Hilton and I were on the hunt for an alien star at the same time in the last couple years. Always loved playing the game at papa. That being said, I searched high and low to start and came up dry. I messaged 30-40 listed owners on pinside to see if they would sell. 5-7 people said that their game was in players condition to blown out playfield, and mentioned that even that being the case they wouldn’t come cheap. I asked what that meant and the range was from 1600-2400, for a players game at best.
I was on the fence, then I got two leads from other sources that lead me to 3 alien stars. First deal was two complete games that would need to be made one. The other was a home brew resto that wasn’t terrible, and the cab was one of the nicest I’ve laid my own eyes on(it even had a crack in bb). That’s the game I currently own. The other two shipped north to michigan.
I’d say the asking price is on target, or if anything he could raise price based on whatever demand he wants to hold out for.