I really hope your wrong as that would keep me from purchasing one. This is the title I've been waiting on for a while now but, for me 6000-6500 is going to be my top price now matter how awesome it going to be. I'd be pissed to no end if they try to pull some 8k+ BS.

NIB prices are outta control...8k..yuck

I think it will be lower than AC/DC but not by much.

Im guessing within 200 of the AC/DC Price's. No Reason for them to lower them with the HUGE success of AC/DC

I think if Jack sticks with a $6,500 early buy in on JJP #2, $7900+ will seem kind of silly unless you are in love with the theme.

JJP Pin Number two may still be a while off... They still have to get one unit of JJP #1 shipped..

7900+ would be retail on a Stern, not a pre order price. Pre Order prices on LE's were around 7k range.

True, but paying $6,500 over the course of one year is much easier than getting hit with a single charge of $7,000. That was a huge plus for a lot of people and I would recommend sticking with that model.

Can't wait for the first comparison of a JJP and Stern.

Very unlikely IMO for a couple of reasons: 1) Material (commodity) costs continue to sky rocket due to currency and financial market manipulation and #2 is at least 1 year out. 2) When all the costs are factored in for WOZ I would bet JJP's per unit margins will be much lower than what they forecasted when that $6,500 price was set.

As long as people keep buying these LEs at ridiculous prices the prices will stay the same or keep rising.

+1

Prices will continue to creep up as long as their sales targets are hit.

Interestingly, if you were to inflation adjust the 90's WMS/Bally pin price tags back then to today's dollar they would be priced about where JJP and the LE's are.

Then I would have to say prices were ridiculous back then as well.

If their sales targets are not met, they won't reduce prices - they will go out of business because they simply can't make them at much lower price points due to labor and material costs... unless they move production to China/India....

Can't argue with you on that.

Of course, back then they had the ability to pay for themselves on location.

More than you can possibly imagine!

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Sorry, what I meant was that they will nudge prices up to the point that the market will still bear it, but no further. They don't want to price themselves out of business - I hope.

Absolutely! That's capitalism. The recent LE's have so much more in them (due to JJP coming out with WOZ) so they are costing more to build over the Pro's.

I know you are having fun. BUT, the next Stern pin LE will be priced less than AC/DC.

AC/DC was advertised as a "Super LE" to the distributors in the press release as a game model not offered very often.
Here it is for your reading pleasure.....

About the Four AC/DC Pinball Models:
• Offered in four models:
o Back in Black LE (“Black LE”); ONLY 300 units
o Let There Be Rock (“Rock LE”); ONLY 200 units
o Premium (this is a NEW model)
o Pro (Coin Op)
• LE’s and Premium are SUPER LE’s with more features and higher price points than
recent LE games from SPI
• With the SUPER LE’s, we are responding to market demands
• We do not expect to offer SUPER LE’s very frequently, which adds to their value as a
collectible
• The Premium is new and is designed for customers and players that want GAME PLAY
like the LE but the artistic simplicity of the Pro
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• The Premium is a SUPER high-end game, but priced lower than the SUPER LE’s to
account for the artistic simplicity and lack of collectible features (such as numbering,
signatures and limited production runs)
• There are NO PRODUCTION LIMITS on the Pro or the Premium models and the game
is subject to change

Wow, I need a whiteboard and flow charts to map out what they are saying....

I would love my NIB LE ceiling to stay at $6500 and under...
Hopes and dreams, hopes and dreams.

Is it too late to vote Milla into a 'Fifth Element' pin instead?!?
I've got an extra multipass to sweeten the dEeeaal...

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Here we go on another "the price is ridiculous" thread. Again, 1995, pins were $2500-3000 new in box. Gas was $1.50 - 1.95 a gallon. Inflation in general has risen 3x. Why should pins be "flat"?

Pinball machines are expensive. Most people should not own them. If you cant afford them, don't buy them. But the price complaints are getting extremely old.

Almost as old as people who complain about people who complain about prices.

Little stuck up are we. Trust me I can afford them so don't assume. I choose not to buy at those prices end of story. I love pinball but there are limits with me. Expressing an opinion on the prices is part of the hobby. Suggest you get used to it. What is old is that type of prissy attitude.

I hope the price is 8k. that means that a theme I enjoy is going to have exceptional qualities, toys, rules, over the top stuff like ACDC BIBLE and WOZ. I'm looking forward to the BIBLE and I'd love to be looking forward to a RE LE with the same anticipation. But only if the quality of the pin justified the large price...

I don't think a high price is going to necessarily equal a great game, just more risk for the purchaser. As far as I'm concerned for 8k+ the thing better more than exceptional toys, like functional lips on the front cabinet.

lol. Rubber inflatable parts?

Well as long as they still offer the premium version at my price point, I'd still be in. I don't really need the bling. Otherwise, I'd just hang onto my doe. Maybe invest in some more guns. I can buy a lot pimped out AR15s, desert eagles, strikers, AA-12 ect for 8k. Good fun and serves a functional purpose all in one.