All been said but for me it's about condition. I managaed to get a really nice Paragon recently, the best example of one I've laid eyes on (I've seen maybe nicer cabinets in some threads here but overall...). It was a German re-import and still has the DM coin plastics and German instruction cards. I could care less (actually left them in for my German friend to read when he came over) as the game is in outstanding condition and I wouldn't value it any less than the same condition US machine. Of course it's all on a person to person basis.