# Episode 795: "What Would Back To The Future SLE Cost?"

**Source:** Kaneda's Pinball Podcast (Patreon feed)  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2023-04-21  
**Duration:** 23m 42s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-795-what-81845402

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## Analysis

Kaneda discusses Stern Pinball's James Bond code updates and communication with customers, speculates on future pricing for Back to the Future Super Limited Edition machines, critiques pinball company customer service standards, covers the Illinois College Godzilla charity auction, analyzes Pinball Adventures' Puny Factory release, and explores Multimorphic's market positioning and display cabinet opportunity.

### Key Claims

- [MEDIUM] Stern Pinball LE prices will reach $15,000 within two years, possibly within a year — _Kaneda, personal prediction based on market observation of collector spending_
- [LOW] A Back to the Future Super Limited Edition (88 units) could sell for $88,000 each if made by Keith Elwin and Joe Kamakow — _Kaneda, speculative analysis of ultra-high-end collector demand_
- [HIGH] Foo Fighters unboxing videos are already appearing with some quality issues (flipper failures, soldering defects) — _Kaneda, reporting early customer experiences from unboxing videos_
- [MEDIUM] Pinball Adventures' Puny Factory sold approximately 20% of units before official release — _Kaneda, citing information from Andrew (Pinball Adventures)_
- [MEDIUM] James Bond code updates are making the game harder in certain areas, requiring 18 rocket hits and 6 orbit hits for mode progression — _Kaneda, reading community thread discussions about code changes_
- [MEDIUM] Pinball company customer service emails should be answered within a single business day — _Kaneda, industry standard recommendation based on customer retention philosophy_
- [MEDIUM] Older Stern LEs like Ghostbusters LE and Stranger Things LE are becoming 'unobtainium' in the secondary market — _Kaneda, observation of secondary market availability trends_
- [MEDIUM] Theme is the most important factor determining pinball game success — _Kaneda, industry observation about unlicensed IP game challenges_
- [LOW] Multimorphic's P3 platform would benefit from an official display cabinet for modular playfield storage — _Kaneda, observation of third-party P3 display cabinet and product opportunity_
- [HIGH] Stern is planning significant additional content for James Bond but has not communicated details to owners — _Kaneda, citing Mike Vinacore's statement about 'a lot more' planned for the game_

### Notable Quotes

> "If you run a pinball company, you should be answering every single email within a single working business day. There is no if, ands or buts about it."
> — **Kaneda**, early segment
> _Direct critique of pinball industry customer service standards_

> "Stern Pinball would sell every single one. If they made an 88 special super limited edition Back to the Future, they could sell each one for $88,000. They could. They would sell out instantly."
> — **Kaneda**, mid-segment
> _Provocative prediction about ultra-luxury collector pricing ceiling_

> "Pinball is the new watch collecting, the new sneaker collecting, the new car collecting."
> — **Kaneda**, mid-segment
> _Commentary on pinball's evolution as a luxury collectible category_

> "It's not for me. I'm not the target audience. I don't think any of you are the target audience. I think it's going after families."
> — **Kaneda**, Puny Factory segment
> _Positioning Punny Factory as outside core pinball enthusiast market_

> "Pinball is a really hard industry. I never quite understand why anybody gets into pinball if you wanna make money."
> — **Kaneda**, Puny Factory analysis
> _Industry profitability critique_

> "You are what you pay attention to. If you pay attention to stuff that annoys you, you will be annoyed and angry all day long."
> — **Kaneda**, Godzilla auction discussion
> _Philosophical framing of community reaction to industry decisions_

> "Not every move in pinball is meant to target you."
> — **Kaneda**, Godzilla and Puny Factory context
> _Defense of diversified product targeting in the industry_

> "If Stern vaults that game and puts an LCD in it, I mean get ready, like they could super limited edition Ghostbusters and charge $25,000 and we'd all be like fighting over each other to get one."
> — **Kaneda**, secondary market segment
> _Speculation on Ghostbusters LE vault and reissue pricing potential_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Kaneda | person | Host of Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, industry commentator, critic of pinball company practices |
| Stern Pinball | company | Major pinball manufacturer; primary focus of episode discussion on pricing, code updates, customer service |
| Keith Elwin | person | Legendary Stern Pinball designer, referenced in Back to the Future SLE speculation |
| Joe Kamakow | person | Stern Pinball designer, referenced in Back to the Future SLE speculation; known car collector |
| Mike Vinacore | person | Stern Pinball representative, made statement about future James Bond code content |
| Zach Sharpe | person | University of Illinois alumnus, involved in Godzilla charity auction video promotion |
| David Fix | person | American Pinball leadership, critiqued for customer service responsiveness |
| Steve Bowden | person | American Pinball leadership, critiqued for customer service responsiveness |
| Andrew | person | Founder of Pinball Adventures, provided sales data on Punny Factory (20% pre-release) |
| Dave Sanders | person | Designer of Punny Factory, formerly at Highway Pinball; designed Full Throttle and Alien |
| James Bond | game | Stern Pinball licensed game; subject of code update discussion and criticism of slow content rollout |
| Foo Fighters | game | Recent Stern Pinball release; early unboxing videos show quality issues (flipper coil failures, soldering defects) |
| Punny Factory | game | Pinball Adventures release; 120 units, family-oriented unlicensed IP game priced at $6,500-$7,000 |
| Godzilla | game | Stern Pinball game; two Premium units being auctioned for University of Illinois charity, signed by football players |
| Multimorphic | company | Boutique pinball manufacturer; P3 modular platform discussed in context of display cabinet opportunity |
| P3 | product | Multimorphic's modular pinball platform; lacks official display/storage solution for mini playfields |
| Ghostbusters LE | game | Stern Pinball older LE; described as becoming 'unobtainium' in secondary market with strong collector demand |
| Stranger Things LE | game | Stern Pinball older LE; noted as difficult to find in secondary market |
| American Pinball | company | Boutique pinball manufacturer; criticized for slow customer service response times |
| Chicago Gaming Company | company | Boutique pinball manufacturer; criticized for slow customer service response times |
| University of Illinois | organization | Institution running Godzilla charity auction with football players |
| Highway Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer where Dave Sanders previously worked as designer |
| Pinball Adventures | company | Boutique manufacturer releasing Punny Factory; manufacturing transparency is key evaluation metric |
| Back to the Future | game | IP used in speculative pricing discussion; potential future Stern Super Limited Edition |
| Cactus Canyon LE | game | Chicago Gaming Company game used as hypothetical example in customer service email discussion |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Stern Pinball James Bond code updates and transparency, Pinball company customer service standards and responsiveness, Future pricing of Super Limited Edition pinball machines, Pinball Adventures Punny Factory release and market positioning
- **Secondary:** Foo Fighters early quality issues and reliability concerns, Illinois College Godzilla charity auction and community perception, Multimorphic P3 platform product opportunities, Secondary market scarcity and pricing of older Stern LEs

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.35) — Kaneda is critical of industry practices (customer service, slow code rollouts, pricing pressure) but not hostile toward individual companies. He defends Pinball Adventures and Punny Factory against potential criticism, advocates for charity auctions, and shows enthusiasm for product innovation (Multimorphic display cabinet). Negative sentiment focuses on systemic industry inefficiencies and mounting concern about affordability barriers. Speculative/provocative tone on pricing may read as cynical but is presented as market observation rather than condemnation.

### Signals

- **[code_update]** Stern's latest James Bond code update is reported to increase game difficulty significantly (18 rocket hits, 6 orbit requirements) with community confusion about design intent and feature accessibility (confidence: high) — Kaneda reading community threads discussing code changes and player feedback about excessive shot requirements
- **[product_concern]** Foo Fighters early units showing quality defects including flipper coil failures after minimal play and soldering joint failures affecting LED functionality (confidence: high) — Multiple unboxing videos showing flipper death after 10 games and LED soldering issues on new machines
- **[communication_signal]** Stern Pinball not communicating planned James Bond code content roadmap to existing owners, creating uncertainty about game's future state (confidence: high) — Mike Vinacore's vague 'a lot more' statement and Kaneda's question about whether Stern should disclose plans to owners
- **[market_signal]** Older Stern LEs (Ghostbusters, Stranger Things, Batman) becoming increasingly unavailable in secondary market, driving collector demand and price appreciation (confidence: medium) — Kaneda observing that these games are 'unobtainium' and cannot be found for sale
- **[product_strategy]** Kaneda predicts Stern will introduce ultra-luxury Super Limited Edition pricing ($25,000-$88,000) targeting ultra-high-net-worth collectors based on observed collector spending patterns (confidence: low) — Speculation about Back to the Future SLE at $88,000 and Ghostbusters vault reissue at $25,000 based on collector gallery observations
- **[product_launch]** Pinball Adventures officially launches Punny Factory with 120 units at $6,500-$7,000 price point targeting family/casual market segment (confidence: high) — Order bank opening Monday, confirmed 120-unit production run, confirmed pricing, designer confirmation (Dave Sanders)
- **[industry_signal]** Pinball industry-wide pattern of slow customer service response from manufacturers; some companies excellent, others 'horrible' per Kaneda (confidence: medium) — Multiple reports of unanswered customer emails over days/weeks; Kaneda advocating for 24-hour response standard
- **[design_innovation]** Third-party P3 display cabinet solution observed in community forum; Kaneda recommends Multimorphic develop official version to improve platform's home appeal (confidence: medium) — Kaneda finding display cabinet in P3 thread and commenting it would make modular playfield storage more attractive to consumers
- **[community_signal]** Large collection videos ($300,000+ installations) and collector galleries being used as price-setting signals; Kaneda warns that public display of wealth drives premium pricing upward (confidence: medium) — Kaneda noting that unboxing videos showing expensive collections encourage manufacturers to raise prices on future LE/CE models
- **[event_signal]** University of Illinois running Godzilla Premium charity auction with two machines signed by football players; marketed to alumni/non-pinhead audience (confidence: high) — Confirmed Godzilla auction, confirmed football player signatures, Zach Sharpe video promotion, Stern involvement
- **[gameplay_signal]** James Bond playfield has extensive feature set (character modes, gadget branches, multi-ball) but current code requirements create high barrier to entry for casual players (confidence: medium) — Community discussion of excessive shot requirements limiting mode access and player engagement with available features
- **[market_signal]** Stern LE baseline pricing predicted to reach $15,000 within 1-2 years; PE/Pro pricing moving toward $8,000; industry-wide inflation expected (confidence: low) — Kaneda's forward-looking prediction based on collector demand signals and manufacturing cost pressures

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## Transcript

 Hello you fool, I love you. I'm on the line. Say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, say it. Welcome everybody, it's Friday. We're doing back-to-back shows. We've got 617 club members. We're breaking all sorts of records. I mean, if you're gonna ask people to donate to your Patreon, you gotta do a show every week. It's that simple. You gotta deliver what the people want. Alright, so here's what we're gonna talk about. We're going to talk about Stern pinball and the code for freaking James Bond and how it is slowly trickling out. And I want to talk about when it comes to games like this where the code is being built while games are in owners homes for like an entire year. Should a pinball company let the owners know what they're planning for the game? I want to talk about that. I want to talk a little bit about multi-morphic and the fact that there is a piece of furniture That all of a sudden makes this Multimorphic endeavor and this platform a little bit more enticing and a little bit more interesting. And I'm surprised that Multimorphic themselves has not made this part of their offering. We're going to talk about that. We will talk about this Illinois College raffle charity thing that Stern Pinball is doing for one of two super collectible signature edition Godzilla machines. We're going to talk about what else? Puny Factory by Pinball Adventures is now officially a real thing. Order Bank's opening up on Monday. Is everyone going to try to grab one of those 120 units? We'll talk about that. And then I want to talk about just what's next for all these new games, right? I'm hearing a lot of people just trying to get in touch with people over at American Pinball, trying to get in touch with people over at Chicago Gaming Company. And why is it hard to get in touch with anybody at a pinball company? I mean, I keep thinking about it. Like if you run a pinball company, let's start with this topic. If you run a pinball company, you should be answering every single email within a single working business day. There is no if, ands or buts about it. There is no excuse. There is no reason why somebody at your place of business Terms are always on call to answer any customer service e-mails. Every single customer experience, they will remember for life. So when a customer sends you an e-mail and they're waiting for a reply, every day that goes by that you ignore them is basically driving that customer further and further away from supporting your company, from buying your products and from being a fan of your institution. And we see this all too often in pinball. I don't understand what anybody does at a pinball company on a random day. Like what are you doing? What is David Fix and Steven Bowden doing on a random Wednesday at American Pinball? They're not working on the assembly Line. They're not designing the next game. How many customer service emails do you even get a day? Just a handful. And even if you don't have an answer, so here's what I think goes on. Someone might email CGC or American Pinball and be like, hey, when am I going to get my game? And you should always, even if you don't have an exact ETA for your customer, at least get back to them and say something. Just tell them the truth. Hey Bob, we got your email about your inquiry about your Cactus Canyon LE. Unfortunately, we're still waiting on a vendor for a very crucial part for your game. You will be the first to know as soon as we know what's going on with your order. Thank you so much for your support. We look forward to talking to you soon. How hard is it to do that? And when I hear about all these emails that end up with no replies for days and weeks, it really does make me wonder, are these companies for real? Why can't they be more professional? And there's a lot on the line. I mean, every single customer's experience, again, will be remembered forever. And every single moment a customer reaches out to you is a moment for you either to solidify a good relationship or to start to turn it sour. And that's on these pinball companies. And I think some of them are really good at getting back to people. And I think some of them are horrible. All right, so let's talk about James Bond Code next. Okay, so James Bondcode is slowly trickling out. We heard Mike Vinikour say, hey, we're planning a lot more for this game. The thing is this, nobody knows what a lot more even means. And with the latest code update, it's like people are trying to understand like what really is changing in the game. I'm a fan of the game and what I get is this. I've been reading the thread. I think what's been interesting about the James Bond code update is what they're doing to the game. I think they're making the game harder in certain areas. I think a lot of like the modes revolve around cue and cue gadgets and cue branches. I don't even know what that means. But I heard that one of the things you have to do to sort of start a mode or get further into the game is hit the freaking missile or the rocket. You gotta hit the rocket. Get ready for it. 18 times! 18 times to start something! There's something like that's way too many times. There's another thing where I think you have to do the orbit six times. And when you're in the thread, you hear all these people being like, why is it requiring so many shots to get anything going in the game? And if you look down at the James Bond playfield, there's a ton. There are a ton of inserts, a ton of characters, a ton of movies, a ton of stuff going on in the game. But as of right now, I don't think people are experiencing most of it. And so it just begs the question look I understand that Stern Pinball is going to take all the time they need to get the game right I also understand that Stern track record is that they usually do at the end of it all get it right But here what I think would be interesting if they would just let people know what they were planning to do in the game Would that spoil it for people? Do you like to not know anything they have planned for the game and you just want to be surprised when a new code update drops? I can see how some people might want that, just like maintain the mystery about what they have planned for the game. Some people would like to just know though what is going to go into this game because then if you're on the fence about buying one at least you have more information about what is in store for James Bond. But again, this is going to be a very slow build. You're going to be waiting a very long time. It seems for what they plan to put in the game. What I'm waiting to see too is like how much more music they put into the game because I think music when it comes to James Bond and the James Bond movies is such an important part of each of those films. I thought they were going to get a lot more licensed tracks into the game and also music when it comes to pinball like James Bond. It really is so crucial to creating the atmosphere for the game that really creates those pinball moments you love. And I love it when like the musical score changes when you start a mode and the intensity of the music matches the intensity of the mode. That is when pinball magic really gets special. So I hope they get everything in this game that you want. It still feels like it's gonna take forever and a day. Alright, so speaking of Stern Pinball, that's not taking forever and a day. I am already seeing Foo Fighter unboxing videos. This game is gorgeous. It is beautiful. We're already starting to see people unbox the machine and we're also getting what we normally get with any new pinball launch. We're also getting a few issues. There was a new owner who said after 10 games, his right flipper died. I don't know what it is with these Stern flippers and they what is it the coil stops that keep breaking on the machines. Why can't they upgrade this part? It's almost like the weirdest thing that people are still experiencing this with like brand new games. There was also a new game that got unboxed where one of the soldering joints came loose and the LED light wasn't working and so the We look forward to, due to, coming And I also feel when pinball companies and pinball distributors are watching these videos, Get ready ladies and gentlemen, prices are going to keep going up. The more we show these companies that these individuals have $300,000 in pinball machines, what do you think they're going to do to the future of pinball prices? You think they're going to go down? Absolutely not. And again, I think it's the LEs and the CEs I think we're going to see go up and up and up. I look, I predict Stern LEs are going to be $15,000 within two years. Absolutely. Probably a year from now. I think we're going to see 13-5 next, then 14, then when we get back to the future they're going to charge us like $90,000 for it and everyone's going to be like, take my money now. It is almost terrifying if you ask that simple question. What do you think Stern Pinball could get for a Back to the Future Super Limited Edition if they only made 88 of them? Imagine 88 Delorean Edition Back to the Future Stern Super Limited Edition Machines made by Keith Elwin and Joe Kamakow. How much do you think they could charge for each one? I'm just going to say this right now, don't hate me, but there are enough multi-multi-millionaires in pinball that are also collectors around the world. And don't hate me for saying what I'm about to say. Stern Pinball would sell every single one. If they made an 88 special super limited edition Back to the Future, they could sell each one for $88,000. They could. They would sell out instantly for $88,000. Now look, they would have to put some unique mechanism or upper playfield or something in the game that really differentiates that model. And I don't even know, like even as I say that, I'm like, I bet they could just do a different art package and an exclusive topper. Pinball is the new watch collecting, the new sneaker collecting, the new car collecting. I mean think about it. If you're into cars and you're a car collector, you're looking at cars that are easily six, seven figures and you might have the capital to do that. Have you seen inside Joe Kamakows garage? The guy's got like millions of dollars in cars alone. And so look you know how many Joe Kamikows there are in the world There enough of him to buy 88 of these machines Now look will they do it Will they take Kenaida advice Will you hate me I tell you this too people who would spend on a Back to the Future SLE would really struggle they would struggle to spend a month to sign up for Kenaida Pinball Podcast That what I love the most too These millionaires and then you like hey you a fan of Kenaida They like yup I like hey Can we see your machines They like sure I like how much money you got They like in machines And you like cool Are you a member of the Kinect Club for a month And they like nope nope That where I draw the line No Kinect Club for me All right, so let's move on to this Stern auction. So they're going to auction off two of these Godzilla machines signed by the eight players at the University of Illinois, the football players. Now they did this thing with Zach Sharp, he's an alumni there, so he went over there and he talked to these players about pinball and they made a video about it and now all of a sudden they are going to auction off for charity these two Godzilla premiums that are signed by the players. Now look, I know a lot of people are like, this is stupid, this is dumb, this highly collectible machine and I think everybody needs to realize that not everything is for you. Like I'm gonna talk about this when I talk about the Puny Factory. Not every move in pinball is meant to target you. And you could go about some of these moves two ways. You could get angered by it and say this is the dumbest thing ever. Or you could look at it and say well wait a minute, maybe this is just a charity auction to alumni of the university. That's just gonna bid on this. It's not gonna be pinheads. Why would anybody who's really into pinball wanna own a machine where the players of this T 4 T 6 but this is movie camera outholding shot metro or action D er 3 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 60 . 00 . 0 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 mister you in Cl nouns have been put together into shr eenate runto 206 out of the links that you can see in this one sworn out If that's the case, have you seen the league minimum for the NFL? So look, you could decide to get annoyed by it, but I think life boils down to one simple thing. You are what you pay attention to. If you pay attention to stuff that annoys you, you will be annoyed and angry all day long. It doesn't really anger me. Now let's move on to Punny Factory. So Pinball Adventures has finally, after years in the making, is going to release to the public, To the global pinball marketplace, they are going to release a hundred and twenty units of Puny Factory. Now we've known about Puny Factory for a very long time. We've known about Andrew and Pinball Adventures for a very long time. And now the game is officially for sale. Now look, this is like the ninth game revealed over the last two months. Now here's my take on the Puny Factory. It's not for me. I'm not the target audience. I don't think any of you are the target audience. I think it's going after families and I think they're trying to make a game that's like approachable pinball and it's priced at what $6,500 and then the engraved edition is $7,000. So it's priced in line with the Stern Pro. It's basically priced where entry-level pinball is priced at. Will it be successful with pinheads? I don't think so. I really don't think so. Now Andrew told me they sold about 20% The game is released on the same day as the first game, and Dave Sanders is the designer of the game. If you don't know Dave Sanders, he was working over at Highway Pinball. He was the designer for Full Throttle and for Alien. Dave is a fan of the show. Dave, if you're listening to this, what's up brother? And look, it's a simple game. I know the people who worked on it. I think the big struggle with this game, it's the same struggle with all unlicensed IP games. How do you find buyers for this property? Right. That's the biggest problem. And you're not going to be able to create FOMO by saying we're only making like 120. It doesn't matter. They only made 10 of team pinball as the mafia and those didn't sell. So this is going to be the real challenge with this machine. And ultimately the market will dictate whether or not it's successful. Now look, here's the thing with pinball adventures. I think this will be a moment where people are just observing what is their manufacturing like? Because with With all of these boutiques, it all comes down to the same thing for me. How fast can you make a game? How many games can you make a week? How transparent are you with your customer base about how well you can make a pinball machine? And I think most boutique companies have been really bad when it comes to that level of transparency, so I hope Pinball Adventures at least opens the door a little bit and lets us in to see, you know, what their operations look like and how well they can make a game, what's the quality like. I don think this is the theme for any of you I don think this is the theme for most of you I really don And then the question becomes like will they take this as a learning experience and will they be able to get a theme that will be attractive to the pinball community Because we all know theme is the most important thing So I curious to see a month from now how many punny factories they actually made and will they make the entire run They have some other themes on their website Are they going to move on to something else I not gonna slam these guys because they haven done anything wrong to me They not making anybody buy this game I just think it gonna be a really tough sell simply because of how many games are out there how many games are out there with huge themes, how many games are out there that have way more in it. Think about it, like this game is the same price as a Foo Fighters Pro. I mean for 99.9% of people the conversation will just end there. You know and Foo Fighters Pro compared to this is just Pinball is loaded in comparison. So it's really hard. Like, pinball is a really hard industry. I never quite understand why anybody gets into pinball if you wanna make money. It seems really easy to lose money in pinball and really hard to make money. Alright, so speaking about making money in pinball, let's talk about the most profitable company in the history of pinball, Multimorphic. No, I'm joking. But here's the thing about Multimorphic. So I saw this thing. I was perusing the P3 thread. on a 3A thread that's outboard I was this morning I found myself in the P three thread now but here's the thing there was a really interesting item that I saw that I haven't seen before and it was a display cabinet like shelving that perfectly allow you to store your mini P3 playfield you know the upper playfield that's modular that goes in and out at the game this cabinet allowed you to store it really nicely really cleanly and then all though the sudden it's like wow now all the sudden that looks much Well, look out guys about it and we're nearing the end of our huge month of action here aka Far Cry 3, the so called HY carr we sent you back by banget hy-hat- happy Gal interacted with us. It's gonna still be future Oculus where are inflation, high inflation, festive Buy day the new I'm not saying that the P3 is a bad idea, but I'm saying that it's a good idea to have a P3 that is a little bit more visual and appealing to show how people could bring P3 into their home. I'm surprised that they never thought about this before and I think they should harness this reality, this new consumer insight, and I think they should start making an official P3 multi-morphic display case so everybody can store their games.лан?, tony budde at the pinball marketplace right now people and i'm just seeing man stern pinball and stern collectors i think the stern le is like the older ones are just gonna skyrocket they're gonna keep going up I think the SternLEs, like the older ones, are just gonna skyrocket. They're gonna keep going up. Like you can't find a GhostbustersLE anywhere. Can you even find a Stranger ThingsLE for sale? Can you find a BatmanLE or SLE anywhere? Like these games are unobtainium. And as all these guys open up their freaking like $300,000 pinball collections and their collectors, those are gonna be the games people want. I think Ghostbusters LE to me is gonna be the one that just keeps going to the moon regardless of how bad it shoots. You can make some adjustments, put in those little bit longer flippers and add the stuff to the outlane so it doesn't hop over the rail, but it's just a work of art. I mean every time I see Ghostbusters, it's a freaking work of art. And I mean this people, if Stern vaults that game and puts an LCD in it, I mean get ready, like they could super limited edition Ghostbusters and charge $25,000 and we'd all be like fighting over each other to get one. I know you hate me for saying this stuff people, but every time I see these game rooms, I mean, how can you not think that a collector who's got like hundreds of thousands of dollars in machines and he wants to collect rare pinball machines that make other collectors envious, how can you not think Stern can't sell an $88,000 Back to the Future or a $30,000 Ghostbusters Super Limited Edition? The And they know this and yes, I think they're eventually gonna do all this stuff, but the real problem is it's not about the high-end collector They're gonna make everything else more expensive Like everyone's gonna be paying like eight thousand for pros soon and like twelve thousand for premiums and fifteen thousand for le's It's coming It's coming people and hopefully your kids are out of college by the time that happens because it's gonna get real real A . . . . . . . . . I'm going to do stuff for more of you who have been here for a very long time. So more to come on that. Everybody, happy Friday. Talk to you soon. M μα  승 excuse N🟶️

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