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HE'S ALLLLIIIIIVE!!!!
Visitor Q:
Check the market and you'll find out.
There are currently 9 listed on Mr. Pinball that range from 4,600 to 8,500.
eBay has only one for $4,800
Its one of the most $$$ out there but there are some even higher, however there are a lot lower as well. :laugh:
It's a great game but it's all what you like. Medieval Madness sells for over thousand more, myself there are a lot of other pins I would rather have. "shrug"
pinballwizard79:
I agree with the others, that's a lot of money but its a fine example of a collectible machine & IMHO its a fair price indeed.
Actually I am surprised someone didnt post a link of a MB beat to ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- for less money just to rub their sour grapes in your face.
So congrats on a sweet machine man.
I collect minty "players", I have a buddy with about 50 machines (clear coated TZ, IJ, STTNG, MB, AFM & even TWO MM's & etc etc etc) & he just laughs at me.....sorta considers my machines mopeds I guess (fun till you're caught).
Visitor Q:
--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on January 06, 2009, 11:17:07 pm ---I agree with the others, that's a lot of money but its a fine example of a collectible machine & IMHO its a fair price indeed.
Actually I am surprised someone didnt post a link of a MB beat to ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- for less money just to rub their sour grapes in your face.
So congrats on a sweet machine man.
I collect minty "players", I have a buddy with about 50 machines (clear coated TZ, IJ, STTNG, MB, AFM & even TWO MM's & etc etc etc) & he just laughs at me.....sorta considers my machines mopeds I guess (fun till you're caught).
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Thanks! Holy crap, your friend has some nice stuff it would seem. Cool!
I know where there is a MB local right now in a bar for 3g. Some broken plastics, worn pf, no kick out hole protector installed, has minor drac track wear, has some cab. damage, decals are very worn and the display is bad. It plays great but I am not sure what errors it has as I was not able to access that information. The pf is very dirty, overall the machine is very dirty but it can be cleaned.
I am a firm believer that 99.9% of the time you get what you pay for but if anyone is interested, I would be more than happy to put them in touch with the person that is selling that above machine. I was told it would be shopped prior to sale and the display replaced.
As far as my machine, it’s not perfect, nothing really is but I can assure you I looked and spoke to countless people before I bought what I bought. To say I did not shop around would be an understatement, in fact I spoke to so many people I needed to make a spread sheet to keep track of who I spoke too at one point!
I really thought through my options before purchase on restoring a machine or buying one that was already in excellent shape, I felt in the end that it was less work but more money up front to buy something in the condition I did.
As of now I am very happy with my purchase and for anyone thinking about buying the hardest part if trying to find a pf with little to no wear, no matter how much you want to pay. Just my experience in a nut shell and really I am not trying to defend my purchase, I am very happy...
Ps. http://www.treasure-cove.net/
The best of the best, their restores START at $6,400 for this game.
shardian:
--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on January 06, 2009, 11:17:07 pm ---I collect minty "players", I have a buddy with about 50 machines (clear coated TZ, IJ, STTNG, MB, AFM & even TWO MM's & etc etc etc) & he just laughs at me.....sorta considers my machines mopeds I guess (fun till you're caught).
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Yeah, too bad all that doesn't make his penis bigger. ;D
99% of the population doesn't give a crap what the name of your pin is - just that you have one. At my little girls Bday party last year, people went NUTS over my Angel's pin, and it wasn't even working right.
Visitor Q:
--- Quote from: shardian on January 07, 2009, 07:23:53 am ---
--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on January 06, 2009, 11:17:07 pm ---I collect minty "players", I have a buddy with about 50 machines (clear coated TZ, IJ, STTNG, MB, AFM & even TWO MM's & etc etc etc) & he just laughs at me.....sorta considers my machines mopeds I guess (fun till you're caught).
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Yeah, too bad all that doesn't make his penis bigger. ;D
99% of the population doesn't give a crap what the name of your pin is - just that you have one. At my little girls Bday party last year, people went NUTS over my Angel's pin, and it wasn't even working right.
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Maybe from a public stand point but I am not even sure if I see that. For instance “Shriek” would appeal to kid’s because kids like Shriek. Put a Shriek next to a Twilight Zone with kid’s and see what game gets played more. From a collector or owner aspect if I just wanted a pin I could have toss a couple hundred bucks out there and got something but why buy something I really didn't care to own just for the sake of saying I own a pinball machine.
My thoughts where as follows... Room is limited and if I am going to own a machine why not buy my first choice, being MB. Sure it was more than others but why buy something for the sake of owning it and then have buyer’s remorse every time I wish I would have bought what I really wanted to begin with? I had a top 3 or 5 that I was looking for so I started at #1 and was lucky to find one in the condition I was looking for. It took some effort to track down what I found but at this point in the game I could not be happier with the results of the leg work I put forward.
Again... This is my opinion, others will surely vary.
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