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Starship Troopers Pinball Machine - Opinions?
Flake:
Yea I dont know, I wonder if the TRex is a problem or not? He says the head moves around fine. I suppose I could just replace the magnet - or maybe I have to replace the whole head.
The Starship Troopers guy wont budge on price so I'm not even going to check it out now. The sellers around here are quite stubborn. Someone must be buying these.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 27, 2009, 05:25:32 pm ---Best I ever did was I traded my way into a Shadow for about $300 and sold it for $1,300. :D
--- End quote ---
HAHA. I got my Shadow for -$250 after I bought it at a workplace auction along with the TZ for $1550, sunk a little money into the games to fix, then sold the TZ as a bargain for $2000. :cheers:
Most I've ever spent on a game is $1200... did that twice. Fathom and RFM.
JeepMonkey:
Chad - You got a RFM for $1200? Was it in rough shape or did the guy owe you money and couldn't pay up?
pinballwizard79:
Chad buys his machines when he travels through space, he stops by planet bull ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- to get these great deals.
I have a JP & if the dino's issue is one of the the motors it will be an expensive & PITA fix.
Unsure of the magnet thing, when I go to my special office (bathroom) I will read the manual to see what in the dino.
ChadTower:
Jim, if you'd like, I can put you in touch with the manager at Betson in MA. He's the one that arranged the sale. I bought it right before the Dec auction there - seller hired some movers to bring a van full of pins to the auction and RFM showed up DOA. Dude had no way to get it back home and no repair skills. The manager is a friend of mine and knew I wanted an RFM - and knew of another one that sold locally at that price (to another BYOAC member, BTW) recently - so he arranged that same sale price prior to the auction as a project game. Already shopped and in very nice shape but completely nonworking. I had everything but the monitor working in a half hour and had the monitor working the next day. It actually turned out well for the seller as that auction was a total bloodbath and even working it might not have fetched $1200 on that day. The only real issue it has is the Attack Mars insert has a problem.
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