Bristow, VA
yeah, the investor / speculator side of comics collapsed. comics as an enjoyable thing to read seems to be doing fine. I pray the same thing happens to pinball.
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Quoted from fattrain:The one thing people seem to be forgetting when comparing the pinball market to beanie babies or comics is that pinballs inherently have intrinsic value in parts alone. Real wood, plenty of metal & copper wire e.t.c. Even if nobody wanted your pinball machine to actually restore or play there is still materials to be had from it (unlike comics, stamps, beanie babies, & keychains)
I think it's a mistake to think pinball is immune from the bubble cycle that hits virtually every collectible hobby on earth. look at comics -- the speculators and investors lost their ass, but the elements of that scene who simply like the content for its own sake are more or less thriving.
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