Greenville, SC
Hey everyone!
I come to you in need of your expertise. I currently have a STTNG sitting in my kitchen that I have been tinkering with for my uncle. I would like to buy this machine, but I want to make sure that I pay a fair amount both to my family and for me. Any wisdom on market value is greatly appreciated.
Here is a little about said machine-
-The body seems to be in good or better shape. (I'm not an expert on what to look for, but as far as dings and imperfections, it has very few.)
-The back glass looks to be in very good shape as well. There are one or two tiny imperfections around Worf's uniform.
-Playfield shows normal use. A good cleaning will probably go a long way. The Neutral zone shows some edge wear. (I have a protector for it to install)
-Ship models and cannons are solid. The Borg ship and the cannons may be a little color shifted from age. I will need to consult with what the original colors should be.
-One of the plastics on the left side has a field repair of electrical tape wrap. Guessing it is broken underneath
-It turns on and boots up (most of the time)
-Once powered up, the diagnostic does reveal a few things. I will note them when I get back home and repeat what it finds. (traveling for work currently)
-It begins staging balls, but never stops. This is probably at least because of the below reasons, maybe more
-Upper diverter has a wire broken free from the solder. If memory serves it is the purple wire with a green stripe. Is this the tieback???
-Lower diverter solenoid is stuck engaged. It feels solid as a rock and I can't seem to move it. Currently I have it unplugged, since I was afraid it would burn up otherwise
-Trough has intermittent connection issues with the opto boards. Looks like the pin connectors are shot. I can jiggle them and power will be restored to the optos.
-Sometimes after it sits on for a few minutes it will shutoff and reset on it's own. Sometimes when it does this, it doesn't boot back up. (The LEDs on the board don't do what they are supposed to do. i.e. stay on or continue blinking, etc...)
-The DMD display seems to work fine. It has had a few issues of one half of it acting up. Let me know if I need to explain more on this.
I actually started working on this thing a few years ago to fix problems it had then. (before I was planning on buying it) Here is what I have purchased or installed so far-
-I have all new plastics (not installed yet)
-Neutral Guard (not installed yet)
-16 Opto circuit board
-Rubber kit (not installed yet)
-Updated design trough opto emitter and receiver set
-Full LED kit from Cointaker, non-ghosting (I would change a few lamps here and there when I had time over at my uncle's house, so this is a work in progress)
With all that said. I feel like it is a solid game overall, but it sounds like it may need some work. From what I have gathered on other STTNG topics on here, I probably need to look into the tieback wire fix/update. (Which may have cause the one solenoid to lock up?) Once that is complete, I probably need to check if any other damage was done from the tieback issue?
I will be home with the machine for a solid week, over the Christmas break. Feel free to request any pics or places for me to report back what condition they appear to be in.
Thanks in advance for any and all help!!!
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