Oakville, ON
Quoted from Mizzou0103:Is there a price increase rumored to happen soon?
Next week. If you were going to buy something available, buy this week.
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Sellersburg, IN
Quoted from Mizzou0103:Is there a price increase rumored to happen soon?
Yes, there will be an increase with Bond.
Quoted from RC_like_the_cola:Yes, there will be an increase with Bond.
Just curious if this will affect preorders. And if we go by past history, all signs point to yes.
Quoted from blowback1976:Just curious if this will affect preorders. And if we go by past history, all signs point to yes.
Yes, preorders are irrelevant bc nothing has been paid to Stern yet. If Stern increases the price to the distributor, then that increase will be passed along to us
Quoted from kool1:Next week. If you were going to buy something available, buy this week.
Any rumors on how much?
Quoted from Mizzou0103:Any rumors on how much?
Rumours are all over the map. $200-1000. Who knows, will probably land in the middle. Will know for sure Tuesday with the full reveal of Bond. If it’s higher than $500, I’ll be out going forward.
Quoted from blowback1976:Rumours are all over the map. $200-1000. Who knows, will probably land in the middle. Will know for sure Tuesday with the full reveal of Bond. If it’s higher than $500, I’ll be out going forward.
Same. After the big increase the last time, I can’t justify the continued increases unless the used market keeps pace.
Quoted from Pinash:I heard 7.2k pros 9.2k premiums
That’s closer to the 5% annual increase they typically take. I can kinda live with that.
Here's a good look through the history of Stern of how the pricing has changed when new games released
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/sterns-game-release-history
Quoted from Pinash:I heard 7.2k pros 9.2k premiums
That’s msrp so street price from a good dealer should be around 6800/8800?
Quoted from Psw757:That’s msrp so street price from a good dealer should be around 6800/8800?
Doubtful. Distributors are discounting as much as they used to from what I’ve seen. One even wanted to charge me a drop ship fee. 
Quoted from kell:Doubtful. Distributors are discounting as much as they used to from what I’ve seen. One even wanted to charge me a drop ship fee.
Two machines I bought this year were below msrp with free shipping.
Quoted from Psw757:Two machines I bought this year were below msrp with free shipping.
Taxes?
The 3 I received recently have been over MSRP after taxes/shipping. Not by too much, but used to be able to buy below MSRP, no shipping and no taxes.
Distributor told me it’s going up but they don’t know yet until the meeting prob Monday. Also said some are going to be $500 more on le’s because of demand for bond charging over msrp. Hope now. Prob 12500-13000 le prices.
Let’s go GOTG! Really hoping to see this on the line with the factory Friday! Hopefully it doesn’t get overshadowed by Bond.
I don’t know how some of you wait over a year for a game, I’ve had my deposit down and room ready for going on 3 months now and we are more than ready! I’ve been starting to question if I would have been better off getting a Godzilla pro, there were some in stock when I put down the deposit for GOTG, playing it for 6 months and then trading for a guardians. I really wanted a minty fresh guardians though…
Quoted from mstang01:Mando, turtles, or aiq? Those seemed to be the ones with a lot of stock…
And rush
Quoted from kell:Taxes?
The 3 I received recently have been over MSRP after taxes/shipping. Not by too much, but used to be able to buy below MSRP, no shipping and no taxes.
I assume most people here are not paying taxes on pinball machines. Most dealers, like most small businesses, are not going to be collecting and passing sales tax for 50 states. So the consumer buys from out of state and "forgets" to report consumer use tax when they do their taxes.
Quoted from Sorokyl:I assume most people here are not paying taxes on pinball machines. Most dealers, like most small businesses, are not going to be collecting and passing sales tax for 50 states. So the consumer buys from out of state and "forgets" to report consumer use tax when they do their taxes.
You have that quite incorrect, sir.
We are all dutifully reporting and paying the required State remittances.
Quoted from blowback1976:Rumours are all over the map. $200-1000. Who knows, will probably land in the middle. Will know for sure Tuesday with the full reveal of Bond. If it’s higher than $500, I’ll be out going forward.
If it is more than $200, I'm out. This is getting ridiculous.
Latest graph (11 months old from the Price thread)
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/sterns-game-release-history/page/5#post-6499025
Quoted from mbrave77:if its only a 300ish increase most people will be fine with that. Theyll actually praise stern for their small increase in comparison to TS4 at JJP
Yup - Even $500 and Stern still looks cheap and still has better games than almost anyone else.
Quoted from Psw757:Two machines I bought this year were below msrp with free shipping.
You bought two Mandos? 
Quoted from hiker2099:Got this from the line post today. Help me figure out what pin this is in the back left. Is that Iron Maiden?
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Yeah, that looks to be the pro model
Quoted from hiker2099:Got this from the line post today. Help me figure out what pin this is in the back left. Is that Iron Maiden?
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Looks like colors from LED Zeppelin
Quoted from PinballManiac40:Looks like colors from LED Zeppelin
british flag on the front right, orange backboard, and part of that backboard has the pyramid outline. color hues on the side art also matches with the pro
Factory Friday bummer, 3 weeks in a row they said “it’s the last time…”. Not really the last time when it’s 3 weeks in a row.
Quoted from Sleal16:british flag on the front right, orange backboard, and part of that backboard has the pyramid outline. color hues on the side art also matches with the pro
Shit. Reading is hard. I was talking about the on the right being test played with pink colors. I was only looking at the obvious game in the picture.
I didn't read his whole post, cause it is Friday. Need some sleep.
Quoted from Utesichiban:If it is more than $200, I'm out. This is getting ridiculous.
Eh, the water is only getting a little warmer. We are fine!
Quoted from Parkshow30:Factory Friday bummer, 3 weeks in a row they said “it’s the last time…”. Not really the last time when it’s 3 weeks in a row.
Probably shot different angles the first week as a ruse so nobody saw 007 on the line.
Is there a timeline for the last GOTG run? Wondering when I need to sell a machine or two to cover the final invoice
Quoted from Clintonian:Is there a timeline for the last GOTG run? Wondering when I need to sell a machine or two to cover the final invoice
Pretty much now would be a good time to sell.
The schedule has been updated. LZ is finishing up on the line. TMNT has been moved to December due to crowding and wanting to make sure Bond gets out. And looks like they are dedicating a lot of space/time on the main line to Bond through the end of the year.
Sep 2022 - LZ Pro & Premium (final run)
Sep 2022 - SW Pro & Premium (any leftover orders that weren't run in August)
Sep 2022 - Guardians of the Galaxy Pro (final run)
Sep 2022 - Bond Pro (for locations only)
Oct 2022 - Star Wars Home Edition (original & comic art)
Oct - Nov 2022 - Bond LE & Premium & Pro (for home buyers)
Nov 2022 - Jurassic Park Home Edition
Nov 2022 - Elvira Premium
Dec 2022 - TMNT Pro & Premium (final run)
Quoted from JackG:The schedule has been updated. LZ is finishing up on the line. TMNT has been moved to December due to crowding and wanting to make sure Bond gets out. And looks like they are dedicating a lot of space/time on the main line to Bond through the end of the year.
Sep 2022 - LZ Pro & Premium (final run)
Sep 2022 - SW Pro & Premium (any leftover orders that weren't run in August)
Sep 2022 - Guardians of the Galaxy Pro (final run)
Sep 2022 - Bond Pro (for locations only)
Oct 2022 - Star Wars Home Edition (original & comic art)
Oct - Nov 2022 - Bond LE & Premium & Pro (for home buyers)
Nov 2022 - Jurassic Park Home Edition
Nov 2022 - Elvira Premium
Dec 2022 - TMNT Pro & Premium (final run)
Always appreciate this list you put together 
Quoted from djsolzs:GZ Premium on the line for the win with the Bond delay!
bond announcment delay has nothing to do with production. schedule for production on it is the same. just means games will be with people even quicker once reveal happens
Quoted from mjlash22:any leads on the 2023 schedule yet?
laugh.gifOne can dream…
Quoted from Tilt:bond announcment delay has nothing to do with production. schedule for production on it is the same. just means games will be with people even quicker once reveal happens
Quoted from PinMonk:I think Munsters was less. A fart in the wind and sales died completely once it was clear no more code was coming to fix it.
That’s not true distributors were completely sold out for the last run. I called everyone and finally found 1 distributor that had a spot. 7 months later I got mine on the last run n bam Stern stop production n screwed a lot of people out of there’s n said they would finish in 20022 and didn’t do it sorry as crap as far I’m concerned.
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