OK... not for the first time youve lost me in your way of thinking... i know none of what you have said is fact.. its all opinion but mate... im not sure it makes sense at all.

This belief that Stern shld concentrate on only one model is very old thinking and would be disastrous marketing. Its like saying Toyota shld only sell 1 or 2 models. If you said that to their marketing dept they would chuckle. Choice equals more customers. The car industry and the pinball industry both cater to buyers who want choice, and lots of choices. One machine only would lose Stern a massive amount of sales.
Look at JJP, spend 10 grand or get nothing. I chose nothing. If they said spend $6600 and get a WOPZ std body, I would have said take my money. One model is a loser, not a winner.   And JJP could still build a quality Pro model and keep its quality n still sell for a lower amount if a std body was introduced. If Stern can do it, anyone can, and thats the point. JJP selling LE only, is like Stern selling LE only. Say goodbye to all the Pro and Premium sales. Thats a disaster of marketing to me

So here you are saying that the 3 model system is a winner by STERN as all sell and having 1 model is a disaster for sales?.... 10K for a pin will lose sales and you give yousrself as an example?..
1 model is a disaster of marketing that means less sales yes?


Back to pricing, and prices being down down down etc, I reckon the Stern prices for 2nd hand brand new HUO machines will stay higher than JJPs one only model. Why, cause there are only a certain amount of say AC/DC Pros, Premiums and LE models in the country. Pro rata, that means less of each model available for resale, and low numbers of machines for resale equals higher prices. But JJP's Woz, every man n his dog will have one soon, and that means there wil be more to hit the 2nd hand market, which will drive prices down compared to a Stern IMO

Now you are saying that there will be a flood of WOZ??... meaning LOTS sold despite a disastrous marketing system, high price and single model platform?