I like the Beatles but ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST in this pin. Especially with this stupid ass SLE crap at ridiculous prices. And I don’t see the music being a fit.

Glad for those that it’s a dream theme for and they have a chance to get it.

Now the real conversation is what ass kissing is Stern gonna make people do for the opportunity to buy an SLE.....that’s the circus I am waiting to see....If Stern wants me to pay $15K or more for a pin they better be kissing MY ass.

I can’t believe people were literally begging Stern to pick them to buy the BM66 SLE....The poor mans pin will be the premium and LE. Stern had NO problem selling the Supreme pin. Can’t wait for this circus to begin.

Eventually we will see what they release. Real collectors only buy authentic pieces from the era....not recent manufactured BS that is just a cash grab. This pin being the only Beatles pin does make it unique but may not have as much appeal as you think to true collectors....and especially if they are gonna be talking $50K price points....that’s just dumb for something like this. For those that have that kind of money to blow they can get real authentic Beatles items.

The smart move is pricing this to sell to the masses. But you are still talking a niche market that will spend 5-15K for a pinball machine.

The only other angle I see on this is a very small run targeted for the very rich is to do a run of 50-100 for 50K, then work it out and do the same with Hendrix, Zep, etc. No pros, Premium or any other version. Just the 50-100 of an elite collectors version. Justifies the high licensing cost and will be profitable. These collectors don’t care about code or game play. They buy this shit because they can and you can’t.

Bottom line is this is gonna be a shit show no matter what they do. Go retro and you will piss people off, go BM66 pricing and you piss people off. Go modern style game with current pricing and 3 models and you don’t piss people off but it’s really not a true collectible but game play better be KICK ASS or not enough will sell to be very profitable.

You get it...that goes to the point that it will have to be a very limited small run...and if Stern were smart they would then do the same for Hendrix and Zep...make a VERY limited run of these at to collect all 3....it’s all in the marketing of how you package it. If you buy one you have to get the set.

Now the flip side is if you hit the sweet spot of the price point there are enough that will buy and you can sell volume to make your profit....but again it becomes less of a collectible.....depends if they market this as a collectible or just another machine anyone can buy.

Theme is popular so if price is right it would sell a Ton.

Will be interesting to see how this plays out....I don’t think they have anything decided yet and are testing the waters leaking things to see how it should be marketed. Pinside is a small percentage of the market of sales...all distributors have different clients....some with money and some just an average person wanting a game. As a manufacturer if I can make less of a product and make more $ then that will dictate a lot.

Love me some vinyl but it costs about twice as much as the CD set LOL!!!!