Not that I need the cash so much but I need the space for the TWDLE, my HUO TSPP will be going up for sale as much as it kills me to do so.

I am selling my spot for the Iphone6 hope that's enough as I love my boat.
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I'll likely sell my HUO POTC. That one ends up getting played the least, I. don't want to own more than 5 pins, and it offsets the cost of a TWD LE.

Let me know when that EBD of yours becomes funding for a TWD

I would be so in on that theme as well, but since we just started the last season It's not gonna happen. But, Stern could just re-theme Harley Davidson and call it Sons of Anarchy

Game of Thrones is pretty large id think.

You know people are pissed w/ Vaults that its messing up the secondary market. If they keep on releasing good titles like TWD people will need to sell their pins to make room which is good for secondary market. i.e. a lot of people selling pins at to make room for NIB should lower those prices.

I (and many others) are hoping this is exactly what happens.

I watch TWD but have no real interest in the pinball machine. I hope it knocks the prices down on some good older Stern/Williams/Bally/Sega/Data East DMD pins!

Although honestly I'm looking to trade right now and people selling to buy won't want to trade

I assume the "Pinball machines for sale" forum is going to explode.

Most nib sterns have been blowing the older games out of the water. Its hard to go back to the clunkers. Old used car vs new car.

Could not agree more.
It's not the common point of view on here, but I'm with ya 100%.

You really think the new Stern's are that superior to 90's Williams/Bally pins? Interesting.

"Blowing out of the water" is a bold statement. I have my favorite out of all the recent Stern's.....AC/DC but I still think my 93 STTNG is superior, all things considered.

i agree, my favorite. bring the pin anytime, my money is ready.

I lean towards the new Sterns NIB as well. Love the speed of the games... and that fresh out of the box experience... I'm new to the hobby this year. I bought Tron NIB in June now I'm adding IMVE.

I doubt that TWD is a theme with broad enough appeal to move the market to an unusual extent. Pretty much the same as with other recent releases, it will cause *some* pinheads to liquidate *some* of their pins, and then after the brief spike, things will settle to the status quo.

The one exception to this is Stern has been awful with code. I waited till just a couple weeks before Star Trek's code was about to drop . . . I am nervous Stern will have us waiting a year for decent code on this expensive game.

Surely Stern will try and beat its awful reputation and ship with decent code . . . surely that will happen this time and I won't relive XMen...

It will be a much bigger impact than Mustang. I actually think a lot of Pinsiders not in the growth mode will be having some games hit the market over the next month. Let's hope Stern's code makes it worth doing this . . .

There has not been any new Stern that would make me sell TZ,WH2O,IJ,LOTR or AFM. Not even close. Especially TWD that is nothing new just a rehash of IM and Met.

Why would you want to test your luck on the most unlikely event that someone is willing to trade exactly the pin you want in exactly the condition you want AND on the other hand is interested in the pin you are offering in exactly the condition it's in? Plus the hassle of finding a true and fair value (+ or - cash) for both sides.

They invented money a long time ago to get over all these problems with direct trading....

Sell your machine machine and buy another one, where's the problem?

Trading is sometimes a way to share the travel. But I agree it is very rare to have exact pinball matching and financial requirements...

About half of the games that have left my collection have been traded out.

Shadow for a CFTBL
DE Batman for a Slugfest
EATPM for a Whirlwind
Demolition man for a Godzilla (effectively)
JM/NF/JD for a Pinball Magic and Shadow
Funhouse for a Batman Forever
DE Simpsons for a super nice Baby Pacman

Trades are great!

I thought it might help you to read that from a third person view Tiger. You know that's not gonna happen right?

My wife who is not into pinball at all and told me we have to have TWD. I have no room for another game so I will be selling a couple of my cheaper games to get it.

But this NIB purchase will not be for a long time. I have learned my lesson with my last few NIB games X-Men, ST and MET. I am going to wait until the code is complete before my purchase.

I'm keeping the faith that we will have mostly completed code on ship date for this title . . . I think Stern has learned a lot over the past couple years (check the art package as an example, two years ago it would have been a photo shop party).

When did you play TWD?

Maybe living in Michigan has it's benefits......I've traded many times. It's not that hard and can be a real time saver. I've had trades happen much faster than sales. There are a crap ton of machines that are in the same ballpark price wise. Usually a little cash moves one way or the other depending on condition and titles involved. Really not that difficult.

Sons of Anarchy is on its way out in the last season. It's ship has sailed.

Whomever gets Star Wars will sell major units. Think of world wide appeal not just stateside.
Doctor Who and Led Zeppelin also get my vote. I still think Mad Max will be the blockbuster of summer 2015, man that has Ritchie written all over it !

Game of Thrones is huge but I just don't know if it relates to a pinball theme.

Game of thrones could be epic. Select the great house you will play as and get that darn iron throne while stopping the white walkers from destroying the wall.

Well, Stern has the license so I guess we will see how it turns out.

How do we know they have it? I may have missed it. I hope it is before Kiss....

If the Hobbit makes it into full production it will sell a lot of games. It looks like they are going for quicker gameplay than WOZ, I'm a likely buyer of the hobbit but won't preorder...will pay a premium to buy one from a distro when available though...as many will I bet.

I will be selling my "blinged" Nascar for TWD. Especially, IM and MET are just a rehash of Nascar. You know, the same left ramp, bash toy in the middle, right ramp, drop targets on the side, pop bumpers in the rear, 2 flippers and a shooter lane on the right.

GPROTEIN, You are so right, Nascar is a rehash of IM and Met. You are an extremely sharp person.

I love it when a new good pin comes out! People start selling stuff that they normally wouldn't sell and when they sell all at once the market becomes saturated. That's when the great deals come out. So what have you got for sale? I'm looking for a defender pinball. Ed

And I bet you're looking to get it Fast.

Not as sharp as you are apparantly, since you are the one who figured out TWD is just a rehash based on pics alone all by yourself.

Liquidate? Answer:nothing. This "sell it off" game has been going on for decades. "The great sell off" just before a title is released and the hype train people board, just because of a theme.

It makes me sick that people are so easily sueded. Doesn't anyone here have any (pin)balls any more?

Sure, certain pins are works of art, but how can you shell out NIB money before you've ever even played the game? Would you agree to buy a new car before a test drive?

You ask people that preordered an LE, "what if the gameplay sucks?".... people always respond "I don't care, It's TWD, how could it not be a good fit for me? Sell it all..." (to me-that is ) Anyone have a T3 going to Chi EXPO for sale?

This whole "buying before you try it" reminds me of fathers offering their daughters for "arranged marriages" as repayment for something. So wrong...

I also want to adimantely stress that everyone should be able to spend cash on whatever they want, free of criticism for that. Just don't saccrafice great classic pinball titles, expecting a new game to somehow equal them. When you play the "newer is always better" game, you will eventually be disappointed and you USUALLY lose money in the process.

Don't believe him. He doesn't want one THAT bad.

Well isn't that great...so basically you get a IM AND a MET, all wrapped in an awesome zombie theme, when you buy TWD? This must be the best deal of all times!

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Good luck with that. I have zero confidence Stern will change their model. Buy now, roll the dice.

Crazy talk.

Stern has made some good pins but no way are they broadly better than the top B/W pins. While some rule sets may be more complex, the overall design, art, sound, rules, fun factor of 90s pins like IJ, TZ, Shadow, MM, Whitewater, TAF, to mention a few, blow most Sterns away. IMO of course.