If we were all in a room I dare you to say that to our faces.

It would be a rich (presumably white) guy telling a buch of other well off mostly white guys to go back to college (for a second or third or more degree...) so they could get even better jobs.

Or just work more, because trading time alive with your family or pursuing non-monetary things you enjoy for more $$$ will totally be worth it when you are sitting there on your death bed (reality check: that will be in the next 30-40 years for many if not most of us...).

The "what is your family income thread" was pretty indicative of who is in the pinball hobby. Yes, there are some lower middle class people, but the income was skewed pretty highly into a well above median income range).

Once a person matures mentally after a point an they should realize the only thing unique and exclusive about these sorts of collectibles is being able to write the cheque to buy them.

A new Stern LE isn`t all that limited or unique, it just costs a lot. Whoop de doo. Is the game necessarily better than many games out there for a fraction of the price? No.

But if it gives people the warm fuzzies to be in an exclusive club then they will continue to happily pay to be part of it...

If you can afford it and buy every LE that comes out, more power to you if you enjoy it. If you are doing it for the thrill of being in some exclusive collector minority, that`s just sad. Every game ever made is part of a limited edition. If you can find a pinball where they made an infinite amount of copies you might need to check in at a mental health clinic.