# new beatles pinball machines

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 5, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beatles-pinball-machines/825642 "2018-12-05T23:15:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beatles-pinball-machines/825642/1 "2018-12-05T23:15:56Z")

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oh dear lord if anyone bought me this"

[Rare Beatles pinball machines in Michigan may be 'most expensive' ever built - mlive.com](https://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/12/beatles_pinball_machines_avail.html) and the star wars one they made id never ask for anything again ever ……… I do hope they licensed the music tho  
but if I had 100k in cash lying around …… look at this catalog [Rare Beatles pinball machines in Michigan may be 'most expensive' ever built - mlive.com](https://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/12/beatles_pinball_machines_avail.html)  
but 8k the most expensive? I think that’s what they went for in the 80s/90s when you bought to own instead of leasing …… like a lot of arcades did

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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beatles-pinball-machines/825642/2 "2018-12-06T20:09:19Z")

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> [@nightshadea](#):
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> but 8k the most expensive? I think that’s what they went for in the 80s/90s when you bought to own instead of leasing …… like a lot of arcades did

That number sounds high, especially for 1990. Current-generation machines (like, for example, Shrek) went for just over $5000, I think. The new “video screen” ones (_The Wizard of Oz_ comes to mind) probably do cost a bit more than that, however.

It does look like the days of 10c a game - er, 2 games for 25c - no, 25c a game - hold on, it’s 50c a game - now it’s 75c a game - are over; $1 a game seems to be the norm for the new ones.

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beatles-pinball-machines/825642/3 "2018-12-07T16:06:57Z")

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> [@nightshadea](#):
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> oh dear lord if anyone bought me this"
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> [Rare Beatles pinball machines in Michigan may be 'most expensive' ever built - mlive.com](https://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/12/beatles_pinball_machines_avail.html) and the star wars one they made id never ask for anything again ever ……… I do hope they licensed the music tho  
> but if I had 100k in cash lying around …… look at this catalog [Rare Beatles pinball machines in Michigan may be 'most expensive' ever built - mlive.com](https://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/12/beatles_pinball_machines_avail.html)  
> but 8k the most expensive? I think that’s what they went for in the 80s/90s when you bought to own instead of leasing …… like a lot of arcades did

The link that was supposed to be to the catalog was actually the same link as the article. Would you mind reposting?