That is exactly what i'm waiting for. Why put a deposit for a nib stern which I have no clue when or if i'm going to get it when I could wait for people to get out of the hobby. If stern were reliable with their production I would have bought a few nib like I did many time the previous years. But wait for 1 year for a pinball is a joke. If stern doesnt want my money the secondary market will get me what i'm looking for at a discount. The more people will start leaving at the same time, the better deals will be for my wallet. Just my opinion.

You make it sound like I’m unreasonable. The fact that people put a deposit on a pin months ago and now they are getting push further because they come out with an elvira super magical edition who can sell for way more than a pro or premium. I think it's disrespectful.

I hear you, now is a bad time because of scarcity. But it's not always going to be like that. When the shine wears off and the FOMO on the newest toy come into play price will drop.

You are right about that but if stern doesn’t catch up at one point who knows. Do you feel confortable to make a deposit and wait 2 ? 3 years ? I'm not trying to be negative but it doesn’t seems like these problems will just disappear and still, they come up with 3 or 4 games a year. That could become a monstrous backlog.

There is no theory friend just my 2 cents opinion. I'm not saying I have any clue of what's to come, I was just saying that I prefer to wait before buying NIB again. I know people who buy rolex and sports cars make deposits years before getting the actual product. I'm not like that. It's not like thousands of people did not already take my place in the line.

Right on 1000%

Last call would be brilliant but communication about production seems to be a problem with Stern

That's exactly what I understand. Distro will reserve LE's to their best customers who buy an LE on each release. If you want to be on the LE train you have to commit to buy an LE on each release. So this kinda force people who have FOMO to commit to that and flip the LE's they don't want for a profit. The way I see it it's only going to get worse.

Stern indeed is leaving a lot of money on the table to flippers. I know Stern doesnt want to get involve with the sales and leave that to distro but flipping a pin you bought at $10000 for $15000 to $20000 within a few days or weeks is a lot of money stern could get instead of these leeches.

Maybe they could see the potential with a sale department. More money for them and we might pay more but I prefer encouraging Stern and their product development than flippers leeches.

At least that's the way I see it. These distros lists who doesnt mean anything without knowing exactly how many they'll get is also a big turnoff.

Makes you wonder what’s in Stern mind. If they can sell these pins at these prices all around the world no kidding they will keep increasing prices in North America.