I am in on the mm le even though i have a restored mm. i want to see for myself what the quality of this remake will be. at that point i figure my restore would still be worth more than the $8,000 remake since it was done by one of the top guys in the business. if remake doesn't live up to expectations, i will sell for the same $8,000. if it does live up to the hype, the restore will go up for sale as i would rather have a newer game. i don't think i will get the $13,000 i have into the restore anymore (could have a few months ago) but i have kept it mint by having professionally maintained and at the same time i have played the heck out of it. i can live with the loss knowing i enjoyed the machine a ton.
As far as these other titles are concerned, if i didn't have them already, i would hold out and see if a nervous owner wants to sell for a good price and then jump on it. first off, any other remake is all speculation at this point. we don't know if other titles will be made. they are remaking mm because of the economics of the situation. mm was demanding top prices. when that happens supply must go up and that is why planetary came into the picture. i really don't see cc being remade. even though the price is high, it is really a novelty in collections. the last game off the line. original code and a not fun theme made me dump it. now i know ccc is fun code, but the theme is still what it is and according to reports a remake cant run ccc. bbb is in the same boat. it would be pinball magic if made in large numbers. a good game but not a $22,000 game. the art on it would raise its price but not to astronomical levels. so what does that leave us with? titles like afm, ss, tom, totan, cv, taf, ij, cftbl, tz, mb, sttng, wh2o, fh, and shadow. with the exception of afm and mb, these others don't meet the governing laws of economics that state if price is extremely high supply must go up. the big difference with mm from afm and mb was that it was getting $10,000 plus for a beater and $20,000 for a nice restore. afm and mb did not reach that level and now they certainly won't as the prices are coming down because of the speculation. mm remake may just be a one and done in my opinion.