Quoted from tankpinball:The home edition Star Wars isn’t a bad idea theoretically but the problem is that the price is WAY TOO HIGH; $4500 for a flippin’ home edition pin? C’mon Stern, you guys know better than that. I think $1999.95 is a better price for a home edition pin, but even then, you could buy a used commercial pin for the same amount or less.
That is the one big hurdle which must be overcome with these "home" versions. The problem is, there is probably no way that the MSRP can simply downscale linearly with reduced BOM and game complexity because that alone has a negligible effect at reducing the R&D/engineering/raw materials/externalities costs compared with a coin-op machine. A $1995 MSRP would definitely be the sweet spot for something like this, but I don't think that is possible if the games are manufactured in the U.S. (especially in a location like Chicago, which probably has a higher externalities burden than many other locations owing to the COL and tax/regulatory climate).
If you want the game for $1995, you would have to be OK with the "Made in USA" sticker being replaced with "Made in Cambodia/Vietnam/Thailand" and be OK with the human and environmental consequences that would likely result.
Quoted from Toppers:So let’s get back on track. Black night was released on March 26th. Just went back in history and looked it up on their FB page. stern released a statement today that said every 90-120 days they release a cornerstone pin. If you do the math July 26th is exactly 120 days away from last release of a “cornerstone pin” also it was mentioned “2 weeks” a week or so ago. This lines up perfectly. I would still expect a new game prior to end of July. Anyone else agree with this logic?[quoted image]
Yep, this lines up with my rough estimate too. I think Stern simply likes to keep people guessing and throw out a few surprises from time to time, which is fun to me but doesn't seem to play well with some of the more OCD among us!
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