Get 5 Pinball Machines for $10?! | This Month's Pinball Market April 2026

LoserKid YouTube·video·10m 45s·analyzed·Apr 2, 2026

Analysis

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TL;DR

April 2026 pinball market update: Stern prices declining, Turner gaining traction, Multimorphic P3 retention better than expected.

Summary

LoserKid provides April 2026 pinball market analysis, tracking price trends across Stern, Turner Pinball, and Multimorphic machines. Key observations include declines in Star Wars (Premium) 2017 and King Kong LE, appreciation in KISS (Premium) and Lord of the Rings LE, and mixed results for Turner Pinball newer games. The analysis also addresses Multimorphic P3 secondary market dynamics and highlights two specific deals: five Fireball Home Edition machines for $10 in Pennsylvania and a Star Wars Comic Home Edition for $2,400 in Florida.

Key Claims

Star Wars Premium 2017 is down 8% from $7,900 average to $7,300, with lows around $6,000 and highs at $7,200
high confidence · LoserKid analyzing Stern market data
King Kong LE down 13% from $13,000 MSRP to $11,300, with units selling as low as $9,000 with topper
high confidence · LoserKid analyzing Stern LE pricing
Lord of the Rings LE up 10% from $13,350 to $14,700, with sales ranging $15,000-$17,000
high confidence · LoserKid analyzing premium Stern LE pricing
Turner Pinball's Ninja Eclipse declined 3% from $7,500 to $7,300 after 2 years on market, with wide secondary variation
high confidence · LoserKid analyzing Turner Pinball secondary market
Multimorphic P3 games with modules are selling $9,000-$13,000 range on secondary market, retaining ~10% loss from new retail
high confidence · LoserKid analyzing complex P3/module secondary market dynamics
Multimorphic modules sell $2,500-$3,000 on secondary market (down from $3,500-$5,500 retail depending on module)
high confidence · LoserKid analyzing P3 module resale values
Turner Pinball was 'belle of the ball' at Texas Pinball Festival this year
medium confidence · LoserKid opinion on Turner's recent festival reception
Merlin's Arcade LE (Legendary Edition) released last year, down 6% from $9,000 to $8,500, selling $8,000-$9,000 range
high confidence · LoserKid analyzing Turner Pinball's Merlin's Arcade pricing
Merlin's Arcade brought back designer Jon Norris, who hadn't made a game since 1990s Gottlieb era
high confidence · LoserKid discussing Merlin's Arcade designer pedigree
Five Fireball Home Edition machines available for ~$10 (placeholder) in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania; typically sell for $300 each

Notable Quotes

“If you go on Pinsider right now, there is multiple of these games being asked for around 7K.”
LoserKid@ 1:03 — Indicates Elvira's House of Horrors secondary market activity and pricing floor
“This game is a really good game and for 9K with a topper, that's pretty insane for an LE, especially when it's an LE.”
LoserKid@ 1:42 — Evaluating King Kong LE value proposition despite theme concerns
“In my opinion, it's one of Stern's best since they started back up in the 2000s.”
LoserKid@ 2:11 — Strong endorsement of Kiss Premium quality and justification for price appreciation
“When are we going to remake it? When are we going to see new versions of Lord of the Rings coming out?”
LoserKid@ 2:35 — Reflects community demand for Lord of the Rings Remastered and franchise licensing value
“The perception had been if I drop, you know, 15, 17,000 dollars into a P3, I'm going to take it in the shorts when I go to resell this thing because you're kind of investing in a system versus a pinball machine.”
LoserKid@ 6:10 — Addresses common P3 resale anxiety and challenges the perception with market data
“I've been really trying to dig in on the data, but it's just so over the map, it's hard to keep track of.”
LoserKid@ 7:16 — Candid acknowledgment of difficulty tracking Multimorphic secondary market due to module/game bundling complexity

Entities

LoserKidpersonStern PinballcompanyTurner Pinballcompany MultimorphiccompanyStar Wars Premium 2017gameElvira's House of Horrorsgame King Kong LEgame

Signals

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market_signal: Stern classic titles showing mixed trends: Star Wars Premium 2017 (-8%), Elvira (-8%), King Kong LE (-13%) declining; Kiss Premium (+7%), Lord of the Rings LE (+10%) appreciating
high · LoserKid's April 2026 price tracking showing percentage changes from baseline averages and specific sales ranges
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market_signal: Turner Pinball gaining market traction post-Texas Pinball Festival; Yukon Yeti well-received, Ninja Eclipse holding value despite 2-year age, Merlin's Arcade establishing Turner credibility with designer pedigree
medium · LoserKid describing Turner as 'belle of the ball' at festival; pricing analysis showing stable/slight decline for Turner vs. sharper Stern declines
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product_concern: Widespread concern among P3 buyers that modular system purchases result in significant resale losses due to accumulated module investment; LoserKid challenges this perception with data
high · LoserKid addresses 'heartburn' about P3 resale anxiety and provides counter-evidence of 10% depreciation vs. higher perceived loss; secondary market module retention $2,500-$3,000
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market_signal: Multimorphic secondary market opaque due to module/game bundling variations; Pinsider averages 'all over the map'; significant portion of transactions occur in Discord buy/sell/trade channels outside public pricing visibility
high · LoserKid's explicit struggle with Multimorphic data, acknowledgment of months of hesitation to cover the topic, note about Discord trading waves affecting published averages
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sentiment_shift: Positive reception to Jon Norris's return to game design (Merlin's Arcade) after ~30-year absence from Gottlieb era; signals value of legacy designer pedigree to market

Transcript

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All right, I've got Stern, I've got Turner Pinball, and I've got a deal of five pinball machines for 10 bucks. It is April and it is this month's pinball market.

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Let's get right into it. Stern, right now, down, I am seeing Star Wars Premium. This is the 2017, not the one that just released back in October, but Star Wars Premium 2017 is down 8% from its average of 7900 to 7300. I'm seeing them sell as low as 6K and that was with loaded with mods. And high is 72. So, really really underneath that average of even 7300. All right, this next game is a fantastic game. Uh and at this price, you can't beat it, really. Elvira's House of Horrors is down 8% from its average of 9,000 to 8300. I'm seeing the low selling around 7400 and the high is 9K, but if you go on Pinsider right now, there is multiple of these games being asked for around 7K. So, if you've been looking for an Elvira's House of Horrors, this might be the time to jump on it. All right, last but not least out of the down from Stern, King Kong LE is down 13% from its MSRP of 13,000, it is down to 11,300. Low is selling around 9K and I'm seeing this with a topper of all things and the high is around 11,000. This is a fantastic game. I know that the theme doesn't hit as much as his other themes that he's done, but seriously, this game is a really good game and for 9K with a topper, that's pretty insane for an LE, especially when it's an LE. Okay, let's talk about the up. Right now, Kiss Premium is up 7% from its average of 10,900 to 11,700. I've seen it selling as low as 9K, but also as high as 11,500. So, I know those numbers are a little skewed, but we're seeing a lot more selling on the higher end of things than on the low end. And this one shouldn't really come as a shock because it is a fantastic game and in my opinion, it's one of Stern's best since they started back up in the 2000s. Lord of the Rings LE is up 10% from 13,350 to 14,700. Right now, I'm seeing the sell as low as $15,000 and the high is $17,000. There is a reason this game keeps getting asked of, "When are we going to remake it? When are we going to see new versions of Lord of the Rings coming out that we can buy and redo like a facelift like we did with Metallica Remastered?" I decided to go with Turner Pinball this go around because they were kind of the belle of the ball at Texas Pinball Festival this year and they've been out long enough with two games, we can kind of see what's going on with them. Yukon Yeti was very well received. People uh seemed to be on the positive side of seeing this game. So, let's see what their other two games have done so far. Ninja Eclipse is at a slight decline of 3% from 7500 to 7300. So, it's not really terrible considering the game's been out for 2 years and they're selling all over the place. Like I saw one as low as 6600 and one sell as high as 9850. So, this game is kind of all over the map when it comes to sales, but if you're in the market for an Nitro Eclipse, you can definitely pick one up for a decent price and you don't have to worry about it really taking a hit in value. All right, Merlin's Arcade released last year and uh they came out with two different versions, but really the only one that I've seen selling is the LE version. They called it the Legendary Edition. Right now, it is down 6% from 9,000 to 8500. I have seen this game sell as low as 8,000 and as high as 9,000. And this is a really cool game because it brought back John Norris who really hasn't made a game since the '90s, Gottlieb. All right, this one I hesitate to bring up. I've been really stewing on how to do this. So, we're going to dig into Multimorphic right now. This is a super weird one and I'll explain to you why. The Pinsider average is all over the map and it's because you can sell it as a game like Princess Bride or just the module, right? And so, that really skews the numbers when it's like, "Well, the module sells for 2500, but the game is selling for 9K." Literally, I mean, look at this graph right here. I pulled up Final Resistance graph. This is ridiculous. You can see what's going on with it, right? The other caveat to all this, too, they do sell on Pinsider, but a lot of these, if you're not part of Multimorphic's Discord, they do have a buy, sell, trade there and there is a lot going on in that and it kind of goes in waves. So, I will tell you this. This is the best I can do for you. I do apologize. Almost all modules outside of Portal because Portal's just starting to get its ramped up. They've been making them for a few months now. All the modules will resell anywhere from 2500 to about 3K and that's on the secondary market. Granted, these are games that sell anywhere from about 3500 new to well, Portal's 5500. But before Portal, it was about 3 to 4K, right? One thing that has been brought up multiple times is when you sell your P3, you sell it at such a loss because you have all these modules, right? And you can't just sell the modules, you got to sell them all with the game. I'm finding that's not necessarily true. I'm seeing a lot more of just the P3 themselves like Weird Al is selling just the Weird Al game itself with not really many uh modules going with it. So, I am seeing these sell from the 9K range to the 13,000 range and it really does depend on how many modules you have. But it the the perception had been if I drop, you know, 15, 17,000 dollars into a P3, I'm going to I'm going to take it in the shorts when I go to resell this thing because of you're kind of investing in a system versus a pinball machine. And showing with the 9K range to the 13K range from single games to up to four modules, you're not really taking it terribly in the shorts, but even percentage-wise, you're probably going to lose about 10% regardless if you're going with a mar- if you're buying brand new in box and you're reselling. Now, if you're buying on the secondary market, a lot of these are retaining their value. So, modules are easily trading and selling for the 2500 to the 3K. So, it's just it is what it is. I've had heartburn over this one for months now cuz I'm like, "I want to talk about Multimorphic, right?" Like I believe in their product. I ask obviously have it in my house, but I wanted there's been a lot of hesitation and people have been asking me, "Talk more about Multimorphic. Talk more about like what I'm seeing." Cuz people do get concerned with like if I get into this and I'm not super happy with it, what am I going to be doing when I when I go to sell it? So, there you go. I know it's probably not the best for Multimorphic. I've been really trying to dig in on the on the data, but it's just so over the map, it it's hard to keep track of. So, my recommendation is if you're into a P3, if you want one, obviously you want a brand new, hit up us for Loser Kid discount. Loser Kid Loser Kid Pinball Podcast at gmail.com. We'll give you the $1,000 off. If you're looking for other modules, the secondary market is definitely awesome, but you do get if you do use that discount, you also get 10% off of every module you buy with the P3. So, like I said, if you're losing 10%, but you're buying the modules brand new right now with that 10% already discount, you're not really losing anything. So, all righty, I teased it at the very beginning. There is a couple of games I want to talk about that are selling. Um one of the things was is when I first got into this hobby, I bought World Cup Soccer for 600 bucks. I was able to fix it up and obviously it's it's done better than what I bought it for. I also did that with a Gottlieb Amazing Spider-Man. I bought it for 400, fixed it up, turned around, sold it for 1200. I know a lot of people getting in this hobby is like, "It's a lot of money to get into this." So, the reason I bring these up is this kind of gives you an opportunity to buy, fix, sell, so that way you can kind of stepping stone to where you want to be in this hobby. Okay, I've I've blabbed long enough. Let's talk about the deals. Located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania right now. Now, there is five Fireball Home Edition machines for 10 bucks. These games typically sell for 300 a piece. Granted, some work, some don't, some are for parts. It's really quite interesting deal and if you live nearby, it might be worth a look. I know I said 10 bucks, but it's more like a placeholder and the buyer said, "Make me an offer." But knowing this information now that you know, you could walk in there and hopefully pick it up even if you got them for 100, 200 bucks. Combined, I got I doubt you're going to fix all five, but even if you use some parts and get two of them running, you're six 6 to 900 dollars, right? It could be a great deal. It could be terrible. That's why I recommend going out there, taking a look at what the heck's even going on and then being like, either walk away from it or hey, I know it's not a ton that comes to pinball, but it's a stepping stone. And the other one I found, this one's very interesting. It's loaded located in Wellington, Florida. It's a Star Wars Comic Home Edition for 2400 bucks. These games on average sell for around 3100. And I know people hear Home Edition and they cringe. They are built at a lower quality because they are trying to get them out via Costco to the general public, right? This is a starting point, supposedly. Here's the thing though, here's the catch. The homeowner says that the cabinet has some warping issues. I checked the pictures. I don't see anything terribly out of whack. He does explain why there is warping issues and how he's attempted to fix it. It may or may not be worth your time. Really, $2,400 for a modern Stern is not a terrible deal and I hear time and time again that the Home Edition of Star Wars is probably one of the better ones out there. All right, I've given you all the information. You know what to do. I appreciate you hanging around. I'll catch you next month.