Quoted from nogoodnames222:

The big price discrepancy between the recent Ultraman + Halloweens listings (for anyone OOTL, they seem to be trading hands for ~6k and ~8k, respectively) is a perfect example of the direct impact theme has on a games value. They're both beautiful games, but Ultraman is a niche theme, and we're seeing the results of that combined with a polarizing layout and underbaked code... the same issues aren't haunting Halloween to nearly the same extent, value-wise. Halloween has earning potential on location, Ultraman not so much, and I assume that's a big part of this too... routing an Ultraman in most locations seems like a good way to confuse the general public, although I think in the right spot it could work well.
I love that Spooky was willing to go out on a limb with a theme like this, I LOVE Ultraman as a theme. But woof, this is rough. Makes me curious how much my Standard will be worth in the future.
GLWS

Quoted from nogoodnames222:

You're missing my point (probably cause I don't really have a point, just an observation).
There are 5 UM for sale right now in the 6-7k range (all CE's), including a Butter that's been sitting for a while at 6400 (oof). Cheapest Halloween is listed for 8300, and they're trading hands for above that.
There is a consistent, significant difference in value between the two titles on the secondhand market. I'm not arguing anything here, I'm not talking about the objective quality of the game or anything like that, I'm just pointing out the quantifiable difference in value purely due to theme. It's just interesting to see.

Quoted from BradLinden:

I’ve played R&M plenty at arcades and strongly prefer Ultraman (besides the RM humor)

Quoted from Deez:

Interesting. I didn't do any of this to my RM and it plays fine. It's a late run standard so maybe they changed it.