Quoted from sulli10:Not sure I understand the 5 to 7 years old been passed around thing. Most Trons I have seen are in beautiful condition, heavily modded and really play well. Some games sit in collections and get very little play. I have several examples of that in my own collection. For example, my LOTR LE maybe has 300 plays on it and I bought it NIB years ago.
Some of the games, I own, that have been "passed around" , I am really proud of. I have a Dr Who that is a reimport that once I cleaned up (Nicotine all over it) is a really great example. Plays great and gets a lot of compliments when pinball visitors are over.
Sometimes new isn't better. You can have play field manufacture problems for example. A 7 year old game in this hobby, that has been well taken care of is just broken in. A new Tron may come in at more money then people are willing to pay ( see SMVE).
If you want a Tron, they can be found in excellent shape for 6K.
I agree every pin is different, some really have low plays others don't. Just in relation to the current pricing it doesn't seem like a very good deal to pick up a Tron, most are at 7k. I just look at my MET and we don't even play it excessively and in a year I know we have way more than 300 plays, probably over 1k plays are logged, I'll have to check. So if in 1 year we can log 1k plays just think how many plays are on a 5 to 7 year old pin that's been passed around a few times. Buying HUO is fine with me, but at the current prices it just isn't for me.
Iron Man Vault is a good example. I think only 300 were produced? Sold at 6k new and now they sell HUO between $4500 and $4900.
Supply and demand of Iron Man seems to be about right. Tron could definitely use another vault run of a few hundred.