There was a time when Depp had that star power but pretty sure that time has looong past. If JJP is doing Wonka, they have to go classic. Gene Wilder will make that pin. If not Wonka, one of his other movies needs to be a pin. 99% of the time classic anything is better than any remake. Fact. I'm already priced out as a buyer but a classic Wonka JJP pin does sound pretty cool. Going to be hard to screw that up but it's going to be interesting to see the reaction to the price. Prices never go down and WOZ YBR gives you a clue where JJP is going. Pretty soon JJP buyers will be reminiscing of days when you could get a full feature JJP pin for less than $10000 lol.

I wouldn't call CGC a good example. It's similar to JJP selling WOZ for $6500 in the beginning. Pricing changed once they figure out the market and where they need to be to be profitable. Prices have gone up with every release. Mostly same with Stern. Best you can hope for is for prices to be same as last release. I would like to see prices come down so I could at least consider buying one huo but JJP seems to have settled in on the premium high end market. Would anyone committed to buying Wonka back out if price tag over $10000?

There has to be a breaking point right? A few hundred here, a few hundred there. It all starts to add up to be thousands more than what games were a few years ago. I keep thinking a pin like the Beatles, YBR, or some LE are overpriced and nobody is going to buy but they sell out faster than pinside can count coils.

Toy Story is not a good theme imo. Hard not to make it into some kids game with all the talking toys and sappy story. Wonka most definitely. If Wonka is that good, I could see selling a couple of pins to help buy one. It just has to be phenomenally good but few pins are. I really liked DI but not enough to buy even at used prices. Stern always comes out with good cheaper pins that may not be quite as nice but just as much or more fun to play. Right now, I would rather buy Iron Maiden than DI based on gameplay even though I don't like Iron Maiden theme.

It always amazes me when people commit to buying something expensive based entirely on rumors. There are no pictures, no idea of what features it will have, no idea when it will ship, no idea if features will have issues, no idea of what code is like, etc. I guess it's safe to say what the theme is but that isn't even official. I'm excited as well but chances are that this pin will just be another pin 3-4 months from now. Rumors will start floating around about the next pin and other new pins will steal the spotlight.