Quoted from snaroff:I own a Pro and LE. If a Vault was released, wouldn't effect me one bit (since they are both keepers).
My concern has to do with oversupply of games in general. Gorgeous TRON's are easily available. Manufacturing new games just so someone can have a brand new one is gluttonous. Unlike the old days, a large % of games built after 2000 are HUO, lightly played examples. If this weren't the case, I'd feel differently.
Stern recently reran Star Trek and got their butt handed to them...very light demand. I'm sure they will do their homework next time they do a re-run or Vault. TRON has been rerun several times and it's unlikely Stern will make business sense of doing a TRON Vault.
Gluttonous? So the world is just overflowing with cheap, pristine Tron pins and Stern would have trouble selling new ones? Seriously? I see a few in the marketplace but non under $7000 and none available for shipping. Finding one is not that easy and always easier to just order a NIB on the phone and have it delivered with warranty. If I was looking for a Tron, I would rather buy a NIB than used every day of the week if prices were similar. I do question those that expect Stern to sell an upgrade Tron vault for current pro money or less. That's not happening. However, if there are people willing to spend $7000+ on a used Tron, I don't think Stern would have a problem selling a few vaults at a premium price. A few more Trons out there is not going to crash the pin market.
How do you know Stern got their "butt handed to them" on ST vaults? They probably did a small run of them to meet demand of some distributors. It was probably very easy to do so because ST was in production not long before. ST is a great game and there are people still looking for one. Same for MET. There are plenty of them out there but demand for new ones was strong enough to where they were in production for years.