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2014 My TWD pro was $4,775 shipped.
2007 My NIB family guy was $4,200 shipped.

2003 LOTR was $3500 shipped

Recently priced several distributors on current pro models and they were all pretty close to $4800 shipped

Two recent quotes for MET Pro, $4650 & $4700 shipped.

EDIT: I also asked about TWD Pro and was told it's $100. more. Didn't ask why.

Scaling for inflation,
$4200 in 2007 = $4800 in 2014. So those two figures are actually the same.

The range of NIB prices over time has ranged from ($3900-$5900) from (1971-2007). Holding at $4600-4750 in 2014 is very respectable. It's just south of an average price for 44 years.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/price-of-nib-pins-back-in-the-day
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Frontgate has Mustang and Star Trek Pro that they sell for $5995 but they always have 30% off (and yes their discounts apply to pinball machines) so $4196.50?

met 1 year ago...4500 shipped

Anyone still selling NIB tron pros from last year's run? If yes, what are they now? I paid 4850 in February of 2013 shipped for mine...but sold it only 3 months later due to financial reasons...:/

ac/dc 2012 $4500

st 2014 $4700

Met Pro NIB $4300 shipped to my door.

2003 LOTR 3750 delivered

2014 IMVE 4400 delivered
Seems in line to me considering inflation. LOTR has a few more "things" on the game, but....

Was that recent? If so, please PM me which dist. offered that price, I may be looking to buy another NIB in the near future.

Also, was that the newer LED version?

NIB IMve $4800 to my door.

That is a smoking price my friend

TWDpro picked up $4600.

I bought IM from Sears in November of 2009 for $3656.46 shipped to my door. At that time, they had Shrek for the same price.

Acdc 2014 pro 4,500.00 and the distributor delivered it to my door. Ed

I think the pro model NIB prices are completely reasonable with inflation. Compare them with other luxury items. It may be a commercial coin op machine, but for your home it's a luxury item.

How much is a brand new redemption game that you see in an arcade?

You guys are all so lucky because up here in Canada we have to buy through the one and only Stern distributor TWD Pro sells for $5590+13% sales tax+no delivery.

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-toys-games/city-of-toronto/walking-dead-pro-pinball-by-stern/1037094659?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

I know a few people who bought LE's and it was $9400 all in with no delivery.

It was very long ago when I could have bought a Tron Pro NIB for $4390+13% tax which was back in late 2011 when they were doing their 2nd/3rd runs.

2010 - IM PRO- $3950 Picked up
2012 - ACDC PRO - $4000 Picked up
2013 - AC/DC Prem - $6000 Picked up
2013 - Met Pro - $4400 Picked up
2014 - TWD Pro - $4400 Picked up

As you can see I don't like to pay and wait for shipping!

Do you need a coupon code to get the 30% off or does it come off automatically? Also does that include shipping?

This was closer to when the game first came out. It wasn't even from a true distributor, but a middle-middle man. Can't see anyone selling NIB Pros for that price shipped anymore, thank Stern for that.

A lot of the posts in this thread seem to forgets Pros also generally mean "stripped down". LoTR for 3500 has a crap ton more quality stuff on it and was better coded on release than a "similarly priced adjusted for inflation" TWD pro.

Forget the cut outs such as the new crappy head locking system, lack of service rails, I assume cheaper wire used (since it is thinner, unless they have switched back) etc...

And now metal backboxes as well, I'm assuming it must be cheaper to manufacture than wood or Stern wouldn't be doing it.

From what I understand fron met pro to twd pro stern raised prices 250.

You need to be on their emailing list and they send out discount codes or sometimes a special link to their site that recognizes your account... They send these out pretty regularly (anywhere from 15-30% off)... Right now they're having 25% off site wide friends and family discount on purchases of $500 or more (CODE: XXW45144)... You have to pay for shipping which is about $200 (depending on where you live)

In general, they have pretty nice stuff but they are uber expensive so I always wait for a code to purchase things from their site... They also have a WOZ right now, which looks to be standard edition, for $8995 (so $6746.25 + shipping with code)

Another difference between the pro back then and now, is back then there was only the pro and it came with all the features. If family guy was a new title coming out today, I'm pretty sure the stewie mini pinball would only be on a prem and LE version, not the pro. So prices have gone up and what you get has gone down.

I paid $4800 shipped for IMVE. I got 3 other higher quotes, too. One was $5100 and that wasn't even delivered. No more NIB for me.

I would not call MET, ST, IM, Tron or TWD Pro's "Stripped down".

Especially not IM, no other versions. All are the same play field wise….

edit---oops, maybe the "classic" IM LOL! No one would buy that! Sorry pinmeister!

My input, only pro version I bought NIB was TRON for 4.9K shipped (I did get a free layaway plan), I bought just before the Stern price increase so they were 5.4K a week later. Hard to imagine that if Stern does ever run a vault TRON that it would be less than the 5.4K number….we shall see. Who knows….

I think it would be under 5k from a lot of distributors.

nitro and richardson are stern dealers in canada

Mustang Pro NIB, shipped, with a couple of extras from distrib. for $4700

Well, lets see here:

ST Pro- Shaking toy, drop target, one lock (far left side), and three ramps.

TWD- Bash toy (barn). Bash toy (Well walker). Magnet (barn) 2 ramps.

I'm not going to argue that they are "stripped down", but you could sure say they are not "full featured" or have any real creative or engineered toys.

And not saying I like them or not, just making an observation.

you'll have to pay tax at that point as opposed to later with your taxes.

My point was there is not a lot of differences between those Pro's and the LE/Premium versions. Not in the actual gameplay.

If the differences are not much in the gameplay, and the bling is now fairly negligible, where oh where does all that extra money for these version go?

Profit from frothing at the mouth buyers shouting "Take my Money?". Who knew?

I strongly disagree. I have LOTR and MET, and the quality is higher on MET. MET has better sound, and graphics resolution. The rules are just as good as LOTR (better, IMHO). Navigating the settings on LOTR is a pain in the ass, better on MET. I can update MET with a USB stick, and the flippers don't go floppy after a few hours.

A popular distributor on here was ~$4550 on here for ST Pro in the Summer and was ~$4850 a month ago. So it about 5 months difference the same game was $300 more..

Stern's pocket

I guess the only people really getting fu*ked over are non-americans...

Oh Ok. I agree 100% with that!

I just wish there was a little more going into the LE's (cool toys, etc). Something besides a screened backglass and color changing LED's and an extra diverter or something.

Can someone point to distributors that offer NIB Pro Model Sterns for around $4800 shipped? I am interested in Iron Man Vault, Star Trek Pro, and Walking Dead Pro.....Just shopping for prices. Everyone on ebay is the list price of $5495. Thank you so much.

Frontgate claims to have "New" ToM's for $7995 and CFTBL for $6995, minus 25% for code XXW45144.