Bummer. Sorry to hear. ...would be interested to hear the story behind this find/purchase/etc, though.

Best,
Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
www.ElephantEater.com

Ouch. Glad I didn't bite on that NOS playfield FS. That looks like crap.

Time to get in on the preorder queue at CPR.

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Was the one listed by CoinOpWarehouse on facebook not too long ago?

That sure is a shame and a big disappointment.

Yup moisture got to it. Now starts the resto right.

what a box of poo...
bummer. no scratches on playfield though.
i almost bought that. you beat me by seconds... dang.
even though you are a douche, i'm sorry that's what showed up.

eeeeek

what are you doing buying pinball stuff for anyway?
have you rebuilt every frickin' arcade machine in the world already and now moved to pinball?

cool.
i was beating myself up for not buying that playfield. it was just too good to be true with how much came with it. the photo they showed looked great. just drop-in, wire up and make a few tweaks. that was the plan at least. man... so sorry that's what's inside

here's a sneak peak at one of mine.
let me know if interested

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/tron-prequel-pinball

Depends on what you paid for it.

I hope the seller mentioned the dampness issue before working out a deal with you. Otherwise, looks to me like the potential is there, definitely not a turd. Plastics should clean up nicely with Novus, and the metal parts look like they'll come out fine after a few hours in a tumbler. The pain-in-the-butt will be the connectors. Those .100 pins don't handle dampness well at all.

It's not often a playfield in this condition becomes available fully populated. That alone saves you 6-8 hours of day-off hassle. Y'oughta' be happy!

Nahhhhh.......Never mind. I just noticed the playfield underside.

Looks like you'll be replacing a lot of bulbs and sockets for starters. The potential is still there, but in this case, I think I'd opt for the day-off hassle!

Oh dear was it stored in a flood prone area?

I can clarify, if this is a rumor is out there.

No, we didn't buy an NOS specimen for SI. Nor Paragon. Nor TAF.

The reason those three preorders popped up is because of the original films. No redraws required. Everyone can thank PPS, because with their purchase of IPB, these are amongst some of the first movements of putting the IPB hoard to work. Would have never happened if these were still buried in a leaky warehouse in Bloomington, being sat on.

The widebody stuff has been avoided for years by the Art Team, even Master Yoda Stu. It's not just that they're bigger layouts to recreate physically, but the level of artwork Bally used was complete insanity on SI and Paragon. It would be like trying to redux Centaur or Fathom artwork from scratch. A trillion individual vector pieces to create. Thus we never made a move to invest in any widebody-capable equipment until the artwork was under PPS control.

KEVIN
Classic Playfield Reproductions
http://www.classicplayfields.com

MMmmm, correct speaking you are....

Sorry to hear that op. I know you have had success buying from Llyod and he has his fans. I live about 45 minutes from there and have been to his place a dozen times. I would never buy anything from him I couldn't inspect first hand. Not that he is deceiving anyone but most of his stuff is heavily worn, damaged or just junk IMO.

Not surprised really. I've seen alot of this and especially from certain sellers. Just because its "NOS" and in a crate doesn't mean a thing. Sorry about your luck, hopefully you'll make it right...which I'm sure. Good luck.

John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, Mi.
269-979-3836

Im with u im literally right beside coinop and been there many times and alot is what you are saying but they are usually priced well but just to many unknowns and by the time u get it nice you could of bought the same thing without all the work for the same price. However if anyone ever needs me to check something out idbe willing to if im available

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Ditto! This guy advertises, "Just in," or, "Just off the route," all the time, but what the sales pitch means simply is, "As-Is." Not a bad guy, just that his prices to me reflect an on-sight inspection as noted above, and if you have time to stop by COW, you have time to travel to a real collector in the highly-populated north east with the same game in better condition at a better price.

Yeah, I think Lloyd has a lot of customers and they are pretty well versed in how he does business.

He does volume. Doesn't cater to the folks who want a lot of pics. Puts a price on things to turn inventory quickly. If you snooze or hesitate, you lose.

I'd definitely be disappointed in that playfield a bit, no doubt, but I don't expect Lloyd will expect he owes anyone anything here.

Interesting how 2 NOS playfields from likely the same warehouse raid turned out completely different!

That wasn't flooded, or it would have been green, black and furry when opened. That's humidity, and a shame. Fortunately it all looks fixable.

Hmm -- does this mean that Embryon is now a possibility for CPR remake?

yep, possible, "IF" the Original Films magically show up.....

and if it turned out half as good as your Killer Shark it would be beautiful.

To me this is like getting dealt an Ace King in Texas Holdem. No guarantee and often a loser but you buy into it anyway. Someone else gets it (like the other SI NOS playfield) and its a winner and I get beat by a pair of 2's.

Llyod's a good guy, talk to him and I'm sure he'll work something out with you. Maybe a store credit........

I'm still in for Future Spa if it ever gets done.

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