Thousand Oaks, CA
Quoted from EvanDickson:Those all sounds crazy expensive, like 3-4x normal appliance prices.
But even at normal prices, these things are mass produced overseas, and have economies of scale plus cheap labor and materials.
Pinball machines are either no longer produced and exist in very limited quantities, or are currently produced in limited quantities and without cheap labor, or materials.
Basically the comparison is not valid. I wish it were, I would love me some nib Sterns, but it's not.
Was going to say the same thing. If you want to compare low volume pinball machines to appliances, then you also have to compare it to low volume appliances that don't have the benefit of economies of scale. Then you get to $9,000 Sub Zero fridges and $10,000 Viking ranges, although even those are still likely made in higher volume than pinball machines.
