While I don't disagree with Norm, in general, and don't disagree with Mark's plan for moving instead of storage, I do disagree with the name calling towards someone who wishes to trade one $200 strike for another $200 strike. Especially when the first one had a mintage of 175 and the second 100. Is there that much difference? Aren't both, gone and obsolete.

Second I do disagree with Norn about why some casinos don't have machines anymore. It's the same basic rule as moving and storage for the casino. If the space a machine takes up can be used for something else (another machine) that makes more money, the second machine will win. The average strike machine in the average casino, is not going to get the drop that a new design quarter machine will get, from the average slot player.

I do agree that chaser strikes are important to some people and that good designs, plus crossover designs will create more interest and spread the strikes out to more different people. By the same logic, someone with the above 175 mintage strike, which can't be found or won anymore, has something that is almost equal to the 100 mintage strike = especially if a collect wants that 175 strike for their collection!

Still no one has answered why a strike with 100 mintage sells out before the end of the line, but one with 150 mintage only has 70 interested people. What happened to the other 30 "collectors" that just had to have the 100 issue?

If the people getting the $200 strikes are in fact collectors and dealers, shouldn't 101 or more of the 150 issue, be picked up? Or is someone saying the 150 design is somehow sub-standard?

Why didn't 100 people want the 150 issue and why did more than 100 people want the 100 issue.

Doesn't something seem strange about these numbers?