I'd like to compile a list of game prices over time, adjusted for inflation to see how much things have really changed over time. http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?

Can you supply us with the year, the game title, it's NIB price (no tax, no shipping)

The goal is to include standard retail pricing only -- (not closeout pricing, not distributor cost, no discounts, etc.)

Any year, any title is fine. Just help us paint a picture...

If you know of links to compilations that are already complete, feel free to link it as well.

If you can snap and share a pic of the receipt, that would be a bonus...

thanks!
-mof

(other threads)
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/what-did-90s-era-pins-sell-for-new

NIB LIST

date,title,price,adjusted-for-inf-to-2014
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?

Lowest Adjusted Price:2007,FGY,$3400,

$3301
Highest Adjusted Price:1992,TAF,$3500,

$5938

1971,Williams EM Gold Rush,$834,$4902
1978,Mars Trek,$895,$3301 <-- low
1979,KISS,$1800,$5902
1980,Big Game,$2025,$5850
1989,Jokerz,$2595,$4954
1992,TAF,$3500,$5938 <-- high
1997,MM,$3400,$5047
1998,MB,$3200,$4673
1999,RFM,$3995,$5708
2003,TSPP,$3695,$4780
2006,LOTR,$3750,$4428
2007,FGY,$3400,$3903

Inflation Calc:
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?

Updating the HI/LOW for 2019 = ~$3500/$6400

How should I account for:

1. did you pay tax?
2. did you pay shipping (to your home -- not a required fee to ship to the distributor)?

this could turn into 4 lists. We want just 1. =)

I'm thinking I need to ask each person to make their "best guess" at stripping tax and shipping... is that fair?

-mof

Fair. Adjusted rules to:

no tax, no shipping -- you gotta do your best arithmetrickery on your price.

-mof

Can I ask you to kindly please strip tax/shipping on that magic #?
-mof

cool - what yr?
-mof

Looking forward to numbers w/ no tax no shipping...
-mof

Added a "lowest adjusted", and a "highest adjusted", as well as a current high price (is it RAZA?)
-mof

very bizarre that another fella reported a price for STTNG 2x this one... !
-mof

how much can we remove for del.?
100?
-mof

It will be cool to get some prices from the 70's and 80's in here.
-mof

Added a request to OP that all pricing be retail - no discount.
thanks!
-mof

I'm no expert on pricing -- please thumbs up/down the prices you want included in the list.
I'll do my best to only include the ones that are no tax, no ship, no discount. Your thumbs would be appreciated.
-mof

Just for fun, let's see if we can include a price from every year from the solid state era (at least)...

Every 10 inputs, I'll post the two very interesting numbers:

Actual Retail Average: x
Adjusted Average Retail Price: y

It's the difference between x and y where it gets really interesting...

In my brain, movie tickets "should be" $3-5 (since that's what I paid in my high school years). But my brain hasn't adjusted for inflation to think that $10-$11 is reasonable. I honestly think it's all cock-a-mahooey pricing!!! I laugh at idiots (like me) who spend $11 on a movie, hahahaha... wait...

1986->2014 pricing = 2.17x adjustment. So a $5 ticket SHOULD be $11. Sigh... Prices haven't changed at all !!! (but I'll have nothing of it !!! I refuse to adjust.)

-mof

Looking forward to some early 80's and sys11 pricing...
-mof

Who has a price for us today? Really looking forward to a few from the 80's...
-mof

Who's got a price for us this week on a NIB purchase from yesteryear?
-mof

Do you think that was $3400 (no tax no shipping?)
thanks,
-mof

added!
-mof

In this case, that "required shipping" sounds like part of the base price, but I didn't think tax should be part of this, since every state has different tax laws. What do you think?

ADDED

-mof

Who has a pin price for us from the 1980's -- surely you are out there !
-mof

+1
Great story. We need more like this.
IPDB says sept 1979 release. Do you want this in 1980 for your price?
-mof

We would love to hear a few NIB prices from 1981-1993...
-mof

Who has a NIB story to share with us?
Looking for more 80's stories...
We want a NIB price from every year... 1970-present.
Need a lil' help!
-mof

We would love to hear a few NIB prices from 1981-1993...
-mof

Does anyone have another figure for STTNG?

I'm removing it for now, since we have numbers very high and low for it.

-mof

TYVM
-mof

Should I put that under 1992?
1992,TAF,$3500,$5938
ADDED.

-mof

Looking for more NIB prices, especially from 1970-1990. Let's fill in all the gaps for fun.

-mof

RESULTS ARE IN FROM FIRST 10 NIBs (1971-2007).
Prices are adjusted for inflation for 2014.

Average: $5113
High: $5938
Low: $3903

Folks, I know it's early in the investigation, and the bias in the data points is towards "recent" machines. We still have 30 years of machines to plunk into our spreadsheet to get a more complete picture.

When we get to 20 NIBs, I'll gladly post a graph to show our progress to compare actual prices to adjusted, and show how nicely flat the "adjusted" prices are over time.

-mof

Added, and TY ! ($3695)
-mof

Looking for more NIB prices, especially from 1970-1990. Let's fill in all the gaps for fun.

-mof

Most generous -- would these be (no tax, no shipping) ?
-mof

Excellent! -- would that be (no tax, no shipping) ?
-mof

Just dying here for someone to find a NIB receipt from the 1980's...
-mof

Alright it's added -- it's sure seems low compared to the others that have been added.
-mof

bump
Still looking for some 80's pins -- NIB prices...
-mof

$300? Was it a home edition?
That's mighty lowww.
-mof

Adding
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/invoices-from-the-early-90s#post-2487280
Jokerz!
1989
$2595.00
=$4951 when scaled for inflation
-mof

...

bump -- always looking for more NIB receipts -- especially from the 1980's...

On a Todd Tuckey Trizone video, he says Gorgar was $1495, and he was happy to get a special price on Trizone for $1295.

-mof

Todd just said Gorgar was $1495 in 1979.
Super affordable compared to Kiss !