I continue to be in the minority. I think the remakes are a punch in the nuts to those of us who have been restoring and collecting these original games for years.

Given that these remakes require zero R&D, the tooling already exists to create the mechanisms and parts, and the build quality is not the same (Don’t believe me, try and flex a VUK mech on MMr vs An original, the new remakes are very flimsy), they are overpriced IMHO.

Comparing to cars, a vintage mustang will hold its value. However a new one will decline in value over time. My theory is the same on these remakes, their introduction to the market brings the price down on the vintage ones temporarily, but over the long run I think the originals will retain their value better.

This is why I say the best way to buy a MB, is to buy an original once the remakes are released. That’s when the prices on the better and more valuable game in the long term will be lower.

Someone earlier said AFMr was an overwhelming success. They have sold ~1500 units. Is that really overwhelming? I would say Metallica was an overwhelming success. I bet there are 8000+ Metallica’s out there.

What makes them of superb quality? The mechanisms are flimsy, the boards aren’t serviceable. In about 10 years many of the remakes will be 300lb paperweights or beat to hell worse than many originals.

This is why I mentioned Metallica and not say Addams family. Can’t compare numbers from 3 years ago?

Seems like everyone is so blinded by shiny the facts aren’t important.

It is from a sales perspective for sure

Welcome to the hobby DngrWillRobinson

Easier and cheaper to manufacture newer boards, higher profits on games sales. That’s the business sense part.

They will fail eventually (look at the stern node boards) and cannot be repaired by the common collector like the legacy wpc system.

True time will tell. What will you do when this fails?

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