Pink Panther Buy it Now $78.00 in Japan

[Bilko44]

Oh my! Can you imagine what this one would bring in the US?

Pink Panther Dead Link

Drool!

[RKnarr01]

only thing i dont like about japanese machines is that 98 percent of them use cylclic usage i prefer not to have cyclic usage.

[Tulsa]

Too bad that seller doesn't offer overseas shipping.

[RKnarr01]

tulsa what do you think that machine would go for here?

[Tulsa]

As a first machine it would probably go over $400 maybe even $500 with the more money than brains crowd. Once a few more started coming over it should fall into the $250 to $300 range.

[RKnarr01]

my cost would be about 400 to get it over here with ems so unless it went for 700+ it could lose me money

[Tulsa]

Okay, if you pay $400, how do you lose unless it goes for $700+? That's some mighty nice margins...

[RKnarr01]

360 for ems + 90 for machine + 40 for seller to ship here = 490 so it would have to sell for atleast 500-550 i threw 700 out as a random number, im not sure yet how shipping by sea is going to work but if that works okay you could make decent money off selling one of these.

[Tulsa]

Now remember I'm just speculating a price. I don't think I've seen any pachinko's going for, on the high side, anything outside of the $500 range and that was a LTOR that has also gone for under $300 as well. Just gotta find the right checkbook I suppose...

[RKnarr01]

i was going to order one of them for myself instead of the fever viking but i didnt want it to only get shipped to a port and have lost a pink panther machine but if my fever viking comes safe by ship i will be ordering some premium pachinkos soon.

[syph]

Now remember I'm just speculating a price. I don't think I've seen any pachinko's going for, on the high side, anything outside of the $500 range and that was a LTOR that has also gone for under $300 as well. Just gotta find the right checkbook I suppose...

Don't forget how crazy christmas season was - I remember buying my Twin
Tales for a $189 BIN just as the other one closed for $800 or so - that was nuts. What were LOTRs going for during christmas, a grand?

[Tulsa]

If they were, I've put that nightmare out of my mind!

[JamesM]

TA is bringing plenty of PP's over this fall.
I predict the price will settle around 290-350 eventually

[azlew]

.....I predict the price will settle around 290-350 eventually

Hmmm maybe in a year or so. Keep in mind that they(TA) along with maybe one other dealer control the marketplace now on Pachinkos. So instead of the ol' supply and demand formula, we are subject to having to pay whatever they want or going without. I myself have decided to go without as I refuse to pay these prices except for maybe hmmm...............

[logicprobe]

Do you really think that there are THAT many Pink Panther collectors that the price will "settle" at over $300???

Now, Star Wars has ALWAYS been a hot collectible... no matter what the item is. But I don't recall any of my kids or nephews, etc. ever covering their room with Pink Panthers.

James.. sounds like you got some hot tips from TA about what's on the boats.
What else is coming?

[JamesM]

logicprobe,
nope, no inside track.
Curt's a friendly guy that's all.
I try not to chew his ear too long when I call.
After all, a guy hasta run his business.