Precisely! As much as I hate to say it, I don't see prices going down any time soon. There has been a huge influx of new collectors into the market (myself included). The economy may be hurting, but as a whole, pinball collectors have a larger disposable income than the general population. These same people, many who are rapidly approaching middle age, are yearning to recapture some of their youth. Pinball is a means of escapism, and this is even more important in these stressful times. When you combine all of these factors, it just adds more fuel to the fire.

The only thing on the horizon that I can see having an effect on pin prices is if both Stern and JJP start pumping out super desirable games. This could potentially result in a flood of less popular titles hitting the market as people try to make some quick cash and/or make room for the new pins. I don't see this having an effect on the "A-list" titles, though. Those games will always be prized by collectors.

What? You don't think that stainless steel POA is worth an extra 10 grand?

But guys here have started going to the U.S. buying pins and flipping them at double what they paid with no other work other than border costs to the pins. Working or not.

So that's where all our precious pins are going!

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It took you 10 months to formulate a response, and that was the best you could come up with?

No problem at all. I just thought it was funny that completely out of the blue you quoted someone from 10 months ago and then responded with a single four word sentence. My comment was in jest, which is why it had a "kidding" emoticon after it.

Well, all those millennial bitcoin millionaires gotta do something with all that cash!

I'll eat ramen for every meal if it allows me to keep my Shadow!