Quoted from Patrunkenphat7:
Ah the wizard himself! Big fan of your work!
Makes sense, however based on the website it appears you also offer to do the whole process like finding a game that you think would be a solid restoration project. So if I were a customer and was like “hey I’m dying to get a HEP Twlight Zone and don’t currently have one, what’s the general range we’re looking at if you find me a game worth restoration?”
Here are just two extreme hypothetical situations with TZ and it might help make it that much easier to understand
1)
I found a local HUO TZ that has a perfect cabinet and just a slightly dulled playfield.
It was $4500 no shipping required to get it here.
You want it to remain stock no mods
$500 roughly in parts
$4500 in labor since the cabinet doesn’t have to be completely redone just freshened up. The playfield will get torn down etc all the “HEP” stuff
$9500 total in theory.
2)
Found a TZ that looks like a good candidate for $5500 it needs to be shipped $5950
Comes in shows some slight moisture issues
You want chrome,color dmd,LEDocd,LEDs,this robot,that figure,this clock cover,third magnet,clear ramp,new plastic set,light up star post etc etc
Parts and mods $5500
Labor $6500 plus an extra $500-$1000 depending on mod implementation,plating needs etc.
You could have a $17-19k game in total and say “how expensive HEP is” but at the end of the day I only made $2000 more building the $19k game than I did building the $9.5k game.
This is what few understand even the ones that spend the money sometimes.
It isn’t about HEP beyond the process itself it is about needs and choices.
Matthews, NC
