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Are we in the golden age of pinball right now?

By Luckydogg420

5 years ago


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    #3 5 years ago

    No. I'd call it a silver age or bronze age. Could say Gold was classic EM/early SS days (60's to 70's) where Pins were everywhere. In coffee shops, restaurants, soda shops, department stores, bars, etc. Then Silver age with late SS and DMD's (80's and 90's) where we had the birth of the arcade. We then had the dark age (2000--2010-ish) and have a new bronze age of HUO and now bar-cades. However, I am concerned that the saturated market of new pins from an increasing number of manufacturers and a healthy backlog of used and now used HUO games available. This, plus the rising cost per game, both new and used(Haunted House for $4,000) are going to really test this market. Not being a bubble burst Chicken Little, but I only have so much money and space and I expect that is the same for a lot of us. To be a true golden age, pinball would have to be available to the masses like it was in the past. Where you could spot a game just about anywhere. Plus, at $1 per game, non-pinheads will just pass that by. When I set up my first pin in my home, I had to teach my kids' friends and even their parents how to start the game and use the flippers...and this was an EM!

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