I agree with Nino on the price side of things.
I was an arcade man when I was young I never actually played a pinball machine until roughly 3 and a bit years ago. My time was the early 90's so Tekken 1, 2 and 3, Soul Edge/Calibur, Daytona, Manx TT, Virtua Fighter 2 and so on are my memory games.
I started to collect some of these games and thought it would be good to have a pinball machine for my game room (big mistake
) so I can say that price was a big factor in my purchases as I had no memory to draw from.
I played as many machines as I could and ended up buying a Shadow as I loved the gameplay and the mechanical toys (battlefield, ball lock and diverters) and mostly the price was right. I did not know or care (still don't) if I had a Bally, Stern, Data East or any other brand it was price and fun/theme that made my purchasing decisions.
If Stern has room to cut prices and I am sure they do sales would increase. $12500 for a LE now is way out of my price range, hell I got Batman Dark Knight, Twilight Zone and Shadow for less than that! I know it is a brand new machine but I can honestly say the three machines I mentioned have ran very well for the time I have had them.
I personally am very happy that I got all my machines when I did and I only have room for one more. Prices for most pins now are very expensive.
So Ghostbusters........looks like it will be a good pin.
