I'm looking for old, beat-up playfields to convert to wall art for my game room. Anyone have anything they want to get rid of for a decent price?

Yeah, I think the hype kinda ruined Tron for me. When I finally got to play it, I was was somewhat underwhelmed. It's a fun game, but I prefer many others in the same price range as Tron.

If You're at all handy, they'd be a breeze to build.

Saturation is here. Too many new games and not enough collectors to keep prices high. If you can get 9k for a luci, you're doing very well in the current Canadian market.

Wouldn't recommend it. More expensive, and you don't get Canadian coin mechs or the tournament button on Sterns. Go with Momm or playdium. I've bought from both. Great pricing and great service. Oh, and support Canadian businesses!

Looks like he's trying to move his entire collection. Wonder if that's market based or personal. Crazy amount of pins.

Ha, okay. Just looked like more on a Kijiji browse. Sorry.

I wonder that about a lot of B list titles coming up for such prices. To me, we are reaching/have reached saturation. Prices should be coming down on these titles, not up.

Good luck to those that can get a good price!

Fix the lockup and you double your customer base...

Anyone order from titan to Canada? How painful is the bendover for shipping?

Is this the same as the awesome Roman glass you had on sale a few years ago or different? My sttng could use some good glass...

Yeah, I don't know if there is "polite price policing," but for what it's worth, I'd say 100k would be the deal that would likely actually happen. That's a lot of cash to come up with at once, so anyone doing so would be looking for a discount, not a price increase. I see your logic, that these titles are hard to find, but I don't think that value transfers well on multi-pin deals. There's some serious psychology that comes into play when over a hundred grand comes into the conversation. A guy opening a bar will be your best bet, but that's a long shot at best. Maintaining new Sterns is way more cost effective...

That's probably the one I played in a pub in Banff? It was upstairs if I remember. Fun game.

Yeah, great guy to deal with.

I hope Gene pukes diamonds SDTM....

Oops

8.5k USD for standard.

Looks like a 5kCAD markup. Ouch.

I guess I'll have some new callouts for my Trump machine next year...

If I had the room I'd take Elvis. Hate the glam...can bare the tunes, but the game! Only sessioned it once at the first yegpin, and I was like, WTF!!!?? How can this game be . . . so good?

Fixed a creature for a buddy and played the hell out of it for two weeks. Trust me, two weeks is all you need. Shallow as hell. But man, does that game ooze style. I used it as a juke box while working on it. So freakin' cool. It'd be okay for a large collection, but not 8k okay to me...

Speaking of expensive pins, any of you Canucks crazy enough to order TBL? By my calculations, that puppy will cost you a clean 16.5k!

It's all just average demand. Beatles has had low demand, so most assume prices should be lower. All I can see with your purchase is that you might have to wait a bit longer to sell at the price you want. It's like real estate: don't freak out when your house doesn't sell in a week. I thought I got into the pinball market way too late, but it's gone crazy since then. However, I do see a severe downturn coming. Who knows though. Pinheads seem to be driven by an unfettered, curious desire to acquire overpriced toys however they can. But RCT for 5k? ugh...

No secret society that I know about unfortunately. I think there's about four active owners in town and most sit on their games long term. We used to have a league with about 20 members, with about half actively participating in all events. I've been thinking of starting that thing back up when Covid goes away, but location pinball sucks here. The machines are never rotated, and they're broken half the time. Maybe we could do a route setup like they did at the Trap in Calgary? I have a big tournament (16-30 ppl, depending) about every three months if you're interested. PM me your FB, and I'll add you to the invite list. I'd be interested in temp trades in the future and might be selling a few to make room.

He's posting it in a lot of threads.

If you scribble out "hole" and write "out" in its place, I know a guy that will definitely, maybe, possibly, unlikely buy it today or tomorrow or soonish.

Long shot, but does anyone have a multimorphic they might want to sell? I'd like to try one out.

What kind of packaging do you use when shipping your looking?

Yeah, I have nostalgia for the game, but it's claustrophobic and pretty shallow. Def a location player or 4k max to me. Unless it has those polished leg bolts from Indonesia...

Beat me to it. I was going to post "it is worth a heavy heart that I have to put on my pp badge."

I played turds at yeg for about half hour. I could feel the potential, but that feeling never ended in anything being good. It is almost not shitty, but never gets not shitty...

Some of us are Davids.

But most of us are Daves.

DON'T HESITATE.... IT COULD BE GONE... IN A SNAP!!!

Hopefully Dan will route one in Calgary some day.

Just charge 5 bucks per play. I'd pay it.

Too shallow. Great location player though.

What are you looking for for that Indy? Still kicking myself for passing on your gold one.... Where did that one go anyway?

How did the Canucks of yore abuse the image privilege to receive such draconian measures?

EDIT: oops, guess I should read. Need to use the sell feature...

I had DHL rape me once, then they had the audacity to send me a bill for more money a month later. First charge was over $100. Then they wanted 20 more.

I just threw the bill away along with any hope of accepting the company as my carrier for anything. Fuck ups (worst) and DHL (horrid).

FedEx and USPS have been fine. Purolator in Canada is the cat's meow.

Still longing for a multimorphic. Are any Canadians flipping Gerry's rig?

Are any of them reasonable in this crazy market?

Thanks @northendude for shipping the t-shirt. Fits perfect!

Genie is such a fun game. Bought one when I couldn't find a future spa. Just as good!

So I've only ever bought pins in person, but I finally decided to try shipping for a title that I really wanted. For those of you who ship often, what do you tolerate in the way of unreported damage etc? Have any of you had bad experiences shipping?

The pin I received has front corner damage (visible chipped ply going down well past the front of the lackdown bar) and the PF does not raise properly, so much so that the PF has gouged into the side of the cab. I'm pretty sure it's taken a pretty good impact on the corner, which has caused the PF issue. There's also a GI sector out and what looks to be board work related to the DMD. That aside, the glass is scratched to crap (I can deal with that), the game is filthy, which I can get over easily, but "needs a good shop" would have been nice. My main issue is that the damage was clearly cut out of the pictures (no pic of area of under lockdown) and not mentioned in numerous texts and exchanges of photos. I would never sell a game in this condition without explaining the damage, issues and filth to the buyer. My bad for not asking for more photos, but we did exchange a lot. I didn't think to cover every inch of the game.

I requested a refund with both of us splitting the shipping. The seller just told me that I was looking for collector's quality, not "nice players" condition. He was only willing to send me a replacement DMD if I need one. The really strange thing was that when I told him that he didn't include images of the most significant damage to the machine, he said that he posted ads elsewhere on the internet. He never mentioned these in his ad on here nor to me in our texts... I guess I was supposed to randomely search for ads to get the correct images...

Anway, I'm willing to take my lumps (what I see as $500-1k loss) and learn from the experience. Any of you experienced anything like this?

Yeah, I'm fine with working on machines. I actually like it. This is just... way more work than I had hoped for.

I guess my major gripe is that I would never misrepresent something this way. Leaving out the most obvious damage is just dishonest to me.

I guess I'll have to go back to buying in person. Too bad, as the actual shipping experience was excellent.

That's the good news: seller paletted like an absolute pro. Moving blankets and wrap. I'm enjoying the game otherwise. If I ever ship again, I'll be more diligent. Thanks for the insight guys.

There are quite a few collectors, but we couldn't keep a public league alive. Maybe this place can!

I have a couple machines I'd be interested in routing if he's interested. I repaired machines for Doran (McLennans), so I can do repairs, board work and maintenance on my machines as well.

I'm generally not a stern fan, but Elwin has changed that. Maiden is the best modern pin imho. It has the perfect balance of shots, code, callouts and music. I think it's because Keith had so much time to develop the layout. The callouts are sooo good.

I also swear at Maiden daily, in a good way.

Omg. It's a fan replacement that has lower dbs. These are a dime a dozen out of China. Connectors and screws are not even caveman Science. Anyone can order the fans and resell them. If PinMonk thinks he has some secret sauce, he shouldn't be giving out tips. What a ridiculous argument. I made my own fan mod and would sell it in a second if I felt the inclination.

Yeah, they do absolutely nothing... Except teach our children, babysit our children, council or children, stay relevant with PD, volunteer to coach and oversee or children outside of working hours and deal with dysfunctional and disabled children. Man, fuck those money-grubbing, lazy-ass, summers-off teachers. Defund them!

I have found the balance at yegpin to be pretty good. Remember that aside from vendors, all the games are volunteer donations. Guys with expensive games probably want them as tournament games as they are played less and are under supervision.

There are still countless games to play, and Tommy always has an awesome group of games.

However, I don't know what this means:

"There will be show restrictions thou on all of the 130+ tournament ready pinball machines at the event."

Addams gold for 22.5k hammer.

Sooo. What's a Godzilla LE worth, shipped to your door in Canadian pesos?

Nitro is better, but I bought my imdn LE through player one because I couldn't get one through Nitro. I paid a bit more, but the service was good. They also have parts on hand if you need something quicker. Shipping for parts is quite expensive though.

Yeah, but in reality, it's often true.

I've jumped the gun because I've wanted a pin and inquired. Then, excited, I've discussed it with the better half only to be told "there are renovations we need to do and other shit that is way more important than a 10k pinball machine. Besides, you already have 12!" Then I have to do the email/call of shame and tell someone that my wife vetoed my great idea. And you'd think I'd learn, but then that one machine I've always wanted comes up and I know it will sell right away. Down the spiral I go.

I was stupid and agreed to "no pins upstairs, ever." Seeing the size of the game room, I was like, sure, that sounds great! That was when I had two pins.

Now the game room is full and I have one in the downstairs bathroom folded up (small room) and one in my downstairs office. I'm brainstorming of renovations based on getting one or two more pin spots.

If only the empty corner of the dining room could be used. She just doesn't understand!

But... We were talking about inquiring, not making a commitment. And we were talking about the wife being the wise person, not the bus victim.

Most of us get excited to the point of being stupid about pinball. Wives are usually level-headed. If someone bails on buying from me because of their wife, I laugh and say "totally get it. Your wife thinks we're all crazy, and she's definitely correct!"

Here too. I learned my lesson this year. Ask for a lot of pics and video unless it's Dan or the million dollar man.

Moving a pin with Dan is as smooth as it gets!

Don't forget to set the tilt so that it triggers with the flipper buttons.... Oh yegpin!

I'm a little out of the loop. Is the swatch from the couch and the signature worth over 10k? What am I missing? Not trying to price police. Just curious.

Funny how things change when times are good.

I hear ya. I've been waiting for the price of Smaug to come down because of the general criticism the machine receives. Guess I'll be waiting a lot longer. :/

SE? prob 9 or 10k I'd guess.. Hard to tell. Prices are usually above US exchange recently. We're in hyper-inflation and the Canadian Peso is hyper-susceptible.

The market is the market. If someone wants to try to sell me a demo man for 7k, I'm fine with it. Didn't you guys learn to "just say no" in the 80s?

I'm likely going to be doing a massive selloff in the next few months - have to pay for our new kitchen. I'm almost scared to because I obviously want to get a good price. If I ask 15k for my tz and 15k for my TOTAN, you guys might shank me while I'm playing Future Spa at Yegpin lol.

Yeah, it's all relative. I remember wanting a Funhouse years ago. There was a crazy minty collector's for 4k. I thought, "are you serious?"

The hobby is taking off insanely fast, drawing in so many rich dudes. Think about how many of them collect cars that are insanely expensive. This hobby is affordable in comparison.

I won't be surprised to see NIB LE's going for 20kCAD in the next five years. I'm sure Gary is thinking, "Can I go more....? Should I?" Then he does and sells 1000 LEs in 5 minutes. Next game, he'll ask the same question.

My kitchen is a far worse investment, for sure, but you should see the rift-cut walnut cabinets!

I thought it was just an expected, respectful conversation about an INSANE jump in the market, like all markets. Chillax.

Profiting off of scarcity is a reality in any market. Sell your machine for 50k if you can get it, or sell it for 15k if you feel you want to pay it forward. Life's too short to care. When I see crazy prices and profiteering, I just grin and think "there's a sucker born..."

Look up the term yourself.

Oh, and do you mean "not-for-profit" or "non-profit"? Wait a minute... I have a dictionary you can borrow.

My initials are almost the same, so while in spirit I would have done so, it's just me. He was still around when I put up that score. Thanks again for routing well-maintained machines!

I'm going to be putting up my Pinball Magic this weekend. 7k.

OCD board
Mylar removed
Good players condition
Some extra drops and plastics

Originally bought through Dan (Pingod), so he knows the machine.

I'll have pictures etc up over the weekend. Just thought I'd mention it here early.

Local pickup preferred. I do go to Calgary pretty often, so can likely deliver for a cheap fee.

Pinball Magic is up on Kijiji. Sad to see it go. Just sessioned it. Super fun!

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-toys-games/lethbridge/pinball-magic-pinball-machine-capcom-1995/1605467048

To, like, build a fort with?

Players Shadow is prob close to 7k I'd guess. That's cheap to me. The game is in my to 5 of all time.

Darn, all I have to trade is my shadow, and you'd have to add cash with Rush....

Repost of Pinball Magic. 7k OBO. Local pickup preferred.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-toys-games/lethbridge/pinball-magic-pinball-machine/1622897425

Pinball magic is now 6k. Local pickup preferred.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1622897425

Didn't dig gnr either. Should be a faster game. The slow play of jjp machines matched well with toy story though.

Fell in love with some early solid states. Big Game and Laser Cue were fun!

Market not to your liking? Maybe when it heats up again you'll be back!

Canadians for pin control!

Damn.. I wish I liked the game!

Yeah, I had a guy off here repeatedly lie to me, even with irrefutable evidence in front of him. Blatantly ripped me off. No honour at all.

I'll only buy in person or from people I know. If you don't follow that rule, you'll run into a similar asshole eventually.

I've kept your name off here out of respect for the thread. Buyer beware. I can send a shit ton of evidence to anyone who thinks about dealing with this guy.

Sold me a dr who with severe damage to the cabinet. Enough so that the pf has gouged the inside of the cab 1/4 inch deep. Front corner (judging by the undisclosed deep damage to the plywood) must have taken a huge impact, enough that the cab is not square. All the other undisclosed damage and filth I could have lived with. Yes, I did want a refund. The sent pics conveniently left all this out.

Yes, I should have asked him for more pics, so that's on me. But the constant denial of disclosure was unbelievable. He was somehow convinced that he sent me pics I had proof he hadn't. The playfield scraping the shit out of the cab must have slipped his mind.

He got me for about 1k - 1.5k.

I'll state it right here. I'm likely going to sell a bunch of my games before winter. I'll give anyone a refund if you're not happy. And if I don't disclose any major damages, I'll pay for return shipping.

I've been collecting for quite some time and always expect issues. The game has pretty severe damage that I would expect every honest seller to clearly document if shipping, and if anyone wants to buy it for 5k, I'm definitely happy to sell. I've put in LEDs and Cliffied it as well.

Last thing I'll say: I offered to split return shipping. I was told, quote: "I do not want to buy your game."

Nah, the pf has been digging into the cab for what looks like years. It was a front right impact. Is what it is. I have half of the b.s. fixed. A lot of wasted time.

Pinball magic for sale: 6k Obo. No significant damage. Refund available if you're not happy.

Just cancelled my GZ premium order due to price increase, so more are sure to be available at nib soon. I feel saturation and recession coming soon. We'll see.

I learned the same lesson the hard way, much worse actually. Only ship with guys you absolutely know are 100% solid and are on here all the time. Otherwise, you get the "condition is subjective" or "I never said/did that" Internet argument B.S.

Finally have some time to sell some games. I'll get ads (pics etc) up over the next week or so.

Prices are based on history in here and pinside market. Police are welcome. I've always needed a good cop or two to keep me in line.

Prefer local pickup, but can deliver to cow town for those who are patient. We go up every other week or so.

Dialed in LE. 12.5k
Custom digital screen topper, first owner, comes with backup phone screen and extra set of plastics. Also has printed manual, comic book etc.

Sttng - 8.5k
Players. Color DMD. Custom enterprise led topper. Mirror blades. Two main ramps could use replacement, but protectors hide any issues. Cab has some scrapes.

Tz 12k
Players. Custom old camera led topper. Gum balls, lit Gumball machine, clock board was fixed with LEDs added.

Totan 12k
Very nice game. All original except sword topper, Cliffies, and LEDs. Very little wear on pf. Fidelity speaker system.

Shadow 7k
Players. This one is tough to let go. Such a crazy fun game. Custom translight (not Ulrich). Good pf. Some cab repairs from previous owners. Typical Shadow wear on plastics etc.
Dan wanted this before, so he has dibs if he wants it.

Imdn LE 18k
1 of 10 Canadian LEs with the tournament button and cad coin mechs. #70 of 500. Great shape.

Ultra man - 12k
Really fun game. Code is still coming.

Pinball magic 6k
Players. No Mylar. Some cab wear, but pretty good shape. Extra plastics.

Dr who 5k
Players/project. Partially restored due to scam mentioned in above post. I've done some repairs and added Cliffies. It plays well, but the cab could use some repairs. I'll probably end up finishing the job at some point, but if someone wants it...

Sorry. Thought my location was visible all these years. LOL. IT was to me. It should be set up to not show it to the user as well so they can tell that it isn't visible to others. Should be there now. Yes, Deathbridge. Junky crime land. Buy my pins before they are stolen and sold for meth!

Maiden, Shadow, DILE, and potentially TOTAN sold.

Sttng (8.5k), pinball magic(6k), umle{12k), drwho(5k) and TZ(12k). Still available.

Kijiji ads will go up next week for what doesn't sell in here.

Already have quite a bit of delivery requests to Calgary, so I'm considering a group van rental to do it all in one shot. The more, the merrier.

Picard is still available.

Nothing can bomb more than my Ultra man. Absolute disaster QC. 3d printed parts, hot glue holding shit together. Drill marks in the cab. Absolute amateur hour for pro pricing.

Still for sale.

Right back atcha. BMG and his partner are solid people. Great to meet you two!

First there was light. Then there was pinball. Then there was Dan.

I dunno... I often wonder how many ppl have been seriously injured or ceased to be because they were moving a STTNG. Lol.

That was an escalara, owned by @rwmech5. Shout out to him. If anyone gets a chance to deal with him, he's a great guy. He went way above and beyond for me.

Why not post pricing here??

Funny that everyone wants stranger things now. I guess pinball never changes.

Agreed. It's not a great game, but I do like the UV switching and the vagina monster. It's pretty fun but not worth the insane pricing, like most titles these days.

My DILE buyer bailed on me.

12.5k obo. Comes with custom video topper, extra phone, and extra full set of spare plastics. Has Cliffies on inlanes and spot Millar in high traffic zones. Open to trades of similar value.

I'll get around to a Kijiji this week.

It's packed up and ready to go. Free delivery to Cowtown.

Kijiji for DILE (12.5k) is up. Can deliver to Cowtown.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1666617429

There is a Canada what's up thread and Canada want to buy parts thread and a regular playfield repair thread. These are meant to be polite suggestions.

Agreed. The game will likely be priced similar to nib games soon. Saturation is here.

I'll third that.

Now someone sell him a Godzilla FFS. I want to start plugging toonies into the damned thing.

The shipping world is kinda weird... maybe sketchy is the better word. Whenever I go to pick up a pin, they expect me to sign before seeing the shipment, and they think it's weird when I demand to see it first. "Oh, uh.. yeah, I guess so, if you want to look at it, I guess you can come back into the warehouse." I wish the companies where better about it and said "Hey, before you sign, come back and make sure everything is okay." I wonder if Shipsy had a relationship with R&L that involved never seeing the shipments first and they are now learning the lesson the hard way, the way many ignorant receivers do. My guess is that it is R&L getting away with bullshit like many shipping companies do. It's the old "Don't show unless asked" policy.

My ultraman apples got moderated. My kids need to eat, Pinside.