I love my Tron LE and still play it regularly...but if this is where we're at now? After Snaroff's sells at $25k & someone really wants one...$30k takes mine.

LOL Stern SAM games don't have batteries!

The market is relative to what else is in the market. POTC CE’s are selling for $38k now...sooo, Tron LE is another Disney license & beloved game & only 400 exist. Want one? Pry it from me. Justin’s sold for $25k, another sold for $20k. Once that shit happens, it’s hard to see it sliding back down. I remember when AFM randomly went from a $5k game to $8k+. Once people know a game has buyers at a certain price, why would anyone sell it lower?

BTW my price has gone up since my last post. $35k takes my Tron lol

You're ignoring the CE and LE aspect. Even if there's some kind of re-run or vault (unlikely), Collectors Editions and Limited Editions will NEVER be made again.

Speculation and pumping is irrelevant when SALES have been made! Done deal.

I love my Tron. I don't want to sell it. Someone waves da CASH at me....well, I'll have to reconsider.

Discussing the reality of current sales isn't pumping.

Most Stern LEs also have Premiums. Tron doesn't.

Also Tron rules & everyone wants one! No one wants your LE's lol

TO THE MOON! DIAMOND HANDS!!!!

POTC was a flop. It was expensive to build & hard to build correctly. The license has expired, and it's been inferred that it's done and they've moved on. Sure, ya never know...but it's highly unlikely.

Black Arrow wasn't a remake...it was a marketing strategy/reskin to move unsold games.

Irrelevant.

VE = Vault Edition. What part of "LIMITED EDITION" don't you understand?

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LOL

There is no Tron Premium is LITERALLY a fact. (and before someone shows the box that says Tron Premium...that's what LE boxes said back then lol)

Klank, when did you get so thick?

Tron LE is a LIMITED EDITION.

Limited means LIMITED.

Will. Not. Be. Remade. Ever.

I'm not pumping anything. Mine's not for sale...(but seriously, if you throw 40k at me, it's for sale)

Your LE's also have Premiums that are STILL IN PRODUCTION. That inherenty lowers their value, as anyone can get the same experience by buying a Prem instead.

Tron LE has no Premium. 400 LE's. That's it. Won't be remade. Period.

It's weird that you don't understand this & that you're getting so angry.

They've never announced they're NOT making something. That's stupid. It's an old irrelevant license & they're making too much on their current games...why would they remake a few hundred Tron Pros when they can sell a few thousand of everything else that's currently still under license?

An LE by definition CANNOT BE REMADE. No one would ever spend stupid NIB money ever again on an LE if it wasn't TRULY limited.

Retro game prices are the dumbest thing ever...but I've made decent cash selling mine off to the wacky collectors. Every game can be easily played on an Everdrive, FPGA system, or emulator...and it's the same exact thing. Only physical pinball is real pinball! Woop woop!

Projection.

...but anyway, I'll be sure to tell you when Stern puts out their press release of what they're not making.

Yes we do. It was listed on eBay. Someone hit “buy”. They paid. Deal done.

You can bring mine home for a mere $30k, baaaaybeeee! I'll even deliver & bring Del Taco, including Lemonade Poppers! What a refreshing deal!

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My condolences for your loss.

It's verifiable science. .

Already addressed that and said don’t bother posting that box pic lol

So does a Zelda cartridge. Nothing happens to those.

What a travesty.

Nah. $30k takes mine, and gets the Del Taco bonus.

Otherwise I'm just gonna keep playing it.

Because internet.

So you're enjoying my schtick, is what you're saying?

I mean, we're already in it. As soon as Batman '66 Super LE was $12,500 in 2016, boom, we were there. From that point, Dutch tried to sell BOP 3.0 for the same price...then they started to sell Lebowski for that price. Jack sold POTC CE for that price...I think...or was it 10k? Anyway, GnR CE was also that price. Elvira Couch Edition was $15k. It's goofy AF, but they can totally get away with selling the top limited models for wacky bucks.

If you don't have a Del Taco near you...I don't think they're in IL...you can make them yourself. You can order any flavor of "popping boba" online...toss 'em in a glass of Minute Maid Zero Sugar lemonade, and boom...you got yourself a fun and refreshing drink!

There are two kinds of boba. The traditional gummy/chewy ones and these smaller popping ones. The popping ones have a thin “skin” & juicie inside!

Last year, Del Taco made it with Sprite! You can really just make it with any drink you want. I'm a fan of using something sugar free, cuz then it's not quite so horrible for me.

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Well, that moment allowed me to sell my AFM for $8200, which I then used to buy my Tron LE! Ahhhh, see...bringing things back around full circle!

Ultimately, the market decides. I think ALL hobbies have old-schoolers and hardcores who have their pulse on what things should cost and what they're worth...but you will always have newbs who enter the hobby with cash and little patience. They want it now and are willing to pay. We can't force someone to not spend what they want to spend to get the thing they want. It is what it is.

This has nothing to do with Kaneda. Our dear friend, sweet baby Fattrain sold his on eBay for $25k. It's a verifiable fact.

People just really don't understand the concept of "LIMITED EDITION".

A Limited Edition will not be remade as a vault.

In any case, a friend of mine sold his restored MM for over $20k a few months before the remake was announced. Things happen.

It’s all relative/perception. If the top games are selling for $10k-30k, then a used game for $4-8k is “cheap” in comparison.

Most people, even when doing well, aren’t buying pins and never were.

Since 2016, the hobby has attracted a customer that is at another level. They’ve done extremely well and continue to do so. These pins at these prices are pocket change. Stern wouldn’t be doing so well otherwise. Those who can buy pins, and want to, are.

Shit like this doenst sell on Pinside...this thread is just for fun. We’re hobbyists that want a “deal”. He puts it on eBay? It’ll sell. That’s where the last one sold.

LOL X-Men blows, though...this game only works when there’s “demand” in “supply & demand”. But hey, I wish you luck if you can score a payday from FOMO NEWBS with that trash.

Here’s the breakdown. Tron LE’s been out for a decade. People who have it generally don’t move it - they love it, keep it, play it. So - you can say 20k’s not “the real price” ...but why would someone who loves their Tron list it for less, or at all? $20k starts to be that “pry it away” price. If someone really wants one, and none are for sale - it is what it is. Only way the price goes down again is if like 10 people simultaneously list Tron LE’s for high prices...then there’s more supply & competition, buyer has the advantage.

You might get a US buyer willing to ship. BARGAIN!

I'm not motivated enough to push it out the door. I recently just dragged it in the house, and it was a pain in the ass lol. This thread is here...if someone wants one and sees this, they know how to pry it from me. I'm cool just enjoying it. I'm more motivated to sell off my remaining retro video games...it's not pinball money, but the collectors in that scene have gone bonkers, too....I've got random Gameboy, Playstation, and Saturn games that are going for like $500 a pop now.

I love pinball. Thanks for creating a false identity & slanderous narrative of me because I critique a handful of games while also pretending I’m the only one who’s critiqued those games. Quite a disinformation campaign to juggle.

I’m one person with one opinion. If those games are “perfectly good”, their resale price would reflect that. I don’t control other people’s opinions or what they’re willing to spend on a game.

List your X-Men for even $7k....you won’t get a bite, and that has ZERO to do with me. Making me an “enemy” of the games you like is illogical. Enjoy them. You can’t force others to.

TONS. Especially complete U.S. games.

Yeah, with things like MODE, you can replace the disc drive in Saturn/PS1/Dreamcast and just play games off an SD card. I've got one in my Saturn - it's great. Original discs can go to collectors who want to throw money at me. I already sold my SNES, Genesis, and N64 games and replaced them with Everdrives. Money in my pocket, no clutter on my shelves, can still play the same games on my old systems. Win win.

Why is it that you are seeing the opposite or wrong thing about everything in this thread. Marketing tactic? I'm not marketing anything. You don't take me at my word that I love my Tron and want to just keep and play it? Alright....lol

Snaroff is my friend...I'm just having fun. Sorry if the concept of friendship and goofing around offends you.

DEL TACO BOBA BROS 4 LIFE!!!!

Sorry about that, I can take it! What people love about Tron is that it has an addictive quality to it. It generally beats you up quick, but makes you wanna keep hitting start until you have that amazing game. When it came out, it was during Stern's "lean" years...games like Tron, Iron Man, BBH, and Avatar had very similar styles of design/play. Simple, fast, quick. Easy to understand, hard to master. When they came out, most of the collectors & players were like "bleh"....but once people played them, Iron Man & Tron really clicked and people began to love them. Tron in particular really stood out due to how well it integrated with the theme. It's fast and flowy, and has some amazing combos if you can keep them going. The Daft Punk music was something new, exciting and refreshing in pinball...that coupled with the awesome sound FX just really engulf the player and make you feel great while playing. Like I said, the rules are easy to understand but hard to master, so it's really really satisfying if you can make it to Sea of Simulation or Portal. Even though the game doesn't have a ton of playfield features, the standout is how Borg used a spinning disc in a new way. The disc area acts like a batting cage, whipping the ball back at you in weird and crazy ways. As for the LE, it was the first game to have fiber optic ramps that are color coordinated and choreographed to the modes, it was the first game with LED inserts, and the disc changes from red to blue during Multiball, which was novel at the time and still looks really cool. The LE also has Daft Punk Multiball, which is missing in the Pro.

The Pro had like 4 or 5 reruns when the heat on the game picked up...people gobbled them up.

People always say that when something sells for bonkers money....it only takes one person looking for one game who wants it now.

Remember when Big Bang Bar remake was $4500 and that was considered NUTS!? Considering where prices have gone, I'm surprised that one has kind of stabilized for a while. I guess the newcomers don't really know or care about "the legend" of BBB ....or, they all know it'll probably get a re-remake.

Speaking of funny and sad...why not be transparent about why you’ve gotten so worked up about Tron’s price going up?

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I think they make a good team.

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Dang, this thread got heated. I wonder what would happen if I listed my STTNG for $100k with comments on.