At which price point, Pro or Premium?

Ya know, I felt I was late to the party on January 2nd, 2012 when I bought my Tron. But it did take me a while of playing it on location before the addiction started. I've watched the "value" of my Tron climb and fall with each run of the game, and I didn't give a crap. It raised up, and fell with each run of the game. And I still didn't care. As an owner, I hope they make a VE. Tron is an exquisite game, and if they make more, more people can own it.

So really, I just don't care if my Tron is "worth" $6500 or $650. Mine isn't going anywhere because after 4 years, I still love playing it, so bring on the VE. I hope everyone that wants one can get one.

But that has always been true. There are always newer games, but not every one of them is fantastic. In my opinion Tron still holds it's own against the games you listed. Some of them are great, but so is Tron.

That is the great part of all the different types of rulesets out there. Tron is brilliantly simple. I can complete every mode... But I can't do it all in the same game. I get such a rush when I finish light cycle, but it is always at the cost of something else. It's good stuff.

3 years later? This was the only Tron VE thread you could find to bring back to life?

The movie or the pin?

The movie has been on and off for the last decade. Eventually the costs of the movie will be less than the projected revenue, and it will get made. Supposedly they have a decent script for it, but it doesn’t have a green light yet. It did, then it didn’t.

So I predict the movie will get made, or it won’t. And that prediction fits right in with what has happened with the film.

For the pinball machine, that all depends on when Stern has time on the line. Vault Editions are made as assembly line fillers. Stern can buy all the stuff and store it until they have time where the assembly lines have nothing to do. They are perfect for when a new game hasn’t sold well. They can just walk to their parts storage and pull out all the stiff for a VE, and poof, they are still making money. But right now Stern has a massive backlog of games to build. Putting a VE on the line would mean less Godzilla (a very popular game) get made. Stern can’t even get runs of Deadpool done right now.

So the situation is that Stern has many more orders than they can fill. And in their back pocket, they have a game with some pent up demand (Tron). That pent up demand isn’t going away for a game that will be hitting… I think I bought my Tron in January of 2012? So almost 10 years later, Stern can afford to just let it sit while building other games for the next year or two.

RIP

Chas died, so everything was pulled from Chas.

Is $6800 overpriced?

Seriously? They are pricing game that far below their lowest pricing? Are you sure that not a typo?

I was just surprised by the 5600 because I thought the most recent price increase with Godzilla was across the board, including older games. This is the first I've heard that they kept some older ones at a lower price tier.

Actually it’s a fantastic deal in my mind. I’ve owned a VE for quite a while now, and IM is a keeper. It’s just a fun quick hitter of pinball perfection. I don’t have these 15 or 20 minute quests, just do the thing. One of their best. I wouldn’t want all my games to be like IM, but I’m glad IM exists.

Snot

Oh that's a shame. We all knew they would never put out new ones, but I think SAM was the pinnacle for Stern games. So now I just won't be selling any of them.

Tron had a WONDERFUL 7 year run in my house, and is one of my favorite games ever made. It came here NIB, and I put in the Eli ramp kit and very tasteful LEDs that had a tiny bit of color coding which offset the plastics really well. And of course the protector set. I tore it down twice during that time, because being one of my favorites, I liked to keep it clean and shiny (and FAST).

Tron fell victim to the downfall of all pinball machines, I had played it too many times. One day I was playing it, and I was bored. No matter how great a game is, after too many thousands of plays, that point comes. There were no surprises left. And when that happens, it is time for the game to depart.

I doubt I'd ever bring Tron back in, because I've done that with other games. If I sold a game for other reasons, bringing it back is a joy. If I sold it because I've played it too many times, that joy only lasts a day or two, and then the game just sits there.

This is the right advice. Life is too short. If it's something you want, do it now. Because you have no idea what tomorrow holds. It might be a Tron VE, or it might be a stroke. Life is durable in one minute, and fragile in the next.

I get that sentiment. But I'd be worried about the changes you are asking for. Tron is one of my favorite games of all time. New callouts, lightshows, gameplay, animations, all might kill the spirit of the game (ahem... Spiderman).

Stern could just write an order for 500 SAM board sets. Poof. Tron.

I like to think back to 2016 when this thread was created. It was such a simple time. I never thought I would be nostalgic for only 6.5 years ago, but I guess that is a reflection of the times we live in.

Right around the corner(stone)! You just gotta believe!

(I owned Tron for 7 years, and this thread was created 7 years ago. Coincidence? I think not! It's a sign.)

Wouldn't it be easier to retheme a Tron into a Tron VE? You could add a little foil to the cab like IMVE and grab some scrap metal from the garage to slap over the wood speaker panel. Add a couple of VE stickers and you got something.

Toss in a set of Drop Targets, and we would be talking! The code is already there for them! A few drops of silver paint (also inexpensive) on the playfield, and this could end up being a popular game!

But... but.. that would mean that this 7 year long thread was for... nothing? Man, I'm not sure I could handle that. I was always taught that if a thread worked hard, and got lots of comments, it just HAD to come true. This is devastating.