Back in the long Xmen thread, when prices were skyrocketing, the machine was hyped because of it being limited. The features like pop up figures, real back glass, and a moving ramp could not be duplicated by the pro model. Borg's other pin, Tron LE, was surging in price. So the hype was to get into buying the XMLE at 7k in the summer it was released otherwise it would be 10k by Christmas.

Problems with code, Aux Boards, and Wolverine figure had the machine price going the other way. The people who bought in early, saw the price go down if they wanted to sell.

So any new machine that is hyped will usually see a 10k by Christmas quote to put things back into perspective.