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Did BBB cause the bubble on J-Pop & Predator?

By colorado_cabrio

8 years ago


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“Did BBB help create an "investment" environment around pinball projects?”

  • Yup; we all saw the BBB guys get rich! 43 votes
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  • Nope; rising prices across the hobby are the problem 28 votes
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  • Neither; "investing" in pinball is as good as any stock-market play 8 votes
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  • Screw This Thread! 44 votes
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#2 8 years ago
 
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Quoted from colorado_cabrio:

I think that you can trace much of the recent speculative "investment" in pinball can be traced back to Wayne Cunningham's Illinois Pinball remake of Big Bang Bar....

People who bought into the BBB project took a significant financial risk, and in the end those people basically doubled their money overnight (more or less) and may have gained significantly more over time... Now don't forget that Wayne himself lost many many thousands on that project. But the popularity and visibility of that project in the hobby generated so much interest in new made "collector models" as a possible investment vehicle...

Wayne Cunningham... heheheh

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#13 8 years ago
 
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Quoted from guyincognito:

Outside of the collectible aspect of it, is BBB really that great of a game? I played it several times at SS Billiards, and I didn't know what the fuss was all about. I put more quarters into the Taxi pin sitting next to it and that was 1/2 the price to play.

BBB is a good game, but not great. I sold my BBB but still have my Taxi - it is a better playing game. BBBs strengths are its art, music and sound effects - A+ for those. The playfield layout and rules are around a C+. It's a great game to own but won't hold your interest play-wise when you have other, better games next to it.

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#15 8 years ago
 
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Quoted from Mr68:

Love it hate it for whatever reason, BBB is and always will be a desirable game to own

But for how long? I had one for 7 years, played it a thousand times, got scores in the billions. Tired of it, time for a new game. If they remade it, I'd have a hard time spending more than 5K for one. Take away all the stories and mystique and it's just another pinball machine in the end. Is *IS* really pretty, but then again so is my MetLE...

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