Hola,

So I have been searching for a The Addams Family or a Attack from Mars project game for a while now. I feel like it is really hard to find "project" machines. Anywho, I got this wild hair today that maybe I should just build one from scratch. They are both popular enough that there seems to be every part imaginable available. My only concern is a wiring harness. I can not seem to find one of those anywhere. I have found schematics, I could reproduce it (after a s*** ton of work). You see people doing restores with repro playfields and cabs but that person seems to always have a donor game to steal parts off of. SO, money aside, is this a possible thing?

Holy cow. Lots of insight! I was sitting down to figure to try and get my head around the pricing side but Flex_in_Aus already did that for me so thank you! I assumed it would be around that. I do have an The Addams Family or 2 in the area and I'm fairly certain one of the places would let me poke around under the hood if needed. I did find the wiring matrix in the manual. TONS of work. I like what Calipindave said about finding a cheaper WPC donor. What would be a cheaper WPC game that may be easier to find?

I think what I am going to do is keep a look out for any project standard body wpc game to use as a donor. I would love to buy a TAF but unless it beat to crap and going for 2 grand, I don't have the money for it. Its easier for me to buy parts one by one than save money lol. I want a project pin but it seems hard to find any non working games. Another game I would love to do is The Machine: Bride of Pinbot. Honestly, I would take just about any project game at this point that's newer than the early SS's for 2 grand and less.

I'm not looking to save a bunch of money in the long run. I want the project because I enjoy the hobby and I enjoy building and restoring stuff. I'm also not looking to make a quick turn and sell it for a profit.