Preface: I'd like to keep to keep this thread pretty simple and not a Stern-bashing thread so please read below before posting. Also, quickly posting "never" as a response to the title may be funny to you but moves this advice thread nowhere.

A little birdie suggested I hold off on buying MET Pro right now because I could probably expect to see some come up when the next major Stern title is announced (Elvira III, Star Wars...etc.), just like how I bought 2 pins during the GB launch.

We aren't taking MET off the table quite yet, but maybe the birdie was right. Maybe we should get a nice used Stern to pass the time until we want to make a move on a HUO Met. But in order to get our minds off of Sparky, it really would need to be a deal that would be too good to pass up. Also "QC Issues", "Stern likes money, hates customers"... I know, I know. Don't need that in this thread. This is why we are considering a used game.

So... at what prices would you consider the following titles in very good - excellent condition "steals" (the price point where it's a no-brainer, forget MET Pro, must grab it purchase)?

TSPP
IM
IMVE
Mustang Pro
SM
TWD
RBION

We like all of the games above. I know you don't like Mustang Pro. I do. Go watch the Pinball with the Pros video with Steve Bowden and play it a few times.

Really? Really??? Do you refresh the main page every 5 seconds waiting for new threads to appear so you can jump in and make some snarky remark? For every good post you have in one thread, you make 5 dickish posts in other threads. Get out and go for a f'ing walk or something once in a while. Being a 24-7 prick can't be good for your health. I won't be responding to any of your other posts.

Completely agree 100%. But they're still producing it, yet none are coming up for sale on the secondary market. I do think if a major title comes up, we will see Met's come up for sale. Space/money/desire will force some to have to part ways with MET to get a new flashy SW pin. It happened with GB, and I got 2 great used games during that, and I was able to negotiate on both. There's no negotiating on MET right now because used supply is low, and there's nothing like a new flashy SW pin that others are dying to have. That's why I created this thread to see what could be a potential "stopgap" solution... not to have one of my friends (and highly regarded Pinsider) be called an idiot.

Agreed on the whole. Mustang has been tanking a bit (search "Why no love for Mustang" thread). That guy had his for sale forever. Locally there was a routed MET Pro that went for $3800 and sold in minutes, well before I even checked my email (they also had ST Pro for $3800 and Mustang for $3500... both sold as well). I think Mustang at $3500 is enough to make me think twice, $3200 is probably that "no brainer" I alluded to earlier. I also like WWELE but need that at Xmen-LE/TFLE prices (~$5K) to enter consideration and we're just not there yet.

Would've done the same thing in a heartbeat.

Just the opposite. I probably won't want a SW pin at all. But I'd be willing to bet there are a bunch of Met owners with small collections that would need to free up space/cash if/when a new SW pin launched, just like people did when GB launched.

Totally possible. For someone like me, I only have room for 3 pins, so if I'm bringing in a dream theme, something has to go. If in turn I also realized that 1 of my 3 pins could also pay for 90% the next pin I was buying, I'd certainly consider moving it if money was tight and again I was getting a dream theme in return. Lots of things come up FS when popular titles are launched.

Interesting how the majority of people so far are saying just buy a NIB Met Pro. That's basically still Plan A, but I wondered if there would be an better way to outlast these PF QC issues and maybe even score one for less down the road.

I will admit that when talking to my 8yr old last night about our next pin, he said "what about those zombie ones?" at which point I told him we wouldn't be buying TWD, but he corrected me and said "no, the zombie one with 4 music zombies in the picture and the guy with the big tongue in the middle you shock".

One year ago we were out looking at a pin up in VT and the owner also had a Met Pro LED with Color DMD and external sub. We didn't even play it, we just watched the owner play it. A year later and my son has had that in the back of his mind as a pin he wants. F'ing awesome.

Apparently each Met Pro is being shipped with 4 giant anchor bolts because no one is letting it leave their house

I'm a 34yr old whose first car is seen here (even correct color)...
Mustang Pro PF (resized).JPG
... that is attending his 4th Wrestlemania in a few weeks, and Probably has more Kiss and Metallica on my iPhone than all other artists combined. They really can't come out with a "must have" theme for me that they already haven't IMO... maybe unless they release a pin for Christina Aguilera's Dirty music video.

Unfortunately too far away. Have been watching that thread for like 2-3 weeks. Even shipped, after adding LED's we're talking NIB money already. If that were local, it's a different story. I'd absolutely consider closer ones in that price range, no doubt.