I missed the golden decade of modern pinball, the 1990's, due to being in school and no money or time! Over the past several years I have been drawn into the pin world and I see all the 1990s games come and go over a wide range of prices and nimber made. I am just curious for those who may have purchased a game on the early or mid 90's, what was a game price NIB on average? Were the different manufacturers similar on prices? Also, the games that had very large productoon numbers (TZ, TAF, STTNG), was that from operators putting them on location, or were people buying for their home to create such demand? Just curious on historical perspective since I missd it.

#2 11 years ago

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Pinballgeek

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11y 80,650 2,224

Less what they are today roughly $2500 for taf back in da day

#3 11 years ago

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SealClubber

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Retail or what distributors paid?

#4 11 years ago

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centerflank

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Quoted from SealClubber:
Retail or what distributors paid?

I also would love to see a list of multiple games retail/distributor if anyone has that data.

#5 11 years ago

VIN

pinballM

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Compton, CA

11y 40,300 275 8

http://pinballmania.free.fr/liste.htm

#6 11 years ago

NAM

kwiKimart

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Great list ^^^^^^^^

#7 11 years ago

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Astropin

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Quoted from Pinballgeek:
Less what they are today roughly $2500 for taf back in da day

Actually you can get most of the 90's DMD's for less than their NIB prices............for now.

#8 11 years ago

LTG

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Hopkins, MN

12y 191K 56,991 24 7

Quoted from Astropin:
Actually you can get most of the 90's DMD's for less than their NIB prices............for now.

So true.

When you think of all the games made in the 1990's, and how few have gone up well above what they originally sold for.

You realize that chances of any of the pricey pins today appreciating in value over the next 10 or 15 years, is pretty slim.

LTG : )

#9 11 years ago

BOB

Butch2099

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I love how the Black Spider Man was only $400 more

#10 11 years ago

LTG

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Hopkins, MN

12y 191K 56,991 24 7

Quoted from Butch2099:
I love how the Black Spider Man was only $400 more

There was a period, from about Striker Extreme to Spiderman or so where Stern was working miracles.

They made some of the greatest games TSPP, LOTR, SM, yet were selling pins for mid 90's prices.

LTG : )

#11 11 years ago

TOP

GoChiefs70

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Bentonville, AR

11y 32,400 221 7 11

Was curious on retail price, what an individual or operator had to pay.

#12 11 years ago

VIN

pinballM

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Compton, CA

11y 40,300 275 8

after TRON Premium , price are too crazy with Transformer and ACDC
with RFM p2k , price increase only for 250$

#13 11 years ago

LTG

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Hopkins, MN

12y 191K 56,991 24 7

OP
Quoted from GoChiefs70:
Was curious on retail price, what an individual or operator had to pay.

AFM and MM, for me was about $3600 each.

TAF was around $3200.

P2K was $4200.

LTG : )

#14 11 years ago

RPT

Prmailers

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High Bridge, NJ

11y 24,150 1,558 19

LTG, as an op, what was your first impression of p2k?

Did u balk at the price, or consider it a reasonable increase given the new platform?

#15 11 years ago

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ReplayRyan

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12y 80,300 1,462 5 4

Yep, low to mid $3s for most of them.

Some of the later WPC95 games could be had for much less than MSRP by certain distributors that just couldn't sell them. I remember walking into a warehouse full of NIB machines like CV, SS, CP, MB, and being told "take a couple for $2500 each, take a bunch for $2000 each." Nobody wanted them. I'm sure many were destroyed.

#16 11 years ago

RPT

Prmailers

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High Bridge, NJ

11y 24,150 1,558 19

^^^^^^ damn, I had money in the '90s!

#17 11 years ago

LTG

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Hopkins, MN

12y 191K 56,991 24 7

Quoted from Prmailers:
LTG, as an op, what was your first impression of p2k?

Did u balk at the price, or consider it a reasonable increase given the new platform?

I liked it. Non pinball people played it. And for the first time in my history a new pinball machine improved my gross. Usually putting in a new pin didn't improve gross and you just moved money around the room.

Downside was when they peddled the SW1 kit for $2500, with freight and sales tax you were looking at $7K for a pin in a dying market.

LTG : )

#18 11 years ago

LTG

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Hopkins, MN

12y 191K 56,991 24 7

Quoted from Prmailers:
^^^^^^ damn, I had money in the '90s!

We all did.

LTG : )

#19 11 years ago

BJS

DrStarkweather

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Chicago, IL

12y 59,300 2,002 3 26

I just wish the current Stern pro's had more pizzaz to them. They always seem so bare bones/not as solid. I can't believe that all the differences between a Premium and a Pro equate to anywhere near $2000 in manufacturing costs.

#20 11 years ago

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sturner

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Northbrook, IL

11y 50,050 859 5 10

It doesn't seem that bad when you factor in inflation. Most of the early 90's machines going for the low 3ks would be at a 5k price point today NIB. They had bigger production runs and more competition to keep the price down too.

#21 11 years ago

MJD

corvair61

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Canton, OH

11y 73,050 995 14 22 1

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