Still games available, bruce has them, zax will have them, joe will have them.
Please don't go overboard on the hype train, I am sure everyone who wants one of these things will get one.
Pinballs are not investments and anyone who thinks that this title is like a blue chip stock will be in for a rude surprise, at 12k there is only one way for a LE to go in this country......Down!
Have to respectfully disagree with a few points.
Anyone who purchased a ACDC LE who wanted to sell it today would make a profit easily.
The same will happen with Kiss LE. It may not happen overnight but like ACDC, it certainly was a profitable machine right at the start when people who wanted them n missed out and were prepared to pay more so original buyers of ACDC LE could easily make profit. Anyone selling a ACDE Back in Black LE or the LTBR LE can make a profit on resale right now. Some LE machines do rise in value strongly. Time takes care of all issues in pinball.
If you overpay for any pinball in this hobby, you won't make your money back. If u over invest in any pinball with glam mods or restoration work that you pay someone else for you are likely to lose a little or break even. But if it's your Grail machine and u spend shitliads on it, you bought it to keep so profit won't be a priority. However, people always pay top dollar for beautifully restored machines and those machines become highly sought after. Nino being booked up for years is an example. You will always get your money back IMO on a machine from APR or El Timbo because they are the best of the best in the world. Finish is amazing.
Also, every machine I purchased over the last 7 years, if I was to sell now I would at LEAST double my money.
Many people buy a machine off Ebay one week for $1500 , clean the machine right up, re do bulbs n rubbers n quick paint of the legs etc, and then put it up for sale a week or two later at $2500, looking to get a quick $1,000 deposit.
If that's not a profit like trading in gold or diamonds I don't know what is.
Kiss machines, all models, Pro or Premium or LE or mystery 4 th release etc, will all rise in value, and be very profitable , the very second Stern stop making Kiss machines on the Stern line in a year or three,s time when the licence runs out.
Also, the people who are buying Kiss can hype themselves up or others as much as they want to. I say if people are hyped up , that's their choice. Life is about fun and who is to say anyone should be told not to enjoy their hype.
It's their party and their right to enjoy it.
Kiss pinball , like ACDC, will do wonders for this hobby and pinball industry.
There are a lot of people and Australian companies who have heavily invested in pinball and they are making a very comfortable living/profit out of it. I think the industry in Australia will only go one way, upwards.
BS, that is the biggest load of nonsense I have ever heard. No Sterns sell at a profit 2nd hand with the possible exception of Tron LE from time to time when people are silly enough to pay the $$ asked by sellers.
ACDC does not sell for a profit today 2nd hand in either LE, Prem or Pro and nor should it.
Enough of the crazy talk.
