People on a budget go to Wal-Mart, not a membership club that requires annual membership fees and paying in bulk for items not needed for months. You go because you can afford to spend $500 a trip to buy items you won't use immediately but will save you money/time down the line. There are not a lot of beater vehicles in the Costco parking lots here, their customer base is well above average in income.

The Motley Fool did a report that found "Costco's entire membership base spends on average about $2,500 a year at its stores. Due to the membership fee, Costco's customers tend to be wealthier than the average American and have an average household income of $100,000." Now I know $100,000 a year is considered on the poorer side for Pinsiders (cough cough) but it seems like a solid target to aim this product at.

Having said that, I figured $3,999 retail would be the absolute top of the pricing chain but if that is distributor cost then I will be very interested to see how this plays out. Stern has done some research into the market for an item like this, lets see if it actually pays off for them.

New SW Home $4,000
New Star Wars Pro $5,799

That is pretty substantial difference for the casual interested buyer. Sure there are differences between them and the Pro will be a much better game and value long term (I would assume) but those saving go a long way.

In reference to the SW Pro HUO sitting around unsold for $4700 I put myself in the mind of a non-pinball geek. I checked Facebook Marketplace for "Star Wars Pinball" within a 100 mile radius (includes Boston, RI, CT and parts of other states). There are no machines found, it goes outside of 100 miles and I can get a Star Wars LE for 10k if I drive to NYC and an Episode 1 for $5,150 in NJ. Craigslist (with a 200 mile range) has a Star Wars LE for $7600, that's it. If I Google Star Wars Pinball it comes up with the $5,700 price new. Oh and if you find one of those $4700 HUO Star Wars Pros on CL or Facebook expect to be told that you have to go to a strangers house to look at it, bring cash and deliver it yourself. Great!

Well the average Wal-Mart customer has an annual income of $56,482 so the difference is huge. Costco customers are thrifty and budgetary but not due to financial limitations, they spend on other things (vacations, entertainment, etc) which was what I was trying to point out. Some of the cheapest people I know also drive the nicest cars, its just how they spend their money that counts.

Anyways, I too would be curious as to how/if these are sold in physical locations and how they are received. That may be what I am most interested in out of this whole thing.

Right, doesn't this completely contradict your claim that "HUO SW pros = sitting unsold for 4700" when two of your examples sold at the price and the one that is still available is not HUO as it is on location? Or am I missing something?

I cannot tell you how many times I have mentioned playing in a pinball tournament to someone at work and they have no idea that there is any skill involved, they think its just chance.

It's not like Stern hasn't put out a game in two years and then announced this, they are putting out games faster than ever and it doesn't look like they are slowing down anytime soon. If they can get side projects like this going and keep their employees and lines working between major releases, so be it. Not sure why people take a Stern product they are not interested in (Beatles theme? Insider Club? Autographed sword? Home editions) so personally.

All right dude, relax a bit. Breath. There you go. Exhale.

I'm just trying to figure out how showing multiple Star Wars Pro's selling for $4700 supports your claim that HUO Star Wars Pros are sitting unsold for $4700.

Ok, I think you are just having a laugh at this point so I am shaking it off and moving on. Thanks for reminding me to end my for sale ad, pinside donation made!

It will happen eventually. Click on the "Music" category, select one of the three layouts (each has a music themed toy of an instrument) click on the band you want featured from a drop down list of licensed bands and click order. Sure they don't need 3,000 Rancid machines but if you could order on demand and choose from Rancid, X, Suicidal Tendencies, Pennywise, Interrupters, Offspring, Germs, Dead Kennedy's, Misfits or some other band...

That was it?