This looks like a massive step backward from the past few years of Stern releases. I'll play on location, but thats about it.
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Quoted from Taygeta:This looks like a massive step backward from the past few years of Stern releases. I'll play on location, but thats about it.
Is there anybody here who wouldn’t “play one on location?”
I think we can all just assume that’s a given from now on, right folks?
Quoted from NickBuffaloPinball:Anyone know when Premiums will be shipping?
Per the email I have from Colorado Game Exchange:
Estimated Build dates for first batch productions
Pro (First build likely for commercial locations only Early November - Second build April)
Premium (December)
Regular LE (Late November Early December)
I hate Stern. Logged into All Access, got an LE in my cart with 1 second on the clock, hit Apple Pay, double clicked and got try again. Then I got told to log in again and by that time the cart was empty.
They need to change this so once it’s in your cart you have a couple minutes to finish!!!
Oakville, ON
Quoted from jgentry:The LE truly does look incredible. Might be the best-looking package they have put out. Kudos to stern for pretty much getting everything on the game right. I had one reserved but let it go to the next in line. I just can't justify 13k for a pinball machine. I was prepared for 11K or whatever close to that. Some tight times are going to be coming for a lot of people so I just don't see how this pricing is going to fly on future releases on the front side of a recession that might last 3 years. Who is going to pay 13K for a Venom LE lol? Congrats to those getting the game, I look forward to playing it. I'll just keep my money with me moving forward though.
This is my worry with pinball in general. If this recession really hits, pinball demand is likely to drop with the economy.
Quoted from jfh:I hate Stern. Logged into All Access, got an LE in my cart with 1 second on the clock, hit Apple Pay, double clicked and got try again. Then I got told to log in again and by that time the cart was empty.
They need to change this so once it’s in your cart you have a couple minutes to finish!!!
This may be a blessing in disguise. Look at it that way.
Quoted from jfh:I hate Stern. Logged into All Access, got an LE in my cart with 1 second on the clock, hit Apple Pay, double clicked and got try again. Then I got told to log in again and by that time the cart was empty.
They need to change this so once it’s in your cart you have a couple minutes to finish!!!
You are all set with a distro for buying LEs aren't you? I thought for sure you were
They only had 100 to sell. THe other 900 are available from distributors. Check with your distributor if you want an LE.
Quoted from jfh:I hate Stern. Logged into All Access, got an LE in my cart with 1 second on the clock, hit Apple Pay, double clicked and got try again. Then I got told to log in again and by that time the cart was empty.
They need to change this so once it’s in your cart you have a couple minutes to finish!!!
I made a thread on the Elwin game to break it out of the Gomez game chat
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/james-bond-60th-edition-sle-super-limited-elwin-hype-thread
Quoted from Bos98:Apparently they opened the sales up prior to the clock expiring. Pretty shitty.
I saw the add to cart change at 50 seconds prior to countdown clock
Quoted from Bos98:With tax and shipping....
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Not sure if bond on a wand is worth the cost of the premium. Damn I was really hoping that rocket did something. Looks like it will be like lil Deadpool. If it went up and down like the building in GZ I would be buying my first premium
Kind of bummed they opened the orders up a minute early. I was sitting patiently and got in 1 second after the countdown and they were long gone. I have one from a distro but a buddy doesn't and was hoping to snag one for him. All the same, with the price difference I imagine the premium is perfectly good enough.
Quoted from Mr68:How many days after a reveal do people switch from praising a game to bashing it?
-Three days
how many.gifQuoted from Bos98:Apparently they opened the sales up prior to the clock expiring. Pretty shitty.
Yes I grabbed mine at 10:58. Not surprising. They actually posted the reveal video 6 days ago, but was unlisted. Some link guessing could have spoiled the video last week
Just catching up on this.....
13K is the biggest surprise. Damn - wasn't expecting that. LE looks amazing though and I'm still in on mine but 13k is REALLY pushing it. What happens to the LEs out there that are even more limited (500)? So TMNT, DP, etc. I would think all of those go up as well. Something to think about with the current price hike. That being said, this hobby is really getting out of control and is about to price me out. Not b/c I can't afford it but rather - do I even want to spend this amount of money on pinball moving forward? Bond is a KILLER theme but venon, FF, etc?
Kaneda scoop of the year for sure btw. Keith (allegedly) lying about it on stream is not cool.
How many people are going to say they went to try and buy the LE on Stern, couldn't get it, then crap on the game how it sucks and it's overpriced.
Ah the fickle pinball community.
Quoted from luvthatapex2:They only had 100 to sell. THe other 900 are available from distributors. Check with your distributor if you want an LE.
I think it was more like 5 or 10 direct from Stern for insiders.
Same experience for me as the others. I got it in my cart 1 minute early and still couldn't complete the checkout.
Quoted from bemmett:You are all set with a distro for buying LEs aren't you? I thought for sure you were
I wasn’t on the list for Bond. Oh well.
Quoted from jfh:I hate Stern.
if you would have got one , betting you would have had it before your CCRLE !
Quoted from Pin_Fandango:the jetpack seems dumb
-But it magnetically moves the ball!
Quoted from bemmett:How many people are going to say they went to try and buy the LE on Stern, couldn't get it, then crap on the game how it sucks and it's overpriced.
Ah the fickle pinball community.
I was in to buy via Insider and got closed out on Stern’s site at checkout. Game still looks cool and I’ll try and pick one up in the future. Bummed for sure but that’s not the game’s fault!
Quoted from bemmett:How many people are going to say they went to try and buy the LE on Stern, couldn't get it, then crap on the game how it sucks and it's overpriced.
Ah the fickle pinball community.
The game looks awesome. The system to get them and price structure, not so much.
Quoted from delt31:13K is the biggest surprise. Damn - wasn't expecting that. LE looks amazing though and I'm still in on mine but 13k is REALLY pushing it. What happens to the LEs out there that are even more limited (500)? So TMNT, DP, etc. I would think all of those go up as well. Something to think about with the current price hike. That being said, this hobby is really getting out of control and is about to price me out. Not b/c I can't afford it but rather - do I even want to spend this amount of money on pinball moving forward? Bond is a KILLER theme but venon, FF, etc?
+1, I'm doing this one just cause I love Bond and game looks really cool but this may be my last LE at these prices. Hell even the premiums seem way overpriced now. Kind of a shame and hoping market cools down, I've bought games without much hesitation for too many years now, time to balance the scales back hopefully.
Gameroom Goodies is probably about to release their LEs to the general public. I know the last couple releases they sold LEs direct shortly after launch. It's how I got my Mando.
Yep, had one in the cart...paused for 20 seconds and asked myself, do I trust my distro; decided I wasn't sure and pushed the button, got the 'sold out' button instead...I guess I really do trust them, ha. Now I wait by the phone all day while they make the way down the list.
Quoted from JCrusher:When can I expect this insider LE to ship based on past releases?
late november/early december...
Snagged one, charge pending. No confirmation email yet though. That was a BIG price jump, so I guess if it doesn't actually go through I won't cry about it. They DID manage to make the thing gorgeous though. Interested in how many they actually sold...
Quoted from Bos98:With tax and shipping....
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Just insane. Bond is a dream theme but Im not remotely tempted at these prices. Good for stern, though. Jjp has been such a blessing for them in testing the price limits.
The sle seem like it could be really cool, but it is literally a rich man's toy. Owners will probably put 25 games on it in two years. Still at least it's not a weird cosmetic cash grab like their last SLE machines.
FlipNOut is doing free shipping for pro and premium if interested. Some others asking $500 shipping so not bad.
Pro is looking more and more like the way to go on this one. Someone needs to get started on a cool alternate translight(cough John-get to work-serious) and changing out backbox trim.
Quoted from andrewket:So this is annoying …
Stern posted to their Facebook page at 11:04 that a limited of LEs were available for sale “RIGHT NOW”. The problem is they were sold out at 11:00.
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No, they sold out at 10:59 EST. Stern listed them a minute early...
Game looks like it will be good but these price hikes are a killer for me. I said it on the last one but continued to buy this time I think I mean it.... Maybe scoop up a used Premium down the road, shame great theme.
Quoted from bemmett:+1, I'm doing this one just cause I love Bond and game looks really cool but this may be my last LE at these prices. Hell even the premiums seem way overpriced now. Kind of a shame and hoping market cools down, I've bought games without much hesitation for too many years now, time to balance the scales back hopefully.
If you're surprised but you buy, stern was right and you were wrong about the market value of these machines.
Quoted from Drock2:I had the 007 in cart checking out input credit card info then they remove the game from my cart and tell me empty cart… such bs.
Stern store definitely needs a rehaul
Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:Per the email I have from Colorado Game Exchange:
Estimated Build dates for first batch productions
Pro (First build likely for commercial locations only Early November - Second build April)
Premium (December)
Regular LE (Late November Early December)
I just wish they would time these to have models on hand to ship to locations. I'm going to be 2 months out and all of a sudden see a Bond on location and be like "oh yeah, I forgot that thing came out" and then proceed to play the heck out of it.
Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:Pro (First build likely for commercial locations only Early November - Second build April)
Seems weird with this timeline? Usually Stern shits out games the same week and they are on location within days after reveal? Does this mean we have another month of just talking about 007-holy shit storm batman!
Now I got to watch all these movies again. I just finished watching Pirates, so I know what the hell is going on with JJP POTC. Im still on season 3 Rick and Morty so I know what the hell is going on with that game, Godzilla I dont even know where to start, too many episodes, now this.
Will be 30 lbs heavier by christmas.
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