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Does theme REALLY matter?

By PopBumperPete

7 years ago


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    #30 7 years ago
    Quoted from Rarehero:

    If you're putting 50 cents in it, no. If you're paying $5000-$15,000....FUCK YES.

    100% this. I've got finite space in my game room (and even fewer funds). If I'm dropping $5K+ on a game, the theme has to appeal to me (hence why 7/8ths of collection is horror-related... and the other is Tron).

    That's why I'm really torn on my next pin. It's either going to be Elvira 3 or Star Wars, depending on pics/details. Alice Cooper is the dark horse (the playfield art would have to be a big leap from RZ's in order for me to bite).

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    #127 7 years ago
    Quoted from Rarehero:

    It's a great example of the theme mattering in the opposite direction. As someone who sees a car as a mode of transportation, I see Mustang and see "Box With Wheels That Gets Me Places: THE GAME" ZZZzzzZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZzZZzzzzzz
    (Yes, I've played Mustang and it's OK fun...but the theme was an instant turnoff. I'd never buy one BECAUSE of its theme)

    Quoted from woody24:

    And Mustang is a great game example of the theme mattering. I've owned my 2006 Mustang GT for 10 years now, and still enjoy it. I really really want that pin just based on the theme.

    I also own a 2006 GT (black with silver stripes). I've also got a restored '65 Convertible in the garage (red on red), and my first car was a '66 coupe (powder blue). That said, Mustang, oddly enough, had absolutely ZERO appeal to me as a theme, which just goes to show that theme is both important and highly subjective.

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