Are they really charging over MSRP? I guess pinball sales were not hurt by Covid....

What prices are you being quoted? Are they charging sales tax? Also most prices I’ve seen include shipping and don’t expect to find one under MSRP, that doesn’t happen with CGC machines, unless buying used.

Where are you shipping to? Domestic is typically around 500. International 1200 or more is not uncommon.

Shipping is usually around 300. Are you in a state that requires they collect sales tax by chance? Yeah you probably won’t find Remakes for less than MSRP unless they are used. CGC sets the price.

Can't really help you much unless we know where you are.

I will guess Pittsburgh.

OK, Google and 2 minutes to kill helped.

RE might limit your options as available stock might be low. But: To get the best pricing I have found:

1) Pay in cash, no transaction fee should get you 2% off MSRP.
2) Pick up in person to save delivery charges.

Those 2 things should save you close to $500.

My experience with CGC games is that you almost always pay MSRP on new and 300 to ship. If you pick up in person, expect to pay sales tax. If you get it shipped from another state that collects sales tax for your state, expect to pay it.

I bought an MMr exactly as I described.

You are going to have to either get on a list with a distributor for a RE spot that might shake loose, or buy a spot if one comes available. There was one listed here on the marketplace a couple weeks back. CGC isn’t making enough of the SEs and REs to meet demand, in all honesty.

Pretty amazing demand is still so high for this game right now.

The reboot is too new, stock too limited. My suggestion- buy an MMR and upgrade. Many of those on the list are selling original reboots to upgrade. That may be your best bet in getting a”deal”. Or suck it up and pay. Welcome to an expensive hobby!

I wanted to buy an MMr-SE 6 months ago and the distributor here (who I know casually) told me his allocation was spoken for on the day of announcement and that I could add my name to the list, but there was just no way that he'd have that many cancellations.

I ended up buying a MBr-SE instead.

They are small enough that they only have a single production line for pinball. If they are making MMR, then they can't be making other games. That is why between each game they produce they have been doing a run of MMR, so they can sell more of them but still make other games as well. Standing up another production line is expensive and they may feel there is not enough demand to do so.

Just have patience (I know its hard sometimes), but I guarantee you you'll find a nice HUO one at some point. I wouldn't focus on the RE as u can always upgrade a standard with all the features of RE (for around $1500)

Tough to predict going forward. The demand is high again now for MMr b/c everyone was just waiting for the big display to match AFM and MB. I could see them running another batch of SEs down the line, after CC. But they will be really pushing out the display and RGB kits for the original version buyers for some time to come. I wouldn't count on another batch of Royals.

I'd give these three a call:
800.727.8363 - Automated
570-357-0042 - Pinball Star
412-331-8703 - Betson

They're all reasonably close to you. I wouldn't ordinarily put Betson on ANY list, but they may have stock allocation and aren't on many people's lists when buying pinball machines.

Yeah, this sounds like bizarro world to me. Never heard of anyone paying a penny over MSRP for a NIB remake (aside from tax/shipping).

CoinTaker is listing 2 classic MMR’s in stock for $7995.