Nice!

Looks just like mine....................................................not.

Jawdropping. (Insert that GLTWS here)

gorgeous !! i wish i could get that beaut !

What a beauty!

7500, damn that's insane.
That's the price you gotta pay for the best looking HS2 on Earth i suppose.

Is there an age when a having a HEP machine is irrelevant? Although this machine looks great, couldn't a lot of damage be done in 4 years? This is more of a general question than one based on this machine.

I dont think there is an age when it becomes irrelevant...any machine thats been through that process is better than new. It doesnt have anything to do with age, but how well it's taken care of.
A HEP restored machine can have the snot played out of it be stored in a smoker's house damp basement and in 6 months it's beaten to death. But the same machine can be lovingly cared for hardly played, and taken exceptional care of and look as good as it did in a decade....

It needs reshopped. HEP restore no more once you played it for 4 years or so.

Is that coin door grey or black?

This game was actually restored in 2005 so it is not what I personally would expect of a more current HEP game. A lot has changed since then.
A nice game I am sure but I don't want anyone to be confused.

Christopher Hutchins

If one could get a HS2 for around $1000, they would get a better deal doing it themselves - buy the machine and send it out for restore. And have a current restoration as opposed to 4 years old.

Seems like most claims of HEP pins are inaccurate. Thanks for setting the record straight Christopher.

Nice! Maybe you should just go over to his house, barge in and see what's for breakfast! I'm sure the OP appreciates your invasion and implosion of his post... RGP anyone?

Pile on people... the vultures are circling !

Chris' comments certanly puts things in perspective. Nice machine....but.

I just picked up one yesterday great game but anyone who pays this much for it WOW

Ok, you made your worthless comment, a little more salt in the wound please! Now that you feel better you can head back over to rgp... thanks and have a nice day!

All I was saying is I dont know how people can put so much money into one title that is all. To each his own was not meant to be negative

Yea, that game looks like a typical player quality now...

What exactly did he say that was inaccurate again?

But.. what?

If one could get a HS2 for $1000 it would need complete cabinet reworking, playfield reworking and a ton of new parts, boards gone over etc... Price would be more than what he is asking and you may have to wait over a year for it. If that is what you mean by a "better deal" then you are correct.

The purpose of a HEP restore is to have a game brought back to life to its fullest potential like having a NIB experience with a pin from the 80's or 90's most people would not consider it an investment IMO. A HEP HS2 is no diff than a HEP MM. Your gona pay to play! Another great pin from another great seller!! GLWS!

Seller said four years ago, CH himself said 2005. Are you so blind that you can't even do simple math anymore?

Seller said four years ago, CH says 2005 meaning almost 8 years ago. Inaccurate where I come from.

Glad to see someone at least notices the coin door. Chris said it himself nicely, this isn't a true current HEP by any means. He probably would rather have the "HEP" title removed from this description as it's laughable compared to the level he's at now.

Here is the OP's original quote: "Game was restored around 4 years ago or so. I am not the first owner so I dont know the exact date."

Did you not read this? He is not the first owner and does not know the exact date! ARE YOU BLIND? READ!

Being off by that much is simply inaccurate and misleading. Now that he knows the truth he can edit his original post to make it accurate. Not sure why you think I am piling on? I assume you are here in defense of a person's right to ask whatever they want for their machine. If you had any sort of a memory or went back and read previous posts we were involved in you will see that I feel the exact same way.
I think it's a beautiful machine and he is free to ask whatever he feels he can get for it. My only point is that if part of your description is that it was restored by one of the best, why not drop him a line first and find out the truth if you don't know? He is here all the time and probably would like his work represented accurately. Were your cornflakes soggy this morning or what?

Wow, somebody must love HS2.

very nice indeed!

TeeKee is defending a fellow pin flipper, no offense intended if someone thinks that's a bad word. My suggestion is always the same, post it in the marketplace not the forum if you don't want comments. The OP knows this, has been selling here for a bit, knew there would be comments. It's all free bumps to him. Keeps it at the top of the page in case someone has not seen this yet. For me this is too much since you can get one directly from HEP for less. Or Keller. Or <insert restoration specialist>. But you would have to wait.

Hm Ive noticed any post with HEP in the title ends up being a bunch of bickering and picking machines apart lol.
To be fair Chris did admit he did this machine so honestly it is still a HEP machine at the end of the day reguardless of when it was done.
But certainly it does have years of wear so i would suspect that might affect the value but the seller is free to ask what he wants for it

Speaking of math anomalies, Jim quoted me a price of $6,500 for HS2 and several hours later (just prior to posting this ad) told me he made a "typo" in his PM and the price was actually $7,500. I've never dealt with Jim and have no proof it wasn't a typo, however seemed like an odd explanation. A much more likely explanation is he decided to raise the price and sent my email prior to giving it proper thought.

I was pleased to see Chris H. explain when the pin was restored (which does make a difference when pricing it). Chris improves his process every year and a restoration done 7 years ago isn't equivalent to a recent HEP restoration (not to mention 7 years of use).

The sending your pins to HEP is the biggest waste of money in this hobby. This is just stupid. If he does good work (and he does) and you take care of your pins, why would that matter? So you spend THOUSANDS to have a game restored and it loses ALL of its value/benefit after a few years? What a stupid thing to say.

No not every game I have restored in the past 12 years is a HEP game and no not every post that has HEP in the title is a problem although I have noticed some people do have complex about it.

Christopher Hutchins

Jim is a great seller. His games are always nice. He bends over backwards to try to help. Buy with confidence.

I am in total agreement with the bending over backwards, but I believe it's the buyer doing the bending in this case. Game sold for $4k 1 year ago.

Absolutely! Well said...

Either way the price is the price until you have a deal. You really need to post this?

And your point? Nevermind, I know you never have one...

To me, HS2 has not appreciated $3,500 in 12months. Seems crazy. Shazam.

Point is it's a ripoff...

Original sale thread here, do we even get lube at say $7k? At least offer some spit.

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like I said... turbo20lbs: pointless! Try to control your jealousy!

Public forums are a place to disclose information. Folks are spending big bucks without ever meeting someone face to face or seeing the pin face to face. Positive reviews can help a sale. Other information can hurt a sale. When buying/selling high-end pins, it helps to have accurate information.

If someone told you a pin was 6.5k and then raised the price to 7.5k (saying the original quote was a typo), I'm sure you wouldn't feel good about the situation. Bottom line: No regrets about my post (which is factual). I see so much BS on FS/FT threads that doesn't come close to factual and nobody get's bent out of shape.

You get what you Pay 4 w/ HEP !! But it's like a New vehicle , You Pay the Big $$ but once it's Yr's the Value Will Drop by the Thousand's !! M.H.O ... a B_R / Shanetastic Shop is Good enough 4 me..
Good Luck on Yr sale , I Hope you get what you want !!

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One thing is for sure, we know his asking price, but we DO NOT know how far he will come down. I am sure he has a number in mind as to what he will accept. With a price like that I would not be afraid to "lowball" on price. There are plenty of HS2 games out there to be had at a better price if you don't like his price.

I have two restored chris/hep pins in my collection, 2006-2007. Yak all you want, I will take the Chris/HEP pins all day long vs nib, or very nice huo versions of same game. Mine are second owner, and still look awesome. When I bought tz 2.5 years ago, sight unseen, Chris picked it up, took it to his place, and went thru it at his place. Cost for all this? $400. What does that tell ya about condition of that game? Chris told me game was 95% what he was doing at the time.
Simple math: Figure the cost of the game today, cost of getting it to Chris, Chris's labor today, parts today, etc.... and compare to any Chris/Hep, and condition, on the market today. Then factor in time, do you want to get in line and wait, or have something, now? Condition of game is everything. If done a few years ago, yet still very nice, worth close to what new one done by Chris/HEP today, IMHO.

If I had a dollar for every price police post on a fs post, and watch game sell for close or what an op asked, the pins I could buy..........................................

Damn teekee, you getting a commission on the sell? You are bashing people here for making worthless points and yet your post add no value either. I think someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today as your even more pissy than normal.

How about we let the market determine the value. It's posted for more than most will pay but it just takes one person to mean its priced right. Time will tell.

Buying all chris/hep pins done in mid 2000's and later that are nice, that some think are worth thousands less than today's standards. Please forward closeup pics that you took today or in the future, prices wanted that are thousands less than today's standard HEP game, and we will get down to business. Thanks.

Soon for sale: HUO pins.