Honestly? $100 is a joke when you live in Canada and pay 13% taxes on TOP of the exchange rate.
Fortunately, the f/x isn’t too bad right now so on Avengers LE, it’s 13% x 1.31 x pin price.
I’ve previously purchased when the CDN was much weaker resulting in an increase of a 10% higher price!
TEN PERCENT!
So $100? I’m far more concerned that Stern has Keith Elwin, Zombie Yeti, Lyman Sheats, Steve Ritchie, John Borg, George Gomez, Dwight Sullivan and the rest of the pinball A-team hard at work, making games that are worth the price tag.
Not to mention the Deadflip videos that are produced, explaining the rules and showing off all the toys.
But of course, to each their own. If you don’t think the games are worth it, that’s an opinion that you’re entitled to.

I will say this, in support of OPs post:
ENOUGH WITH THE 1-TARGET TARGET BANK!!! I WANT FULL BANK DROP TARGETS!!!

Anytime I've seen a title with a 1-bank, I immediately think "PASS!!!!".

Really pleased to see that Elwin decided to avoid that nonsense on Avengers, and installed a full, 3-target bank.

(I'd much rather pay an extra $50-100 bucks and keep the drop targets if that's why prices get raised.)

100% in agreement! My buddy owned a game from a different manufacturer (no need to point fingers, right?) and during one particularly long playing game, intentionally avoided the extra ball shot because he just didn’t want to play any longer. Game was boring and was sold not long thereafter. Built like a tank though!

A game is fine if it’s reliable and plays without issues, in my opinion. It must be free of defects, and play as the designer intended. I don’t give extra points for a game just because you need an extra person to move it.

“Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old-- and when you do, you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders“

-Bahz Luhrmann

Your post kinda bummed me out. Til I saw your collection of amazing classic Stern pins. I guess there’s pros and cons, depending on the day, huh? There are some benefits to having experience over youth.
Also, it’s not how old you are but how old you feel/act!
Happy flipping.