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Stern's marketing team is not stupid.
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Quoted from DCFAN:They may not be stupid, but they do appear to be short-sighted. With remakes the customer cannot expect any game to become collectible or go up in price when the manufacturer will re-run older games whenever demand surfaces.
I hate to break it to you, but Stern is looking out for their own wallet - not yours. We want Stern to be successful, even if it means we're not going to make a 50% profit on our pins.
Quoted from CraZ4Pin:If they cared about their own wallet they would think long term. They would see that the collectibility of pins isn't just a good thing for them ... it's a great thing. But they're stifling (if not killing) the very thing that has caused a pinball revival ... collecting. I'm done buying NIB ... if that's good for Stern's wallet then good luck.
Collectors have not caused a pinball revival. Hipsters and baby boomers maybe.
Automobile manufacturers re-release cars every year with additional features, but it doesn't piss anyone off because people aren't expecting to make a profit off their car.
Pinball is no different - the second you open that box you devalued your pinball, and should expect it to devalue further the more you use it, and the older it gets. The past few years have not been reality.
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