I thought about that and under normal circumstances pins have definitely gone up. Problem is that in the last year with the release of MMr circumstances for A-list games are not normal. I spoke with Rick from Planetary Pinball about their next release after MMr and although he wouldn't say what it will be there will definitely be more re-releases. I'm getting a little nervous on titles in the 8K range, the higher the average price the higher the chance it will be on the re-release list. I'm a player not a collector, I would much rather buy a brand new re- release over a 20 year old original.
Funny how we all perceive things differently.
Most guys up here will be into their MMR for around $10K landed. Roughly the same price of an original these days.
I still maintain that, if I'm going to have the same money invested either way, give me the original every time. It was designed and assembled by williams staff (not Stern) and runs on a tried and tested platform that is realitvely easy to repair with plenty of available parts.
Also, once Rick is done flooding the market with as many repros as he can, I'm not sure I'd want to own a $10K "replica". That would make me pretty nervous.
As for TZ. I don't think I've seen any hit the $8K mark yet. If this guy's price is right it'll sell. Otherwise it'll just sit on the market. When I listed it over two years ago for $6900 and sold it in a few days, it was already being touted as the most expensive TZ ever sold locally. There has to be a value cap for every title. I know I wouldn't want to have that much invested in a TZ; regardless of the threat of Rick's Repros.