This isn't an IPB bankruptcy. "Planetary Pinball Supply (PPS) today acquired the majority of the assets from the bankruptcy estate of Gene Cunningham." This is more like an "everything but the dentures" personal bankruptcy. I'm not sure exactly what Gene owned with regard to Capcom, but it all belongs to PPS now.

It's impossible to just drop an extra ramp into a completed game. Zero chance that ever happens.

Agreed, BBB just isn't that fun. Kingpin is much better game, but even it's probably not worth repro NIB money to me. Maybe if it had awesome art to match the gameplay.

Actually it doesn't say that. It says "the majority of the assets from the bankruptcy estate of Gene Cunningham. Matt Christiano, PPS chairman, also acquired Illinois Pinball, Inc." If something was IPB property, PPS owns it. They just didn't get everything Gene (the individual) owns.

Agreed. There are at least a dozen Sterns that I find twice as fun as BBB, for less than half the going rate. BBB isn't expensive because it's great, it's expensive because it's rare. Once anyone can have a BBB for $8k, trophy collectors will no longer want one.

If the chance is zero, you could lay me a million to one odds and never lose. Let's bet a dollar. If you win, you get a dollar. If I win, I get a million. Free dollar, right? Put your money where your mouth is.

I'm not that confident, but I only have to be right one in a million times for this to be a good bet. Call me crazy, I'll risk it.

Do we have a bet? Say the word, and I'll send my dollar now. If PPS ever makes BBB, you ship the million.

If we don't have a bet, I guess it's better than zero chance after all.

That's not how odds work. If we each put up the same amount, that's 1-to-1, or a 50% chance. You said zero chance. A million to one is .0001%. I'm giving you better than zero!

Let's bet in the open so there's a record and everyone can hold us to it.

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Screw it, let's all skip work this afternoon. I'll meet you there.