They are worth enough for Stern to do another run of them

As for yours, yes, 6k is too low. 8k is too high. I'm presuming the next run from Stern will be about 6600 (expired license just means they have to pay for a license again). So anyone paying more than 7k is going to lose out. Sure, they will have a great game to play, but as soon as the next run hits, it will lose almost a grand.

Paging Mr Stern. Mr Gary Stern, please pick the courtesy phone to have a discussion with Dave's wallet.

Wasn't IM as well the first time around? Sometimes good ideas just take a little while to catch on.

Now I get it. You're a buyer. You're having a hard time believing the pin you want to buy went up to 8500 bucks. But they are 8500 bucks. And as Greg has said over and over, the cost of making more is much too high due to the licensing costs being jacked up by the band. Stern won't do that because then every license will hold them over a barrel.

At some point well into the future the bands managers will lower the price of the license back to normal... Or they won't. But right now Luci is an 8500 dollar game. Don't be all butthurt over it because you want one.

If I had a Luci in my gameroom right now, I'd launch it into the market with a rocket. They may keep going up, or they might not. But I'd take it at 85.

As for the licensing, yes, usually they are reasonable. However AC/DC signed a 3 year deal, and the game ended up being a monster hit. After it expired it is my understanding that Stern tried to renew it. However instead of being reasonable the management of AC/DC realized it was a money maker, and they priced it much too high. So Stern said no. At some point they might get together, but nobody knows. Right now it is in purgatory because the bands management is asking an unrealistic price...

AND if you notice, this is EXACTLY the same thing that is happening in the market with the price of Luci. And in this example, YOU are Stern. The price has risen to an unreasonable level (8500). You don't want to pay it, so you don't get a Luci right now. You are in the exact same position as Stern is. You are leaving money on the table because you could sell that Luci at 7500 dollars instantly. However it would cost you 8500 dollars to get it.

Someone from the outside is looking at you and saying you are leaving 7500 dollars on the table by not selling Luci when they don't understand your costs to get it.