Without going to the effort of an opinion poll, I was wondering if anyone on this thread had thoughts or comments on the following;

It goes without saying that MB is a really desirable title and there are far fewer floating about than say CFTB.

Living down under you'd maybe see one or two become available in a calendar year and still at a high end prices of AU$13,500 + (close to US$10K)

All of a sudden out of the woodwork there's been a few more surfacing, very nicely tricked of course with colour DMD and few more monsters stuck to the deck. All in good taste and keeping with the theme of course.

Now with the remake approaching I've noticed there's a few more original MBs coming out of the woodworks and my guess is these guys are looking to do swappsies "out with the old and in with the new" without much of a $ difference. Or going for a fast cash grab for those not in the know and realise they can buy a BNIB standard remake for much less than what these guys are asking right now.

With all the hype floating around this title, will the value drop from the originals making them more affordable for someone just wanting a good ol' bash?

Is there any merit in vintage, or does it just boil down to more maintenance and servicing to keep that old monster running?

If you had a choice between and original for the sake of having an original which cost a bit less or spending the amount same coin or a bit more for an NIB standard, what would you go for?

Hey all,

Thanks for all your comments. I'm persuaded to go for a MBr standard instead of a shopped up original, if it works out to the same $ value. Hopefully the quality is the same, or improved. Will also be interesting to see of the original used MB comes down slightly in value, similar to AFM. I've noticed the MB originals just aren't getting snapped up as fast.

So based on the information currently available about lead times, are we really looking at March 2019, or possibly sooner?

Be awesome to know, so that people can budget accordingly.