Didn't spend time reading the entire 16 pages. I think the one thing that people on both sides of the money argument have missed: Stern pricing has a middle-man (a distributor) that has to take a cut. Godzilla @ Pinball Dudes is 7,999. That means they are selling it to them probably 5-6k. If they are selling for 5k-6k, they are manufacturing it for 3k or less. So if you cut the middleman, the real cost of that game for Stern to make money is the 5K they sell it for.
At the volume Spooky runs, I'd bet they get identical volume pricing, so I don't think their parts cost more at this point. That game can't be that costly to make. What Spooky makes after taxes, paying any owners, etc, and deciding what they want to pocket per game is what they want. If you actually wanted a TNA AND you are mad at the price, then for sure I'd be mad. If you are just mad that a pinball game is expensive.... pinball has always been expensive and everyone seems to be paying a steep price to hit a steel ball.
Some people pay $100k for a painting that takes someone a month of labor and $10 in paint, so cost of goods sometimes has no play on the final value. What we really need is China to start making knock-off TNA games just like Rolex and everything else