The obvious answer is yes because they keep raising the NIB price and people keep buying them. For me it depends. I never buy cars new because why take that first depreciation hit. Better to buy one 2-3 years old. Pinball machines......I have bought 4 NIB but the last two have been used old games because the new stuff hasn’t been appealing to me and I don’t see the value. However the price for used pins is high in my opinion as well but I enjoy them so I don’t care. However like cars I don’t buy them so they appreciate in value. I buy them because they are fun. I have had one car appreciate in my entire life. If the value goes up it’s a bonus but the real enjoyment is in the fun.

I will add that I am lucky that I live in an area where there are a lot of machines available for purchase used in a reasonable driving distance. I might buy more NIB if I lived someplace remote and knew I couldn’t find what I was looking for later easily.