Taking the serious discussion from the Venom thread and in response to @Richpin
@Richpin you sound just as disillusioned as me with NIB pins.
Each new cornerstone title has cost more and gave much less. The simple truth is Stern don’t give a feck about the community they just rely on our passion and FOMO to keep the shareholders happy.
The more we moan the more they don’t give a feck but relentlessly just keep churning out this never ending money tree they have perfected.
Times are changing and people like mylelf are waking upto reality.
Having fire sales on lemons is not the solution in fact it puts me off even buying that said Lemon.
Trying to fool yourself by saying code will rescue a pin or turn it into another holy grail is nonsense!
It’s happened twice with BM66 and SThings but those had decent layouts some funky mechs and in the case of ST the IP, UV and typical well loved fan layout equally saved the day.
Can you say this about Venom! I get superhero’s like Spider-Man, Batman, Superman etc but some weird niche alter ego characters I don’t understand nor even want too just doesn’t interest me.
The solution is not for me to think up but in an ideal world Stern would need to scrap the baron Pro! Give up totally on the LE as that has now became uneconomical and not really limited anyway just look at Elvira, JP and whatever they deem is the next best anniversary or diamond edt.
A bit like BOF make one pin for all and sell the extras like mods.
Personally I’m done with NIB and going back to my roots and revisiting the classics due to the downturn in the market.
Next time you thinking of buying a pin just ask yourself “where is the smart money at?”
That is unless you like throwing away 2-4k each NIB
@Richpin you sound just as disillusioned as me with NIB pins.
Each new cornerstone title has cost more and gave much less. The simple truth is Stern don’t give a feck about the community they just rely on our passion and FOMO to keep the shareholders happy.
The more we moan the more they don’t give a feck but relentlessly just keep churning out this never ending money tree they have perfected.
Times are changing and people like mylelf are waking upto reality.
Having fire sales on lemons is not the solution in fact it puts me off even buying that said Lemon.
Trying to fool yourself by saying code will rescue a pin or turn it into another holy grail is nonsense!
It’s happened twice with BM66 and SThings but those had decent layouts some funky mechs and in the case of ST the IP, UV and typical well loved fan layout equally saved the day.
Can you say this about Venom! I get superhero’s like Spider-Man, Batman, Superman etc but some weird niche alter ego characters I don’t understand nor even want too just doesn’t interest me.
The solution is not for me to think up but in an ideal world Stern would need to scrap the baron Pro! Give up totally on the LE as that has now became uneconomical and not really limited anyway just look at Elvira, JP and whatever they deem is the next best anniversary or diamond edt.
A bit like BOF make one pin for all and sell the extras like mods.
Personally I’m done with NIB and going back to my roots and revisiting the classics due to the downturn in the market.
Next time you thinking of buying a pin just ask yourself “where is the smart money at?”
That is unless you like throwing away 2-4k each NIB