My whole Indiana Jones machine cost less than that topper.

And I can wipe it clean.

rd

I remember Clay posting a photo of the Ironman under playfield - looks as barren as TS4 - and ripping it a new one. “There’s nothing here!!”

Ironman was still a blast to play. As I’m sure TS4 probably is.

The big difference was - Ironman was $4000 bucks, give or take.

This thing is TWELVE THOOOOOOUSAND DOOOOLARS. Or $15,000 if you’re particularly insane.

Which is exactly why I am priced out of the NIB market. Hey - yeah, I can afford to buy them. But I won’t.

rd

This is true.

But to pay the $20,000 NZD dollars to get a TS4 LE, here’s what I’d have to sell.

Either:

1/ 3x “a grade” shopped up system 11 titles like Diner, Whirlwind, Taxi. I get around $7000-8000 NZD each for a mint example of those here.

2/ 5x or 6x 77-85 solid state titles. I get $3000-4000 NZD for those when they’re nice and tidy. Xenon, Paragon, Nitro Groundshaker - games like that.

(Those comparisons are also pretty comparable to stateside prices if you convert the dollar amount ..)

So for me, that’s a NO.

I ain’t selling Diner, Taxi AND Whirlwind (every one of those is probably a better game than TS4) to buy “the new shiny thing”

The lustre of the “new shiny thing” dissipated for me some years back when they jacked all the NIB prices up to crazy levels - just because “they could”.

You guys keep on buying them - so you can’t blame them.

Brace yourself for the $8000 Stern Pro - cause that’s just around the corner.

rd

And no doubt there’d be plenty of dummies lining up to buy one.

I’m more than happy with my $4000 USD one I bought in 2010.

rd