That's one way to get consumer confidence back after the ghosted playfield debacle: raise prices across the board!!!

Maybe Samsung should take a page out of Stern's marketing department. After the Note 7 battery fire issue, simply raise prices on the Note 8 next year. That should do it.

Yep.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard that I could buy a super LE

I am thinking 66 should not be a problem, already past the halfway mark...

Brad

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So true. I'd love to know the actual markup on these things. Does it really cost almost $10k to make one of these?

They will. Doesn't matter how much bitching goes on about prices, QC, etc. Stern only goes by sales numbers. And people are still buying out games before even seeing them. Stern wins again. They will only listen if people stop buying, but when they sell out before showing anything, well....

Indeed

Everyone needs to relax and this pricing is just a one time thing due to the 30th anniversary. I'm sure it will be back to normal on the next title.

An application form to purchase a $15k pinball machine...

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The thing they fail to realize is that was one LE being flipped out of the past four. You can still buy a GOT LE, Kiss LE, and WWE LE for a normal price and most distributors still have them in stock. At the prices they are asking, they are going to have to hit every one of the next few games. I don't know if that's possible.

What's going to happen when these games start gathering dust at the distributor?

That's the problem. Stern can now set whatever they want for the "new normal pricing".

will go like Williams did with everyone holding off to buy until the big discounted fire sales

Really think about this.....a $10,000 (MSRP) game sold out at 240 units sight-unseen. They are going to sell an additional 30 with a bunch of extra goodies and better sound at $15K sight-unseen. Why would Stern NOT charge these prices if they can get people to pay it? I know, there are some that will back out of the deal when reality hits, but all in all, most folks knew or at least feared this was going to be the price range when they ordered. Gotta give Stern credit for generating some good short-term cash. Time will tell if the customer will sustain this business model, but so far, the need to feel better than the other guys in your league, is bringing a lot of seemingly unlimited cash to the surface. Maybe pinball has really come back that strong? Maybe not.......but the one thing I do know is that quality will need to get much better fast, or all of this will come crashing down. With inflated costs, come inflated expectations. I sincerely hope this new pin is something special........

Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price:

Premium Model:

$US 8,599

Limited Edition Model:

$US 9,999

Super Limited Edition Model:

$US 14,999

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You're saying "sold out" but people just put down a deposit to hold a spot. Most distributors allow people to move that deposit to another game if they want.

Also some of the sales are to distributors. Is it really "sold out" if it just sits in a distributors warehouse? I guess GOT, Kiss, and WWE sold out too then.

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There were deposits put down. However without pricing, they were really not sold. Now that we know pricing... well that makes it more real.

So now we know the price. However we don't get to see the playfield until EXPO, on basically the same day as the meet and greet that is included in the pricing. I would expect this to go bad. No matter what they show, some people in line won't like it. They won't be able to cancel because of the meet.... OMG Stern is being fucking stoopid. I am just baffled by how they thing this is going to go smoothly. You can't get 10 pinheads in a room to agree on something, and now they will be 10 pinheads spending 10 grand to be there? Expo is going to be a shit show with this one (just my opinion).

JPop did it and he didn't even have to build any games.

I think it's time for a new tshirt design KPG or whoever it was made the fix my playfield shirt.

I think they will, need to see the game in action, maybe prices are going up for a good reason finally.

Blue horseshoe loves BM66

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Is Stern trying to leapfrog JJP as being the most expensive pin ?
Maybe that's their new motto. "The worlds most expensive pin"
It looks like they are learning fron John papaduik as well. Didn't he have a handful of pins at $14 k?
Wowzers!
And to coin a well used phrase "and for that reason I'm out"

... just dumped my Anacott Steel and loaded up on bm66sle's, thanks.

And to put a very fine point for everyone that still says it was JJP that made the prices go crazy:

https://store.jerseyjackpinball.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=61&product_id=60

That is a Hobbit LE at 8500 while the B66 Stern is 10k. So $1500 higher now. Same number of LCD screens. It's bonkers.

Any word on street pricing yet?

This time with MORE explosive power!

Prices will go back down. Nobody is buying Areosmith at these prices......

So lets have fun with this BOM - three trainslights - one topper - custom purchased toys from Amazon - 6k got it sign me up

Problem I see with announced pricing is the SLEs must be purchased directly from Stern, so slim chance for a price break on $15k. Premiums should be marked down to street numbers and I expect that much. LEs are still up for grabs as to what price will be offered. Fingers crossed LE buyers see a reasonable offer price.

I was just referring to the fact Stern has commitments for all of them when I say sold out. And yes, I do know some will back out, and many sales were distributors, but all they had to do was say the magic word "limited" and there will be plenty of folks ready to buy. Now what happens after that, is still yet to be seen.

Yeah 10-12k for a GBLE.

Stay tuned....

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Now the question can be asked, what will happen first - an image of the BM66 playfield will be leaked or JonBenet's case will be solved?

Brad

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15k - break out the Bat-Lube!

Could be but Stern also knows that a few collectors out there have BOAT LOADS of money that wouldn't blink at paying 15k for a game. If I won the BIG ONE and had 200 million to play with I know 15k for a toy wouldn't bother me at all.

Super LE + LE = almost 3 million for Stern for 270 pinballs

They are certainly preparing us for something.

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Obviouly this is the 30th anniversary. I can't imagine the price of the 10 SLE for a 10th anniversary!

And your data for Stern prices going down is???

From what I notice their gains and drops in MSRP didn't effect street price. The street prices just continued to increase. They are not going to give up those gains with newer pins. And I wouldn't be surprised if the SLE and LE street price was exactly what they listed.

Any estimates what the 40th anniversary will bring? Or will there even be one....

I can see the halls of the Westin now.....

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Soon the "10K by Christmas" joke will be inverted.

Gut feeling...Prices will have to come down...people are going to stop spending this much for games...getting saturated IMO.

At 3:00am in Westin hallway.....

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So how will these be distributed? What if two people want the same episode or gadget. Will it then become a bidding war? Wouldn't be surprised if you can pay extra to reserve the one you want since it's just more money in Gary's wallet.