I see very few for sale too. I wondered if people burned them after the last Indiana Jones movie...

how about TAF. plenty of those made and still can't find a good deal,

I've seen quite a few in personal collections (mine included). Looks like over 300 pinsiders are in that club. Not sure how that translates to the rest of the planet?

I'll bet a lot of them got trashed and/or neglected after the PoA stopped working on location. These games were most certainly heavily routed.

It was my 2nd pin and is still one of my favroite games of all time!

Ya. I would imagine games like TAF and IJ were such big earners on location that a lot of them got beat to shit and then tossed in trash or warehouses and left to die

I heard somewhere that around 5% of the pins for any given title disappear for one reason or another (Fire, Vandalism, e.t.c.) every year.

But remember, 42% of statistics are made up

I heard that the the majority of them are all crated up, locked away in some sort of government facility

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Ours is for sale, but with the melty bits on the side art, no one seems to think it's worth it...

Bwahahaha

To celebrate 13k of them being made, I will sell mine for $13k I bought it in 1999 (my first pin) and its working 100% (only some cab fade). According to my audit spreadsheet, it has been played 1702 times since 1999 (with only 510 games played since Nov 2005). Thats so few, lets call this machine HUO while we're at it

I'm willing to bet nobody wants to let theirs go, because they'll never find another one (just like MM). They also made 20k addams family pins, yet you don't see those for less than $5k in reasonable condition (and I've yet to see one in rough condition).

But only 37% of all people who read statistics believe them.53% dont.the other 10%are playing pinball right now.

Well then I really need to get some pictures of TAF that is on route here in a mexican laundromat.. worst condition pin you have ever seen.

I think a lot of it has to do with theme. People who aren't even remotely into pinball would love to have an Indy pin. So, those who have them are not pinheads like us nor or they probably selling anytime soon. If they do, they immediately check ePay for all of the "current" prices. Hence the price tag. Just like Addams; there's a huge supply, but the demand is also huge.

I have one that I would sell for $4500, but it has ball swirl marks on the playfield and a faded cabinet.

Most are in collections, collecting dust and/or rust in storage, or have been trashed.

It's simple really. People don't typically sell really really good games. It's personally my favorite.

Guilty as charged.

You'll have to pry my cold dead fingers off of my machine and subsequently make the highest bid it at my estate sale to get my IJ.

Sorry

Agree with mr saturn. Anything indian jones is highly collectable.

I'm sure there are people out there with indiana jones movie stuff collections and this game is included, and not going to be for sale any time soon.

And I also think its a great game

My IJ was the second machine in my collection, and I consider it a permanent member of my collection. But then again, this is pinball. Is anything permanent?

I just sold my minty one for 4k value (xmen pro trade)
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i bet a lot are still making money on locations too. or sitting in op warehouses waiting for sale or routing.

If i ever got one with a faded cab i would give it the crate treatment like the one in disneyland!

Id like one too someday, but often when they do end up for sale its somebody looking to make $$$ on it or blinging it out to make money on it.

umm, yeah.. generally when they are for sale, the owner wants to make some money on it.

Maybe you live in the wrong location
There seems to be an IJ for sale on eBay every week

"We've got top men working on it."

"Who?"

"Top. Men."

...then a 00 - 30 match

A lot of the places that had them on rout like Chucky Cheese aparently destroyed them when they were done with them . . . as shocking as that may sound to many. A large percentage of them were probably sledge hammered to death.

Classic. Nice post.

Chuck-e-Cheese destroys all their pins when they get rid of them. That's been policy forever, and we even had a manager tell us that to our face a week ago.

They did say they're starting to try and part them out and just destroy cabinets now though...yay?

My POTC is from Chucky.

Must be nice, because that totally goes against everything I've heard from techs, managers, and owners.

I've played the crap out of POTC at my local one...had a 500 million game thanks to their refusal to fix the shooter lane switch.

I meant BIG money. Maybe its the popularity of the title, maybe its the current state of the industry but Iv seen people asking consistently crazy amount of money for their 'restored/blinged' out IJs.
Look at Mr Pinball right now.
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The WMS IJs are asking 7k-10k? You gotta be joking me. Unrestored good condition machines just aren't being sold.

Sounds like whoever got Akuma's got a deal.

You're the biggest Indiana Jones fan and you couldn't even get that quote right?

J/k.

Could it be different from region to region? I have heard the destroy theory before, but have also heard to the contrary.

POTC: way underrated in my opinion.

I've heard the destroy theory too, but the local CC's manager was honest and said he gave the games to his brother in law "for his kids".

I suspect that restorations have at least a little bit to do with escalating prices on pins in general. I like the game, but for $7k, mine is gone tomorrow!

Perhaps they buried them out in the desert with the Atari ET cartridges - leastwise the ones I've seen available look faded as if they've been in the desert awhile, and at silly prices. Le sigh

I have noticed that there seem to be several posted at a time on Ebay as well as Craigslist. I know this is about a year after this post came up, but maybe people are starting to rotate their collection stock now? It isn't uncommon to see a few at pinball shows now whereas I didn't years ago. Just an observation.

There are tons of IJ here in europe.

Estate sale game here as well. Took a while to find and drove a long long ways.

I have trade pending for a restored IJ with new decals, cc playfield, brass, etc. Hopefully will consummate the trade in the next few weeks. I've only played the Stern version and wasn't too enthralled but I'm very hopeful and excited about bringing home my new Indy.

What's the current going rate on these?

I have one in rough condition, cab is pretty banged up, playfield is pretty worn but all the mechs are rebuilt, new ramps new DMD a couple pretty cheesy touch ups and it's fine! Plays like new! And for $2900 I can live with the dings and lifted inserts! For some reason this game still looks great though! It's kind of a dark game anyway so my guests don't even notice the flaws, they just love playing it!

Tom

I never really thought of it as a dark game, seems sort of bright with all the yellow and green. I guess one in rough condition is better than not having one at all.

I rarely see any for sale in the state I live. I have one here I have had for 17 years and it will be still here with me for the next 17 years.

I agree tough to find game. I just picked one up Saturday had to make a long trip 6 hours each way, but I got it at a decent price and it is fantastic. One of the best ever made without a doubt. It will not leave my collection.

The pinball market does not defer to the traditional rules of supply and demand. Prices are not based on the actual supply of product (as it is with, say, Beanie Babies until the market crashed), but on the willingness of buyers to pay more for certain games, even for those (like TAF and IJ) with high production runs. The high prices convince potential sellers to hold on to their games as investments. Meanwhile, tons of smaller-run games sell for less because their relatively lower ratings decreased their "collectible" value.

Just a great game and people don't want to part with them. Much better than the Stern IJ. I love the video modes myself.

Was built at that time when Williams had their act together and has made those of that era, GREAT games to play, own and keep!

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