Stern Price Comparison - Price Watch

[Caveoftreasures]

Our dollar was at one stage $1.17 USA, then down to 71 cents, now back to 81 cents last night.

The dollar has been a mess and makes it hard to put everything into a real context price wise.

[swinks]

if you ever want to compare, this is one of a few good ones to view historical USD / AUD rates
http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=AUD&to=USD&view=1M

that aside Stern's pricing is inconsistent this time round when compared to the model structure of older released machines....

Premium didn't change and LE up $200 so sounds like it is close to the max price point but since it is Kiss looks like they are milking the Pro market which was supposed to be for the Arcade owners to promote pinball going up $500.....

[Retropin]

$1.10 was the highest it ever reached

[Caveoftreasures]

will study the past rates

[Strangeways]

The AUS$ history is covered below ;

http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=AUD&to=USD&view=5Y

It reached $1.10 ish for a week or so - twice. But never stayed there.

[Retropin]

Australian Dollar 1993-2015 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast | News

The Australian Dollar increased to 0.80 US dollars in May from 0.78 in April of 2015. The Australian Dollar averaged 0.77 from 1993 until 2015, reaching an all time high of 1.10 in May of 2011 and a record low of 0.48 in March of 2001.

[swinks]

update

AMD as of 25-9-15

Note the dollar value today is against us at $1 USD = $1.43 AUD

GoT Pro - $7950
GoT LE - $11850

Kiss Pro - $7950
Kiss Premium - $10250
Kiss LE - Sold out

IM VE - $7950

WNBJM - $9250

WWE Pro - $7950
WWE LE - $11850

TWD Pro - $7950
TWD Premium - $10250
TWD LE - Sold out

Mustang Pro - $7950
Mustang Premium - Sold Out
Mustang LE - $11850

ST Pro - $7950
ST Premium - Sold Out
ST LE - Sold Out

Met Pro - $7950
Met Premium - $10250
Met LE - Sold Out


for comparison to Stern MSRP in order of release

September 2015 / Game of Thrones / Pro / $5995
September 2015 / Game of Thrones / Pro / $7595
September 2015 / Game of Thrones / Pro / $8795

May 2015 / Kiss / Pro / $5995
May 2015 / Kiss / Premium / $7595
May 2015 / Kiss / LE / $8795

March / 2015 / Whoa Nellie / Boutique / $6499

January / 2015 / WWE / Pro / $5495
January / 2015 / WWE / LE / $8595

December / 2014 / The Walking Dead / Premium / $7595
September / 2014 / The Walking Dead / Pro / $5995
September / 2014 / The Walking Dead / LE / $8595

June / 2014 / Iron Man Vault / Pro / $5495

March / 2014 / Mustang / Pro / $5395
March / 2014 / Mustang / Premium / $7495
March / 2014 / Mustang / LE / $8495

December / 2013 / AC/DC Luci Premium / $7495

September / 2013 / Star Trek / Pro / $5385
September / 2013 / Star Trek / Premium / $7495
September / 2013 / Star Trek / LE / $8795

April / 2013 / Metallica / Pro / $4995
April / 2013 / Metallica / Premium / $6995
April / 2013 / Metallica / LE / $7595

November / 2012 / Avengers / Pro / $5699
November / 2012 / Avengers / LE (2 models) / $8099

October / 2012 / Transformers "The Pin" / $4000

June / 2012 / X-Men / Pro / $5699
June / 2012 / X-Men / LE (2 models) / $7999

March / 2012 / AC/DC / Pro / $5699
March / 2012 / AC/DC / Premium / $7699
March / 2012 / AC/DC / LE (2 models) / $8499

September / 2011 / Transformer / Pro / $4795
September / 2011 / Transformer / LE (3 models ?) / $6295 ? (need to confirm)

May / 2011 / Tron / Pro / $4799
May / 2011 / Tron / LE / $5999

January / 2011 / Rolling Stones / Pro / $4799
January / 2011 / Rolling Stones / LE / $5999

August / 2011 / Avatar / Pro / $4799
August / 2011 / Avatar / LE / $5999

LE's did not really exist before Avatar
April / 2010 / IronMan / Pro / $4799
April / 2010 / IronMan / Classic (Home) / $3799

[Strangeways]

Sneaky Price rise overnight ?

GAME OF THRONES PRO PINBALL - $8150.00
GAME OF THRONES PREMIUM PINBALL - $10,650.00
GAME OF THRONES LIMITED EDITION PINBALL - $12,350.00

KISS PREMIUM PINBALL - $10,650.00 - Well done Stern ! APR Customers that waited for Premium have pulled out. One still left "on the fence" - but this is bad business..

Quick, let's blame the $AUS - Nope - it went UP by almost  by

Well I love my KISS LE, but it is definitely my last Stern NIB.

[swinks]

Sneaky Price rise overnight ?

GAME OF THRONES PRO PINBALL - $8150.00
GAME OF THRONES PREMIUM PINBALL - $10,650.00
GAME OF THRONES LIMITED EDITION PINBALL - $12,350.00

KISS PREMIUM PINBALL - $10,650.00 - Well done Stern ! APR Customers that waited for Premium have pulled out. One still left "on the fence" - but this is bad business..

Quick, let's blame the $AUS - Nope - it went UP by almost  by

Well I love my KISS LE, but it is definitely my last Stern NIB.

wow, but then not surprised, wait to see what price rises will be in Feb with the rumoured Ghost Busters with a lcd / colour dmd and second playfield

I suppose it is Friday the 13th (Nov.)

Also interesting that all machines across the board went up the same amount. Surely there was some stock that would remain at the lesser prices.

[Retropin]

Surely there was some stock that would remain at the lesser prices

They would be subject to storage fee...

New premises dont come cheap

[swinks]

Surely there was some stock that would remain at the lesser prices

They would be subject to storage fee...

New premises dont come cheap

I meant AMD's stock - in the past a machine might go up but older stock remained at a lesser value

[Cursed]

Great thread Jady and thanks for starting it. 

It is good to see how the prices go over time.

Shame of it is I am currently looking for an AC/DC Luci and I don't think I will get it for the price that would have been great (for the seller) 8 months ago!

[skywalker]

Yep price rise sux's, the higher they go the less potential buyers there are, Putting the prices up across the range is crap

[Cow Corner]

More blatant price gouging from you know who!
Full Throttle is looking better and better for 10.5k.
 

[delarge]

Yep price rise sux's, the higher they go the less potential buyers there are, Putting the prices up across the range is crap

And less machines on the secondhand market in the future as well.