Quoted from AkumaZeto:
Pinball now is like the stimulus checks of a few years ago. Its gonna crash and crash hard. More than likely to take everyone out with it. New comers money cant last forever. BOOM! everyone's out of business. It is the last push and sorry to say its not gonna be pushing towards a long term win. Especially when all the old timers start to die off.

This is pretty much my theory as well, unfortunately. All of the kids of the 80's and 90's who wanted a pinball machine so bad but couldn't afford one are now able to afford them. Pinball all but died after the 90's though, so as the 90's children go so does the demand for pinball machines. It's a ways off, but the writing is on the wall. The good news is that there will probably always be some kind of niche market for pinball machines regardless.

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and wood has sky rocketed up in price partially due to the eco wackos. in the town I grew up in there were 12 lumber mills 20 years ago. now there are none.

Hey, this stuff doesn't just grow on trees you know?

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