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I don't think a TAF remake could realistically happen. As others have said Rick would have to get the price point to $5k-$6k for a TAF remake.
Bottom line is... It costs about the same to manufacture MMr as it would to make TAFr. Price point on MMr is $8k. If it costs PPS the same to manufacture both machines and Rick drops the price point to $6k for TAFr, vs. $8k on MMr, it shows how much money was made on MMr. It just won't realistically work.
Quoted from Mrbill:I would think there would be a market for plug-in compatible fully populated playfields, but it does not look like they want to go that route.
I agree to a certain point, but most Addams's out there are complete, just trashed. If you wanted to do a playfield swap but already had a fully populated (albeit trashed) playfield and you bought another repro fully populated playfield, you'd have no use for all of the parts on the trashed playfield. Seems like a waste to me.
Quoted from bmunn1:I would say its less than MMr to make (first pin is the hardest). TAFr at $6k would sell. There should be amble profits considering no R&D, no programming, boardset is probably already done with the MMr (not sure about this one). It's likely profitable at $4k considering those factors. It's really guessing how much profit PPS could make before severely impacting demand. Personally, I would not pay more than $6k unless it was a holy Grail pin/theme for me (which it's not).
Agreed. I think TAFr would sell at $6k too. PPS is going to have to crunch some numbers though. Say they cost $3k to make (I have no idea what they actually cost but bear with me). Like you said I don't think there's demand at $8k. If Rick tried to price them at $8k I don't think they'd sell. However if he can price them at $6k I think that would be reasonable. If it's profitable though, it has to make business sense as well.
I have a really nice Addams and I think I would consider picking up a TAFr at $6k. No more than that though. And it would have to look and feel the same as the original.
I think they need to let MMr pan out and get in people's hands first before looking into other titles.
Quoted from Miguel351:Hey! This is Pinside! Rational thinking is not allowed when discussing future pinball machine releases!
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