Yeah, that's the question that I'm considering too.
Especially an LE. Say it's $12,000 now. Premiums eventually sell for $9000 if our $ strengthens.
Is the LE only worth $9000+ extras = $10,500?
Guessing at all numbers, but seems that buying an LE is really risky as far as holding value. More so than ever before.

Actually, I've bought a NIB game from them when the Canadian dollar was losing strength, but I was charged a better rate since my pin was purchased from Stern a few months earlier.

I like them, but recently bought a Walking Dead pin. Put them on immediately but found the ball way to bouncy. Flipper catches often bounced back over the slings and into the outlanes.
Still have them on my ACDC though.
For the low price to get a few and try them out, I would recommend them.

In my opinion, "older" titles like ACDC and Metallica etc are worth every penny that a new GoT Premium is. In fact, odds are that ACDC and Met will likely be viewed as better games in the long run (simply guessing as GoT would have to be amazing to rank up there with these other two). Since you can't find either Met or ACDC NIB anywhere, why wouldn't they be worth as much as a current priced NIB?
I was concerned about the exchange rate when I bought a TWD recently. The thing is, I expect that its value would drop if/when the currencies even out. BUT... if that's the case, you'll still be able to sell TWD at or near whatever the then current price of a Premium is.
So I expect if the game is killer and really well rated, you should always be able to get the same price as a NIB -providing your pin is in immaculate shape.

The fact is, if you want an ACDC or Metallica right now, check out the cost from the States. Plus, you likely don't get to see it before buying, might have to send cash to someone you don't know, and/or put in a lot of time driving to get it. Shipping/gas etc add to the price and there doesn't seem to be any way to avoid full taxes at the border so apples to apples, ACDC and Met should still be worth as much as other options -in my opinion.

This works in the other way too though -if the US dollar was at par with the Canadian dollar, TWD is no longer worth today's prices because you could get another Premium NIB for 30% less.

So bottom line for me is that the best Stern pins out there should be worth current NIB prices and will fluctuate with the exchange.
If they're not, and you have a Premium or LE Metallica for sale at a really low price, let me know!

Yeah, it's not just NIBs though. Seems as though all pin prices are affected by the prices in the States.
So trading shouldn't be too bad, but anyone buying any new pins is going to be paying through the nose.

Is it much effort to swap these between machines?

Great to hear. Thanks for the info. Can't wait to get my TWD Premium.

You shouldn't have any issues taking a game into the States. That's the country of origin (where it was made), so there's no tax to be paid when crossing.
Coming INTO Canada, you pay tax, so that's where you can run into trouble. Confirming the right price, etc etc.

So you mean to say that if Soulstoner (or others) come by, they can play games in the basement, uninterrupted by others?
Sweet!!!