I'll never understand why people continue to blame Stern and get angry at them for rising prices when they are, always have been, and apparently always will be the cheapest full-size commercial pinball machines available.

Why not get mad at the other 6 pinball companies, which all charge higher money for their cheapest games? Aren't they more responsible for pushing you out of the hobby by continually raising the ceiling?

Somebody needs to say it...

Is the bubble about to burst?!?!

All of the signs are there: unprecedented demand...backlog for manufacturers...more people entering the hobby daily...

Doesn't look good folks!!!

I still don’t understand why people keep bitching about Stern as if it’s their fault prices are rising.

Is it because they set the floor and not the ceiling?

Every other manufacturer has higher entry level prices than Stern, yet you never hear anybody bitching about $9,000 spooky games or $6500 Houdinis.

What gives? In 10 years of people whining about Stern’s price increase, Nobody has even tried to explain this to me. And I ask every time!!

So higher than Stern, like every other company, correct?

My exact figures are for entertainment purposes only.

The question remains: why does Stern elicit and absorb the wrath of the spurned budget conscious collector while the other companies seem to escape such attention while being priced higher?

Anybody interested in taking a swing at this one?

Anyone?

It’s not a gotcha question or a trap; I wanna know!

Stern sells the cheapest pinball machines in the industry and a stern Pro remains the best value in the industry by far.

I’ll just continue to remind the OP of this once a page.

46 here.

Somehow I managed to enjoy this hobby for 20 years without buying a new game.

Holy shit!!!!!

Stern’s price increases claim another one!

RIP Jorant

Who wil we turn to for thought-provoking content now?