Quoted from davideokills:

I think we are seeing a shift in the pinball demographics and with it will come a price shift. I agree the with Vid that the LE market will drop out. There will be a shift to lower priced pinball machines that match the new demographic. The LE market and collector quality games are toys for an older generation with more cash to spend. New games are going to get cheaper because they hit the ceiling on what operators and average collectors are willing to pay. Also the more exploration and open source play the greater the possibility for inexpensive alternatives to the current options.
The OP's judgement of the market based on A list game prices is common and boring to everyone. Talking about the car market and citing Ferrari and Bugatti as your reference point is aggravating and ultimately puts people on edge in your discussion.
I know my location is a bit different but I have a couple class field trips scheduled this week and lots of photographic evidence to support the real demographics of people that play pinball. Here are images from a tournament we host every month.

Quoted from SUPERBEE:

I can't believe this thread is still going!!!

Quoted from Banker:

I failed to realize that the OP , owning one pin was so right. Many have used the phrase (10,000 by Christmas ), so
I am selling all 36 of my pins at a discount to that $10,000 price, $9,500, each!! LOL. It's a hobby, buy, sell, play,
have fun.