again? If there is money to made, it can and will happen.

I would hardly call another run of AC/DC a Vault Edition though since it's just recently out of production. Maybe Stern would for marketing purposes (or come out with another "xxx Edition"...maybe Rosie like someone else said), but Stern is no stranger to renewing licenses and making more runs of games when demand warrants it.

As for the actual demand, I don't think anybody knows exactly what that is right now other than higher than most Stern titles. Lots of people say they want the game, but many of those people only started saying that when prices starting shooting up from a change in supply/demand. People hear of a Luci selling for $8500 or something and say "I WANT ONE NOW!" but then when one sits for a few days at $7k they say "ehh, maybe I'll wait a little..." Pretty much verbatim what someone told me as I was recently trying to help them acquire one. I swear the pinball market is more like the stock market everyday...so many trying to grab a machine as its value is trending up and cash in after a few weeks or months. Always an "ehh, best game ever but not for me" or "I suddenly need $8k, but I won't sell for $500 less." I love when some people do this while pumping up the game in every other post here

I do think AC/DC is one of Sterns best and I'm sure they could sell hundreds more pretty easily. If and when, who knows. Most distributors don't know these things until Stern announces to everyone at once. Very few have actual inside information, and they aren't going to give that up by spilling the beans.

There are very few licenses in pinball that are sacred anymore. I don't think AC/DC is one of em. Money talks. IIRC they recently gave in to some licensing changes with their music. And then there's this...

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i give about 50% chance of more Luci's 20% more met premiums 29% chance they do neither and 1% chance the come out with a new edition of both games

oh no "the pin"

Perfect. I'd sell mine for 8 thousand. Fully modded pin refinery , Steve the legend hemi. Then everyone that wants one can get an ACDC. Awesome.

I don't understand why Stern isn't more straight-forward either. It seems like keeping the collector market well-informed could only help them sell more games. I'm also not a fan of the constant misdirection and rumor fueling.