Black Matrix
Well-known member
Anyone think pinball manufacturers are pricing themselves out of existance
Hey all,
I was having a conversation with a friend today and we were talking about Stern and the new pin companies. I am always joking with him calling pinball, "The Game of Kings" since its pretty much the the most expensive end of our hobby and seems to be the playground for countless doctors, lawyers, and others of professional ilk. Right now, our most popular urban legend is of a near local doctor with 32 DMD pins. Anyways, the point is with classic Bally/Williams dmd pins fetching 3000+ on a regular basis, and new pins retailing at 5K, I have to wonder is a bubble developing in the pinball world. So does any one else think pinball companies will eventually price themselves out of existence. And if a bubble is developing, eventually they always pop. So with the economy so bad, can anyone else attribute for the continued skyrocketing prices that seem to be never ending. Even if you are a doctor, I can't imagine that you would have enough space or disposable income to drop 5K every 3 months on a hobby or 7K on a WOZ, or 16K on a Magic Girl. Maybe, but its doubtful. So am I the only one who thinks the bubble has to burst eventually or does everyone else see Sterns business plan as sustainable. Thoughts?
Hey all,
I was having a conversation with a friend today and we were talking about Stern and the new pin companies. I am always joking with him calling pinball, "The Game of Kings" since its pretty much the the most expensive end of our hobby and seems to be the playground for countless doctors, lawyers, and others of professional ilk. Right now, our most popular urban legend is of a near local doctor with 32 DMD pins. Anyways, the point is with classic Bally/Williams dmd pins fetching 3000+ on a regular basis, and new pins retailing at 5K, I have to wonder is a bubble developing in the pinball world. So does any one else think pinball companies will eventually price themselves out of existence. And if a bubble is developing, eventually they always pop. So with the economy so bad, can anyone else attribute for the continued skyrocketing prices that seem to be never ending. Even if you are a doctor, I can't imagine that you would have enough space or disposable income to drop 5K every 3 months on a hobby or 7K on a WOZ, or 16K on a Magic Girl. Maybe, but its doubtful. So am I the only one who thinks the bubble has to burst eventually or does everyone else see Sterns business plan as sustainable. Thoughts?

