Mac 250 purchase price

[alexwindeatt]

Hi,

 

Does any one know the original purchase price of the Martin Mac 250 entour.

 

Thanks,

 

AW

[Ynot]

Does any one know the original purchase price of the Martin Mac 250 entour.

 

I guess that would have depended on a number of things - the time you might have bought it (prices can change regularly), how many you were buying and what relationships existed between you and your supplier and between them and Martin.

 

Strange question though - what's the reason?

[mac.calder]

Off the very top of my head - trade price around AU$8000-$12000 (so roughly 4k - 6k in pounds) - retail, add between 20 and 40 points to that - between half and a third the price of a mac700. However it was a very long time ago - so my memory may be spotty.

 

Can I ask why you are after it? As the price for a (relatively) full featured small moving head was significantly more expensive back in the long long ago (16 or 17 years ago now... would have been around '03 that the 250 entour came out IIRC) - and has very little bearing on market prices today. The entour was the top of the 250 tree - but compared to similar fixtures today it was a pretty basic light. Fixed colour wheel, a pair of gobos, decent brightness (5000 lumens, which was around the size of projector being used in most ballroom scenarios at the time - allowing the 250 to 'keep up' - now it wouldn't even keep up with a boardroom projector) in what was considered a compact package.

Edited July 26, 2020 by mac.calder

[samlarson]

Off the very top of my head - trade price around AU$8000-$12000 (so roughly 4k - 6k in pounds) - retail, add between 20 and 40 points to that - between half and a third the price of a mac700. However it was a very long time ago - so my memory may be spotty.

 

Can I ask why you are after it? As the price for a (relatively) full featured small moving head was significantly more expensive back in the long long ago (16 or 17 years ago now... would have been around '03 that the 250 entour came out IIRC) - and has very little bearing on market prices today. The entour was the top of the 250 tree - but compared to similar fixtures today it was a pretty basic light. Fixed colour wheel, a pair of gobos, decent brightness (5000 lumens, which was around the size of projector being used in most ballroom scenarios at the time - allowing the 250 to 'keep up' - now it wouldn't even keep up with a boardroom projector) in what was considered a compact package.

 

I never saw the price get more than 8k. What features does the 12 k version include?

[Ynot]

Off the very top of my head - trade price around AU$8000-$12000 (so roughly 4k - 6k in pounds) - retail, add between 20 and 40 points to that - between half and a third the price of a mac700. However it was a very long time ago - so my memory may be spotty.

 

Can I ask why you are after it? As the price for a (relatively) full featured small moving head was significantly more expensive back in the long long ago (16 or 17 years ago now... would have been around '03 that the 250 entour came out IIRC) - and has very little bearing on market prices today. The entour was the top of the 250 tree - but compared to similar fixtures today it was a pretty basic light. Fixed colour wheel, a pair of gobos, decent brightness (5000 lumens, which was around the size of projector being used in most ballroom scenarios at the time - allowing the 250 to 'keep up' - now it wouldn't even keep up with a boardroom projector) in what was considered a compact package.

 

I never saw the price get more than 8k. What features does the 12 k version include?

Depends where you are, Sam.

Mac's figures were AUS $ but estimated in UKP...