Anybody have an AC/DC or Metallica they want to sell in the Vancouver Area?

I also have a Centaur and Firepower 2 I don't mind moving to make room. I am in Victoria B.C.

My Atlantis is merely cool, it is not restored by any means. I like your EM lineup!

Man, you drive a hard bargain

I am using my psychic powers and thinking I MIGHT know the reason this has not yet sold...

Nice

Nice crating job! Did you do that yourself, or did someone else in Calgary? I have been tempted (and attempted) to buy from Calgary previously but the seller(s) were not big on shipping. You seem to have that issue figured out!

Damn; this is tempting and I am not the biggest fan of the game. Unfortunately I am out of space and have two newish to me games, so no urgent need for a third.

I am somewhat surprised that an op doesn't buy it at this point to route...

I don't understand how you will save big bucks *on the tax* when you factor in your expenses for two days in the states. Even in BC it would be what, $800 x 0.12 = $96. Whee. To actually make it out ahead what is the plan? Eat endless fries and camp out at Denny's?

Unless you have the time and are doing it just for the heck of it

I had written a post about WTF, those prices are not cheap but how low does it have to be before you would consider buying them?.... then I remembered these were container games

Doh; good thing I'm out of space... and this is fake

I figure I am getting my Macho Man Randy Savage fix with my SM at this point... Bone Saw is Reaaady... OH YEAH

Reeeeaaaally important to list the mods. Stuff like shakers and upgraded speakers generally add real value (IMO). Glueing a bunch of McDonald's happy meal toys does not add value (even IF the price of each was $200 ).

You should be able to get more than zero in terms of added value for your mods, but you have to put more than zero effort into it

Sorry about the surgery, hopefully you can find a lower priced game now that you at least have some time to play it...

Nice; I would value those upgrades at least at $600 myself, but that will be up to the buyer I guess. $300 for the shaker and speakers, $300 seems like an inarguable deal for the rest. But you will still get some guys saying "mods add no value".

At the end of the day at price X, your game would sell faster than a stock game at a similar price, only variables being location, etc...

I thought GAP had a pair of these posted for sale recently; can't comment on price or how reasonable shipping or picking them up would be, but FWIW...

I thought they looked cool.

Nice. How much was shipping, if you don't mind sharing?

That's pretty reasonable considering. I remember hearing it was several hundred dollars several years ago, it is nice to know they found a better way to ship!

I was looking for someone who was NOT looking for a BSD. I can cross that off my list

I am not a buyer, but I don't think it would be out of line to ask 4K given current exchange rate etc.

I have not played a pro that i can recall, but it is one of the games where an argument can be made the pro is a better player in a lot of ways.

We generally agreee, but I am not sure how a HOU game with less than 4K plays is going to "need" a flipper rebuild (I guess it depends on the definition of rebuild, MAYBE new coil sleeves?).

Even a long playing game like TSPP

Probably just needs a cleanup...

Somebody's going "fishing" hoping you wave stupid money .

Hopefully works out and you get a good deal if you are interested...

Game thefts are a small time operators "most likely" worst case scenario it seems.

Break ins seem to be a given. Catastrohic loss of life or damage to people and property is even worse, but IMO the biggest risk in putting a 7-8K new game on location is coming back to just find it gone.

I hope it turns up, sorry to hear that people can still be jerks and yes there is a reason hobby ops tend to burn out after several years.

When I was a small time vid op, I had liability insurance that that was it. I asked about theft insurance and I think the answer was "don't ask, you can't afford it" or "that product does not exist" or something similar for the response.

I am sure it was prohibitively expensive as fraud is just too easy. Game not earning? It disappears like Kaiser Soze in the usual suspects...

I doubt all the theft that happens at every store local to you is insured; it is a "cost of doing business" and you make it up on your sales unfortunately...

I am happy to be wrong, but that was my experience.

Ouch; makes sense for a PIN at that price range, but any of my vids at the time would have been ~$500 on a good day; another reason I did not look deeply into it.

Good to know the option exists if I decide to take the red pill and somehow start operating pins...

Free Bump: Don't tell me he's ruled out... Nugent ?

Man, that looks like a reasonable deal to me, and I am further than you. If I didn't just have a week off... ROOOOAD TRIP

Yes, but honestly IF you can do your own pin work doing a monitor recap is no problem. Assuming you have a desoldering station and a decent soldering station doing a single PCB with ~10-20 caps should be an hour-ish job if you are taking your time and triple checking the cap orientation as you install the new ones.

Honestly, removing the PCB off the monitor body without electrocuting yourself is the hardest / most exciting part of the job (monitor discharge "pops" for the win). I have been zapped when reinstalling a monitor PCB.

Not sure if someone turned the cab on while I was away working on the monitor, or if a ghost charge had built back up. Either way was a good reminder it is hard to be too safe!

Honestly if you have never played with monitors before I suggest recruiting a friend who knows what he (or she) is doing. When I bought my first arcade the owner/op said "don't touch this. It's about 40,000 volts. I did once and it blew my arm backwards so hard and fast the screwdriver in my hand imbedded itself in the wall behind me".

I of course eventually looked on the internet how to (hopefully) safely discharge monitors to work on them, but I was ~half my current age. Definitely younger and stupider than my current self .

I am sure it is a little bit of this, a little bit of games being drained away down south due to the dollar (and fewer coming back due to dollar + taxes), and a little bit of just generally being horrified by current prices.

Lots of new games coming out that look awesome, but hard to justify trading two "all time greats" for a single new pin... and even harder to justify spending more than my car is worth on a single new pin

I am tempted to start the bidding at 7k

And even i don't know if that is stupid high or low at this point

Nice price; that has even me tempted! Which means it should sell by the end of the day

I didn't know that Nitro had color DMD's; nice! Depending on the price,should save some bucks on shipping...

Putting my Black Knight up for sale; game is located in Victoria.

It has a CPR playfield installed, and I put the extra effort into replacing all four flipper mechs with fresh WPC mechanisms, as the Williams System 7 versions did not have replaceable coil stops.

This Black Knight shoots really well, and is in fantastic shape.

The biggest physical flaw I am aware of is the bottom rear of the cabinet is a bit chipped from moving around. Everything else in the game is really nice IMO, especially considering this game is getting close to being 40 years old.

The reason I am selling? Having had the game for 10 years, I think it is time for some new blood in the gameroom. I may have become too good at it over the years, though I can still have it kick my butt often enough to put a smile on my face.

Many many pics included in the onedrive folder below:

https://1drv.ms/f/s!Aou7HguTl0JigawivMFzTqMkJEyjYQ

Asking $4500 Canadian, which may or may not be high. Most pin prices seem crazy to me nowadays, so I find estimating fair prices near impossible. The two most recent BK sales I am aware of locally went for ~$3000-3500, and those were without the new playfield and flipper mechs. Open to some "Helpful" pinside reeducation on this

Sounds reasonable! I will be interested to see what sort of interest this game gets. If it ends up sitting until BK's 40th anniversary, I know I priced it too high

How much did she play before?

Care to elaborate? Spike system issues or just other qc or ?

Makes sense! Thank you for clarifying.

My Black Knight sold, pending pickup.

I have room for one more again... maybe. Since I also have an old EM in the garage I can try fixing up again... . And I am sort of at +2 capacity anyways. But I freed up a spot gosh darn it!

I saw that; given most of the games seem to need a bit of work, I am not sure this is a GREAT deal, but it is an interesting one.

Not sure if I am undervaluing the games, but:
5K for a fishtales?
2K for an "okay" pinbot
1.5K for a silverball mania with lots of touchups?
1.5K for a ? working Alien Poker?
1K for a hot tip with a "custom" repainted cabinet and MPU issues?

Then the last $500 gets you 3 project EM's?

Not a lot of money in it to fix the games up and move them on, unless I am way off on my prices here...

But an interesting project for a hobbyist who loves fixing things and somehow has room for 8 games?

Fishtales looked pretty nice! I can see paying up to 5k can for one in today's Looney toons market.

Not saying I would but it seems plausible when demo man is now a 5k pin as well...

Price seems fair in today's market to the point even a cheapass like me is scratching their chin saying "hmmm.... maybe he would accept "game X" plus cash

Risks to me are a vault could be incoming, but even if so the amount of mods here desirable to me makes that a wash.

Biggest decision point for me would be buy this loaded tron, or IM pro + ~2K leftover? Life is tough

Wow!

Great price. I am even tempted!

Where are you, and are you looking to trade or buy outright?

I have a SM and have been thinking about getting an iron maiden. But I am in BC.

Agreed. I hate shipping pins and I hate dropping 10 grand but consider me tempted! Which means it should be sold asap.

Wow that sounds like a SUPER nice ST!

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I was not aware of that! I thought I could deliver a game to the US without issues, but never have... thank you for the heads up!

I am sure that is some sort of exaggeration but yeah there is a lot to do in that game! I have had mine for years and dig it. If WPT came out now it would be a $10K+ game from Stern with the amount of code and toys. All it needed was a LE plaque and to be delayed 5 years and people would have lost their minds when it was released.

It DOES suffer from "TZ syndrome" in that the game is downright confusion to someone who does not know the rules; but UNLIKE some of Keefer's more recent offerings there are at least some easy things to do so noobs can at least luck into a pity multiball or something.

Wow, you replaced the upper playfield on a HOU game? Any interest in sending it my way for a relatively cheap price?

Mine was/is previously routed, and the playfield still looks good enough... but I wouldn't mind the opportunity to see what a "newer" one looks like

Cool of you! Pm me if you find it and I will shoot you 20 bucks or whatever for shipping.

I have heard you can't polish those but it seems like a good candidate to see if that is true!

I think it is more that IF you have 10k plus to drop on a game unless you NEED a specific title in your life you have a tonne of NIB options. Or used pins for less.

For example if I am dropping like 13k on a pin at the moment it would likely be a JJP pirates over a Tron. And I love Tron.

I have noticed this too. Glad you finally sold your afmle. It was tempting but again for over 10k at least some of the the newer games deliver better value. And I like afm better than mm!

Selling my Gottlieb Playball to make room for something else; in decent shape and plays well. I went over it last Summer when I bought it (replaced rubbers, all bulbs, and did some mech cleaning and adjustment to get it playing as close to perfect as possible ).

Game is located in Victoria , BC.

victoria.craigslist.org link

Can't you just make a deposit via credit card, or pay from your bank account?

I can send money via paypal pretty quick, NEVER a week long process... just click some buttons.

Any JJP PoTC for sale or trade ?

Fish tales was a great $1200 game. When it is pushing towards used Iron Maiden pro pricing in Canada, you have to give your head a shake

That being said, apparently ToM is edging or past MM prices here, so what do I know?

If you see a fish tales for $2500 Cad please let me know as well

Can you please message me where to get those special roms?

And still interested in a pirates or dialed in if someone needs funds for a SWORD OF RAGE

Thank you for the tip! And sorry for the delayed thank you...

Please let us know what you find out; in prior years for whatever set of reasons this was really hard to find in small quantities (if you could at all).

Jersey Jack once remarked that when he first entered the high end glass game he was surprised that his first order of however many hundred or thousands of sheets was considered "nothing" in the glass world (e.g. you think that is a VOLUME order; get a load of this guy!).

I am surprised this has not come down in price really at all over the last 8 years or so?

I like the glass talk.

I will have some pics of a 2007 era Stern spiderman for sale in Victoria tonight to satisfy your sales needs

Hopefully someone around here wants it!

Nice score! Definitely a lot of nice games released lately.

Here are the pics from my Spiderman; asking 7k, game is located in Victoria:

I just took a (possibly crazy) amount of pics and uploaded them here:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Aou7HguTl0JigbhKnl59mVvvE2LZcg

It was routed for a time years ago, but the outside cabinet is in great shape. I am sure the inside could be touched up with a paint pen here and there, I tend to keep stuff like that original.

The good: It is is in pretty good shape. I upgraded to comet LED's soon after I bought the game years ago, added an LED OCD board so you can still tell where the 2x and 3x multipliers are (as well as maintaining the light show), added a shaker motor and upgraded to flipper fidelity speakers. I wanted a players game I could rock out to, and that is what this is.

The bad: There is some playfield wear near the doc oc magnet (I would consider this normal wear, but it is there). The plastics on this game seem to take a beating; if needing perfect plastics is your thing replacements are available at pinball life, I just never felt like dropping the cash on those, just to keep them in the bag in the cabinet. There are some tiny white dots on the translite; it almost looks like something from the factory as the back of the translite looks fine.

I swear I bought a replacement sandman plastic (those are broken basically 100% of the time; mine has been upgraded with some spring steel, which has worked and been durable. If/when I remember where my sandman plastic is I will include it. I have a paper manual to include as well (I know where that is ).

Price drop on my Spiderman to $6700;

https://1drv.ms/f/s!Aou7HguTl0JigbhKnl59mVvvE2LZcg

Comes with Shaker, upgraded speakers and LED OCD board to make the LED's even more awesome (and micromanaged if desired).

I also have a players condition World Poker Tour that if anybody is looking for I can take some pics tomorrow; All games are in Victoria BC .

Thank you; I definitely have some interest but it is not SOLD SOLD SOLD like that sweet ass Whirlwind

I will buy it if you can or will ship to Victoria BC. We can work out via pm tomorrow if you want.

Spiderman is now sold!

Uh, you passed on a $250 Demo man?

Close to 100 percent?

Honestly even 260 is not too too bad. That vs the other rates is a difference of what... The amount I would pay for shipping a Marco or pinball life order to me?

Oh man. I need to get off my but and actually sell my HUO LOTR. I love the game I just don't play it enough right now. Could be next on the chopping block and I would not mind a Dialed In eventually.

Nice games! Iron man is tempting and I already own one!

Dang! Goats.

Good luck finding a perfect game nib let alone used. I am not trying to be a jerk but I avoid doing trades or sales with those expecting perfection . If you look hard enough there is a flaw somewhere.

And anybody selling a perfect game is either clueless or a liar. I don't have time to deal with either especially if they want a premium for their deception or cluelessness.

Well okay then; if your wanted ad reads:

I'd love a MINTY LOTR (any edition - it would have to be perfect). But I don't look too hard for flaws.

I still would not know what to make of it ; if it sounds like the buyer is too needy or doesn't know what they want, a lot of seasoned sellers will just pull the hard pass ripcord and keep moving...

100 percent agree here. If someone wants my jjp potc for stupid stupid money I would sell. The same is true of my car or anything else replaceable.

Pay me enough that sourcing a new one is a no brainer and it's yours

Not so much with tax. My le was 15k all in.

Yup.

Wow! That is a really good price! I would have picked that up had I been more patient. My DI came with a Crap tonne of mods I value so i have that going for me. Good luck!

Yup. Not suggesting you overpay what you feel it is worth but stating your intentions as above is fine. Whinging on about how no one wants to sell it to you for your offer price gets old fast.

Wow!m that seems like a really good price!

I guess the other option is we change this thread name to Canada games for sale plus Grayson's dad talks about buying a blackout but doesn't follow through.

Yes, you are free to post monthly about how much you miss your Blackout and how much you want one. And we are free to give you a moderately hard time the Xth time one comes up for sale and you pass on it. I don't think anybody is getting worked up over it. It would be crazy not to expect some comments after a point unless we all had long term memory issues.

Sorry you missed out on one for $1300. Considering that is the price some people are paying for crappy Stern toppers these days, that is almost "free". Crazy prices these days!

It is not a common game; I have only seen one pro in Canada in the last several years. Just be patient and keep your eyes open!

Strangely enough this is something the community could get behind. Not in a negative way I hope. Just some friendly pinball on this now legendary in Canada SS game.

Wow, and there are some on here thinking that RZ is somehow now this high demand game again?

Cross posting here; if someone is wanting a No Fear, I have one for sale.

Not sure what price it will sell for; in a world where mid-range solid states seem to be seem to be selling in the 3-4 K range. As always it will be worth what someone wants to pay.

Here is my ad:

I have owned it for around 1.5 years, and just looking to shake my lineup up a bit (I have a spike era Jurassic Park incoming; yay!).

Game is modified with "mirror blades", and LED's for all lamps including flashbulbs. Additionally spotlights and trough lights have been added so, this is a bright, fast playing game.

There is a link here to around 80 pictures so you can have a look.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aou7HguTl0Jig_Yg_oEjJHWzA7wKRA?e=6mWgNg

At the very least there are a bunch of pictures for you to flip through if you want to see a No Fear. There is a small chip out of the playfield on the "Dirt Challenge" insert. And usual signs of use for a game from 1995 (e.g. wear behind the drop target). The cabinet has been touched up with Sharpie pens by a prior owner. It doesn't look perfect, but surely looks better than the sun faded "white cab" No Fears that pop up.

I was told the plastic upper ramp was replaced relatively recently, it certainly looks newish to me but I don't have one to compare to.

The LED's combined with the mirror blades are amazing if you want your games bright and and flashy; seeing this game done up convinced me "mirror blades are cool" . Lastly, the lockdown bar and side rails are brand new; I replaced these as they had some not so great looking powder coat on them when I bought the game.

If you think this game might be for you, please send me a PM! If this seems to sell through pinside I will happily make a donantion. I feel overdue there regardless.

Nice; interesting first pin option for a retiree, but what the heck. Nice to make someone's day and free up a slot or some $$$ for another pin.

Sorry for the self quote. I can no longer edit this. Game is in Victoria BC. Thank you to a pinsider form the reminder!

Price drop to $4500; my No Fear in Victoria:

Cross posting here; if someone is wanting a No Fear, I have one for sale.

Not sure what price it will sell for; in a world where mid-range solid states seem to be seem to be selling in the 3-4 K range. As always it will be worth what someone wants to pay.

Here is my ad:

I have owned it for around 1.5 years, and just looking to shake my lineup up a bit (I have a spike era Jurassic Park incoming; yay!).

Game is modified with "mirror blades", and LED's for all lamps including flashbulbs. Additionally spotlights and trough lights have been added so, this is a bright, fast playing game.

There is a link here to around 80 pictures so you can have a look.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aou7HguTl0Jig_Yg_oEjJHWzA7wKRA?e=6mWgNg

At the very least there are a bunch of pictures for you to flip through if you want to see a No Fear. There is a small chip out of the playfield on the "Dirt Challenge" insert. And usual signs of use for a game from 1995 (e.g. wear behind the drop target). The cabinet has been touched up with Sharpie pens by a prior owner. It doesn't look perfect, but surely looks better than the sun faded "white cab" No Fears that pop up.

I was told the plastic upper ramp was replaced relatively recently, it certainly looks newish to me but I don't have one to compare to.

The LED's combined with the mirror blades are amazing if you want your games bright and and flashy; seeing this game done up convinced me "mirror blades are cool" . Lastly, the lockdown bar and side rails are brand new; I replaced these as they had some not so great looking powder coat on them when I bought the game.

If you think this game might be for you, please send me a PM! If this seems to sell through pinside I will happily make a donation. I feel overdue there regardless.

NO FEAR is sold; (FWIW it sold outside if Pinside).

Very cool!

Given all the crazyness over the last year this seems like a good deal!

That would be tempting if local!

Good luck.

Time to shake some games loose and see if I can get something new (GNR?). Games are located in my collection in Victoria, BC.

Up for sale is my HOU Iron Man from the original run. It has "non-ghosting" LED's that look great to me, a shaker motor, upgraded subwoofer and I took the pegs off and added standard service rails for underneath the playfield. I also added "lollipop" rails to the sides so I would not have to worry about damage when others were playing it. I have owned the game for ~11 years; I bought it off the owner who bought it new.

Asking $7000.

Lots of pictures here:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aou7HguTl0JihJUci_tMVxU3Xz5LQw?e=2avCs0

Also up for sale is a Sorcerer I spent a bunch of the pandemic working on. I replaced a lot of the connectors, the MPU, displays, power driver board, set of plastics and the playfield! It should run fine for another 35 years
The playfield was a discounted one from CPR, it had a few small white marks where the playfield is black (which were mostly covered up when I assembled components onto the playfield). I also noticed one small pinhole defect in the clear when taking pictures. It is not perfect, but it is way better than the original playfield.

Asking $5000

Far too many pics here:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aou7HguTl0JihJUdguFw7nZqGxO2ZA?e=OWVYrg

If these sell through pinside I will donate! And I am not sure where to price these since things keep getting crazier in pinball. I know of a Sorcerer that sold for $3500 Cad last summer locally, I have to think mine is worth a bit more than that one...

My Iron Man is sold to an awesome newer collector off pinside.

I will be heading to Burnaby to pick up a game (possibly as soon as tomorrow) so if somehow that makes you more interested in Sorcerer please give me a shout!

Still for sale is a Sorcerer I spent a bunch of the pandemic working on. I replaced a lot of the connectors, the MPU, displays, power driver board, set of plastics and the playfield! It should run fine for another 35 years
The playfield was a discounted one from CPR, it had a few small white marks where the playfield is black (which were mostly covered up when I assembled components onto the playfield). I also noticed one small pinhole defect in the clear when taking pictures. It is not perfect, but it is way better than the original playfield.

Asking $5000

Far too many pics here:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aou7HguTl0JihJUdguFw7nZqGxO2ZA?e=OWVYrg

Price drop on my Sorcerer, only $4500. Game is in Victoria.

Up for sale is a Sorcerer I spent a bunch of the pandemic working on. I replaced a lot of the connectors, the MPU, displays, power driver board, set of plastics and the playfield! It should run fine for another 35 years. I even replaced the flipper coils and capacitors with more reliable newer equivalents.

The playfield was a discounted one from CPR, it had a few small white marks where the playfield is black (which were mostly covered up when I assembled components onto the playfield). I also noticed one small pinhole sized defect in the clear when taking pictures. It is not perfect, but it is way better than the original playfield.

Asking $4500

Far too many pics here:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aou7HguTl0JihJUdguFw7nZqGxO2ZA?e=OWVYrg

Back on the topic of NOT selling things, I am always a bit puzzled by people who always need to check with everything with their spouse. I can see running a major purchase by them, whatever. But I bumped into one fellow who took this to the extreme, e.g. "my wife wants to know what you have for sale, my wife wants to see a video of this or that, my wife wants to know where to get parts".

I don't mind helping you make an informed purchase, just stop putting it on your wife all the time !!!

Yeah I can see that. Fair point! I am not sure what was going on but I hope they are enjoying the hobby still.

Project virtual pin or shipping damage or?

My Sorcerer Pinball is still for sale in Victoria; new playfield, new plastics, lots of upgrades (new displays, mostly new boards).

Asking $4500.

Tonnes of pics here:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aou7HguTl0JihJUdguFw7nZqGxO2ZA?e=OWVYrg

Yeah, not sure what is up.

My Sorcerer just sold, and there even seemed to be less looky-loo's than usual. Pins are red hot supposedly, but buyers are scarce? Yet look at the Banning auction... maybe its a Canadian thing?

Well, that's more creative than "my wife changed her mind".

Doh; I haven't had that happen yet. As long as I don't exceed my space (9 pins should be enough... right? ) my wife seems very chill about spending more than our vehicles are worth on a pin.

Yeah, not to pile on and you don't owe us an explanation but holy cow! That is the "newest" used game I have ever seen.

Because I am dumb I would pay shipping of these to me just to see if I can "make them work" in one of my games

Happy to take them off your hands if you are willing to ship! Also PM'ing you.