Royersford, PA
Quoted from g0nz0:Being a new "owner" doesn't mean I haven't followed pins for many years. I have been a long time arcade lover and knew arcade owners. I also looked into buying many time but never had the money or space for one until recently.
But being "New" doesn't make me blind.
Maybe instead of focusing on me you could focus on the topic. Maybe justify these prices. I'm all ears. That's the point of the debate.
And also google "opinion". I think you got it confused with the word "wizard". I only stated why I "felt" prices will fall. I never claimed I knew they would with certainty.
Maybe I should have put my "opinion disclaimer" at the beginning in bold :-/
Quoted from g0nz0:But this hobby is the only one that I have ever seen explode like this.
For example I buy, restore and sell retro consoles. (Nes, snes etc). The price on these dropped very low at one point. Now a lot of 40 years olds wanna re live their childhood and prices went up. On eBay prices are like $150 for a NES. Sure, I still find them for 20 here and there but ththe market value like $100 on average (which is still lower than retail back when they came out).
But with pins the prices skyrocketed. It would be like if a NES was selling for 3k in comparison. That is why I feel like it has to fall. Too much too soon. I mean even with cars you can still buy a nice 72 Chevelle cheaper than a Monster Bash lol
I've never seen a hobby go up so fast in price. But I could be wrong and missed some.
Sorry, but you aren't stating the truth here....Pins now are exactly the same as with console games; it's simple supply and demand. NES was the best selling system of the 80's/90's by far; there were tons of them and tons of NES cartridges in existence...Look at what's happened to Neo Geo and TurboGrafx prices, they have skyrocketed...You couldn't give those Turbo games away in the late 90's; I know, I made some horrible trades with them for N64 stuff, and wish I could have that back...I'm looking at you Beyond Shadowgate.
Same as pins today; Well, you missed out on the 2k AFM from 10 years ago, get over it; it is what it is. There were only 3500 of them produced, so that's just economics.
However, given the resurgence in popularity of this hobby, you now have PP and Chicago Gaming Company doing a remake, which you can buy brand new for $6500; that's awesome, and should be appreciated.
I should add that Arcade Cab prices are skyrocketing right now, not for shitty conversions, but for true dedicateds, the prices have gone up a lot in the past 3 years alone. Paperboys for 5-6k, Vector games at 2k, Dedicated Midway fighters at 1k+ easy all day.
