Yeah, I agree with people growing up and remember what they wanted as a kid and can now afford. I also think that retro things in general are kinda hot. Maybe to have something that not everyone has (Xbox for example) is a cool thing. Further on I think the pinball games for video games is another reason contributing to it. All of these are contributing. However it's still strange that it popped up right now. Maybe eBay and the Internet is the biggest reason. I wonder if its the same with other things like old cars or old guitars? When you actually can buy from a World Wide Web of ads. People also need money so if they have some old machines they try to sell them and find that they can actually make some money on it. Don't know the answer but some thoughts.

I thing that it will be over in a couple of years. Many guys and gals I think buy a machine or two to put in their fancy home but that they will loose interest in it sooner or later. Not every one is a collector kind of person. Would be interesting to know if many machines at sold to unique owners or if there are fewer people buying like 10 machines each. =)

Andy

By the way I hope some day someone will do remakes of the old machines! Not so hot for collectors but would still be extremely nice to be able to buy them to play or to see them on location again. Like brand new AFMs, TAFs, and so on. With modern and smaller tech inside but still the same game.

Someone, go buy the licenses and start building!