I believe BBB and Tron LE are the two titles that created a collector frenzy. People will deny it, but what could be sweeter than buying a pin, playing it, then selling it for double in a year. That's a dream scenario.

As long as there is more demand than supply of a title, the price will climb. The issue now is this: with remakes and so many new pins on the horizon, it's really hard to see a title spike like either of those again. Premium pins have pretty much guaranteed Stern LE's won't spike.

I agree. Modern Stern's feel SOOO cheap and the price is going up. But that wasn't the question at all, so to keep this thread on topic, the question was about if BBB caused people to find the next "big" thing. Big as in a pin that will go up in price big. I am curious how a $16,000 magic girl would have faired. Would it shoot up to $20-$30,000 if only 13 existed. Who knows.

Well considering the amount of people that gave $16,000 to Jpop (some more) I still believe there's a market for high end pins that's not tapped into. I'm talking 50 pins at like $20,000 each. Would have to be a true work of art and shoot amazingly well. John was on the right track but he started redesigning screws nobody would see.