Stern sells all of the games to distributors, and distributors sell the games to the public. Stern sold out the U.S. allotment to distributors within an hour, according to their announcement on FB. By the end of that day, it was more difficult to find distributors with any left. Some people suspect there are some distributors holding on to a few.

In the other thread showing the poll, 97 people from Pinside have claimed to have purchased one. That's almost half of the U.S. allotment, although some of those answering the poll could have been part of the foreign allotment. At any rate, 20% of total made went to Pinside buyers who answered the poll.

I got in on a group deal with five other guys from my local pinball group. We are having all six games shipped to one location, and the distributor gave us a good deal because we ordered so many.

Mark Malmberg (Sparky) - Ceres, California