NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ANY SIGNIFICANT STOCK AROUND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS! WE DO UPDATE THIS INFO AS THE ENVIROMENT CHANGES. COVID JUST MADE IT MORE POPULAR WITH PEOPLE STUCK HOME WITH NOTHING TO DO, THEN THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES HIT.
PLUS IT IS VERY POPULAR AND WAS BOOMING EVEN PRE-COVID. THERE ARE A LOT OF PARTS IN A PINBALL MACHINE OR ARCADE GAME. PINBALL MACHINES AND ARCADE GAMES ARE QUITE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. AS HOLIDAYS APPROACH, SUPPLY ALWAYS GETS LOW SO ORDER NOW! THINGS ARE BEGINNING TO IMPROVE BUT WHAT GAMES DO HIT THE DOOR (IF THEY ARE NOT PRE SOLD) THEY SELL OUT PRETTY FAST AND GENERALLY THERE ARE LOW QUANTITIES IN OUR WAREHOUSE. AS OF MID OCTOBER 2023 THERE IS FAIRLY DECENT INVENTORY COMPARED TO LAST FALL, BUT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES CONTINUE TO PLAGUE SOME TITLES. ESPECIALLY AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE HOLIDAYS. UNFORTUNATELY ABOUT THE ONLY WAY YOUR GOING TO SEE SOME TITLES FOR 2023 IS WITH A PRE ORDER.
IT IS IMPROVING SLOWLY AND THE INDUSTRY HOPES THAT BY THE END OF 2023 IT WILL BE MUCH BETTER. DUE TO ONGOING SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, MANY PINBALL MACHINES AND ARCADE GAMES ARE ON BACKORDER OR END UP SELLING OUT SHORTLY BEFORE THE RUNS HAPPEN.
