Also not one to gripe about price, but I have a hard time with this in comparison to the James Bond LE or even Premium - which looks more interesting with ramps and rails. It looks fun, don't get me wrong, but to have this priced at $30K CAD and it looks like you get far less than a Premium model. And assuming I didn't miss anything with the topper, it looks pretty phoned in. After the Mando topper I'm surprised by this.I'm not one to usually gripe about price, but at $30K Cdn, I'm underwhelmed to say the least. In regards to "simple playfields"; I have a Beatles. I love it. I have a Heavy Metal. I love it. But I could have bought both of those and (almost) another title for the same price as this one machine.
It doesn't even have inner art blades or powder coated armour and the "custom shooter rod" is a sticker on a regular rod.
To me, everything about this machine screams "gouging our customer/ collector base".
I can see this plummeting in value VERY quickly.
After the thrashing JJP has taken for "gouging" and Lawlor for "mailing it in" with Toy Story 4, will be interesting to see what the take is for Bond given Stern and Elwin are involved in the discussion this time around.
As someone who used to do a lot of graphic design, I wouldn't have been able to run the movie titles down the head and the movie posters collaged along the side of the cab - that was the type of shit that killed me. I would get copy from someone and my first response would be to tell them to cut it down or I will.
Well, now you doI don't know any men that have TS4 as a dream theme.
It's getting "trashed" on Pinside, so I guess Stern and Elwin are not immune to the wrath.After the thrashing JJP has taken for "gouging" and Lawlor for "mailing it in" with Toy Story 4, will be interesting to see what the take is for Bond given Stern and Elwin are involved in the discussion this time around.
Hate always comes out when people can't have something. It's pretty normal.It’s not hard to find 500 buyers world wide with money to spend. Add to that those that love Bond or love Elwin even if they cannot afford $20k they will try for that love. There is always someone with more money than you and me no matter how much you have. What will eventually happen is they find their forever homes and then we will very rarely see them after that.
"can't have"? I could buy it tomorrow (if I could locate one), but comparing it to the 007 LE, it seems like a bad buy. I think aspects of the 007 release in general were phoned in. I dont think I'm alone.Hate always comes out when people can't have something. It's pretty normal.
The machines will sell for sure. It will be one of the most exclusive machines you can own period.