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TNA 2?? I hope so
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This is outrageous. When will the government step-in and subsidise pinball prices... I bet Rishi's got a full-on man-cave basement with all the latest Stern LE's. And a Big Bang Bar or some other egregiously overpriced machine.
I paid £7k for mine in 2018 and took a big hit when I sold in 2020 for £5.4k. Took 3 months to sell too! Guess the timing was bad with covid picking up steam.
Any coming to the UK then?
I didn't win the lottery…
I didn't win the lottery…
I keep trying to justify to myself that spending 11k on one isn't as crazy as it seems.
Yeah I'm also really tempted but at that price it's very hard to justify. I know I'm going to move it on after a while and can't see how it wouldn't end in a huge loss :-/
Exact same story here. I’d love another but not at £11k. Think we both sold at a bad time!
Don’t really get the fuss with TNA ?
Had a few sessions on it , rinse repeat gameplay got old fast. I appreciate the presentation is top notch. But 11k
Much preferred Rick And Morty
I actually look forward to playing that again whereas little interest in playing TNA again.
Had a few sessions on it , rinse repeat gameplay got old fast. I appreciate the presentation is top notch. But 11k
Much preferred Rick And Morty
I actually look forward to playing that again whereas little interest in playing TNA again.
Very fast. Very much ‘simple to learn, hard(er) to master’. Can be played cooperatively and it’s all about achieving a single goal together. Amazing music and lighting.Don’t really get the fuss with TNA ?
Had a few sessions on it , rinse repeat gameplay got old fast. I appreciate the presentation is top notch. But 11k
Much preferred Rick And Morty
It’s also massively different from anything else that I’ve played/rated. It’s like an ‘80s Stern with modern flipper/bumper techs and a radical audio-visual makeover.
I think to be a fan, you’ve probably got to be somewhat interested in classics (maybe). It’s definitely not dependent on, for example, complex code.
The first time I ever saw one (in Pinball Republic), I played it for an hour straight and was looking it up on my mobile to understand how many there were, when it was made, and how to buy one.
Isn't it mainly just down to a bit of hype on hereDon’t really get the fuss with TNA ?
Had a few sessions on it , rinse repeat gameplay got old fast. I appreciate the presentation is top notch. But 11k
Much preferred Rick And Morty
I thought I read a @CHRIS B PINBALLS post where he'd said the used market for them was historically crap.
Not from my POV. Some people just really like TNA.Isn't it mainly just down to a bit of hype on here
I thought I read a @CHRIS B PINBALLS post where he'd said the used market for them was historically crap.
I’ve played probably >100 pins in the last year. I’ve no nostalgia about older pins, as I didn’t playing in arcades growing up, so everything I play - regardless of era - I’m experiencing simultaneously for the first time. And I rate TNA as in my Top 5 pins of all time along with GZ, MM/AFM, and Fish Tales. It’s just a total adrenalin rush and it absolutely hates you, basically.
If you can afford it, don’t take on any debt to buy it and want one, how much more justification do you need? Ultimately they’re all just boxes of flashing lights, none of us really need them!
Chris.
Isn't it mainly just down to a bit of hype on here
I thought I read a @CHRIS B PINBALLS post where he'd said the used market for them was historically crap.
Only in the sense that there are never any for sale
Anytime anyone wants to test Chris's theory btw I have cash waiting. (As does @Hiltoncriss @Fubar and @JustLikeMe)
Please don't I'm on the fence already
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Clearly the answer is a joint custody agreement, you all chip in a quarter of the cost and then it stays with each of you 3 months a year 
@Neil McRae always brings a much needed dose of killjoy. Neil get in here and talk some sense into us!
Only in the sense that there are never any for sale
Anytime anyone wants to test Chris's theory btw I have cash waiting. (As does @Hiltoncriss @Fubar and @JustLikeMe)
I thought he said that they were hanging around/not going for decent prices
Might have been another title I guess, but I'd thought it was TNA he was talking about. No doubt he can clarify if he sees this 
Clearly the answer is a joint custody agreement, you all chip in a quarter of the cost and then it stays with each of you 3 months a year
I know 2 guys that have done this with a new Aston Martin, 3 guys that have done this with a track M3 and 4 guys that have done this with a track Caterham. It does surprise me that more people here don’t do this with pins, split financial pain/risk. Couldn’t do it myself as I’m too precious about things, but I do see it as a good solution.
Chris.
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You’d have to be on crack cocaine to buy one of these at that price!!!
if you want to play TNA it’s £15 entry at Pinball Republic for a whole day!
if you want to play TNA it’s £15 entry at Pinball Republic for a whole day!
Don’t really get the fuss with TNA ?
Had a few sessions on it , rinse repeat gameplay got old fast. I appreciate the presentation is top notch. But 11k
Much preferred Rick And Morty
I had TNA and currently have R&M. The big difference between the two from my POV - which is also the difference between TNA and most modern games - is that the rules on TNA are so simple / so easy to explain that pretty much everyone can get a grasp of how to play it within a few balls.
Outside of people I’ve met through the hobby, none of my friends are really that into pinball - they like bashing the ball around on games with an obvious target like MM but don’t really care enough to learn the deeper / more complex rules of modern games. All of them loved TNA because it was fast, easy to understand, and they weren’t at an immediate disadvantage because I knew the rules better than them. It isn’t a coincidence that I sold mine during the pandemic as it just isn’t as much fun to play on your own - but with a group of friends and a load of beers it’s hard to beat.
Plenty of people on here have said from experience how much they lost on them
It wasn’t popular on launch due to price more than a nib stern pro only 10 sold I think in the Uk
I think if you payed 11k plus shipping you are going to take a 2k hit and that doesn’t inc shipping losses let’s wait and see how much halloween is going to be on the second hand market
It wasn’t popular on launch due to price more than a nib stern pro only 10 sold I think in the Uk
I think if you payed 11k plus shipping you are going to take a 2k hit and that doesn’t inc shipping losses let’s wait and see how much halloween is going to be on the second hand market
Smoking crack and buying pinball machines is a more similar experience than most people realise.
As spooky said. They are not using distributors with this special run of TNA’s.
I’ve been at them for ages to do another run.
I’ve been at them for ages to do another run.
Thing is, who’s gonna sell their TNA!
I had @mark9 's TNA here for a while just before he sold it, infact I think it never made it back to Mark, was sold before it got there. I could have bought it myself for £5.5K ( and wish I had bought it now, obviously ) but the fact is it gets old fast! Even with around a dozen machines here I couldn't justify giving it a space in my lineup for long ( at its price ). There are only 1 or 2 collectors on here with enough money to not care what it costs, the rest of us can just forget about it. Play it at a show or flipout...oops I mean Pinball Republic.
Thing is, who’s gonna sell their TNA!