Sylvania, OH
I'm not a high end collector.. I like the bargain stuff. That said.. I'm looking to shake things up, literally. What's the best bang for buck pin that includes a shaker motor? Thx!
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Earthshaker
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Gottlieb, 1993
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I haven't been following current price trends, but as of a year or two ago my answer would be Jurassic Park.
+1 for Gladiators being cheap. Problem though is that they're not terribly common, and the theme is polarizing.
I picked up my Earthshaker for $1,700. I thought that was a fair price. Playfield was perfect, but the cabinet art was blown out. You'll have a better chance finding one of these, and the theme is probably the best use of the shaker.
Quoted from Cheddar:Earthshaker is probably the cheapest. You can pick up a player for 1600
whaaaaat 
Gladiators will be the cheapest and it is a DMD. should be priced just below the Earthshaker.
Also Checkpoint has a shaker motor, keystart and first dmd!
Quoted from djblouw:Gladiators has an awesome shaker, can be picked up for around a grand, and has pretty fun gameplay.
Buyer beware, many gladiators have had the shaker pulled out. I've had 2 gladiators and only 1 had the shaker... Adding the shaker in after, is pretty much non existent. I've looked around and asked, no such way. You'd have to custom build a harness or wiring for it.
As others have said, Gladiators is your easy choice.
I'm selling mine to a friend as her first game at 1k. Find me a DMD game with a shaker at a better value and I'll eat me hat.
Quoted from northvibe:Buyer beware, many gladiators have had the shaker pulled out. I've had 2 gladiators and only 1 had the shaker... Adding the shaker in after, is pretty much non existent. I've looked around and asked, no such way. You'd have to custom build a harness or wiring for it.
Yeah, Gladiators without a shaker just wouldn't be the same.
Quoted from JosiahCox:I'm selling mine to a friend as her first game at 1k
That's a pretty good first pin--easy to understand, lots of features, and a SHAKER
TFTC cheap?? really...? that pin just keeps going up. I remember it being a $1000-$1500 pin.. call that cheap if you will... but I see them consistently for $2500-$2800... I am not sure of OHMI's budget but that is starting to not be cheap anymore.
GREAT GAME THOUGH... I miss the 2 I use to have. Want it back, but yeah with the nearing $3K I may just catalogue TFTC as "great game I use to have"
Quoted from djblouw:Yeah, Gladiators without a shaker just wouldn't be the same.
Gladiators with a shaker, you won't be the same
The gladiators shaker is @#$@%@#% x4 the red tremor from cointaker.
Quoted from pinnaf:TFTC cheap?? really...? that pin just keeps going up. I remember it being a $1000-$1500 pin.. call that cheap if you will... but I see them consistently for $2500-$2800... I am not sure of OHMI's budget but that is starting to not be cheap anymore.
GREAT GAME THOUGH... I miss the 2 I use to have. Want it back, but yeah with the nearing $3K I may just catalogue TFTC as "great game I use to have"
I think they can still be found around $2000. A guy I know sold his not that long ago for <$2000.
Might be a stupid question, but what does a shaker accomplish or do? I've never played a game with one, so I'm in the dark here as to why I might want to entertain the idea of one.
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