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For sale: Fish Tales High End Restore

By dasha126

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#1 2 years ago

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dasha126

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Lakewood, CA

9y 60,800 355 10

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For sale: Fish Tales High End Restore

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Added: 2021-02-12 19:35:34 UTC • Ended: February 15th, 2021
Condition: Fully restored (full original status)

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Price

$ 9,000 (OBO)

Open for offers

Item description

Another High End Restore by Dave Lucas! This machine is one of kind and perhaps the nicest FT on the planet. The has been modded to a one of kind
Masterpiece for the ultimate collector who desires to have only the best.
Additions include:
New Cabinet Next Gen Decals
New plastic set
Candy Chrome powder coating most of metal inside and outside the cabinet
LPM lit speaker panel looks awesome
Color Dmd
New speaker panel
New plastic ramp
Custom running water effect under cabinet projector simulates running water
Looks incredible with lights off in game room.
New hardware
New playfield glass
New yellow star posts
Green glow in dark titan rubber
New lane guides
Fully rebuilt flippers and pop bumpers
Custom blue translucent pop bumpers
Led pop bumper lighting
NVRAM
New Pinball Pro Speaker System
New factory stickers
Fully Leds
New topper dome
Mirror Blades
Bomber mod
Fish monster mod
Custom instruction cards
Custom shooter rod
Custom shooter rod launch button
Custom key start button
Custom orange captive ball
SHAKER Motor / has awesome affect in conjunction with Tail Topper
Led Speaker mod with color changing leds in speakers
All metal ramps were triple plated chrome

Trade in project pinballs is preferred faded cabinets not working is fine.
$ Offers welcome or pinball trades titles wanted listed below:

Totan
Indiana Jones
Addams Family
Whitewater
Creature

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Thanks Dave
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Lakewood, CA, US

#2 2 years ago

TOM

freddy

Pinside+ Frequent

10y 130K 5,439 4

#3 2 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

6y 96,650 7,296 66 1

I'd love a nice FT, but $9K is a little steep ... GLWS

#4 2 years ago

JEN

Jenniebear

Pinside member

Pittsburgh, PA

6y 82,900 567 14

Why do the decals have weird gaps at the corners?

#5 2 years ago

MAH

wamonkey

Pinside+ Frequent

Seattle, WA

8y 72,300 1,247 7 8

Hmmm - the orange coin door, legs, and rails is nice but is definitely not for everyone.

I powder coated mine gloss black including the shooter reel and I think it is a little more subdued.

GLWS -

#6 2 years ago

SMM

Tortelvis

Pinside member

Sussex, WI

11y 53,900 296 8

Why a key switch for the start button? Seems like a better idea for a car theme game. Glwts.

#7 2 years ago

TAD

jints56

Pinside member

Warrenton, VA

11y 98,300 1,134 11 46

Quoted from Tortelvis:
Why a key switch for the start button? Seems like a better idea for a car theme game. Glwts.

Maybe starting the boat?

#8 2 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

6y 96,650 7,296 66 1

Quoted from Tortelvis:
Why a key switch for the start button? Seems like a better idea for a car theme game. Glwts.

yea I didn't get that .... powder coating looks nice.... has a FT ever sold for $9K?

#9 2 years ago

ROB

transprtr4u

Pinside+ Frequent

Edmonton, AB

10y 118K 7,913 3

Oh boy ....

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#10 2 years ago

CUZ

mcuzz

Pinside member

7y 117K 499 137

Tournament start button on the reel?

#11 2 years ago

STV

Doctor6

Pinside member

Roscoe, IL

15y 112K 4,023 7 59

That's ostentatious to be polite.

-1

#12 2 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

6y 96,650 7,296 66 1

So whats this game really worth?

#13 2 years ago

CUZ

mcuzz

Pinside member

7y 117K 499 137

Half

#14 2 years ago

PMM

Pmaino

Pinside+ Frequent

South Burlington, VT

8y 95,550 1,328 4 23

Beautiful machine. Glws.

#15 2 years ago

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jkashani

Pinside+ Frequent

Greystone Park, NJ

8y 119K 3,499 5

Who’s Dave Lucas and why did he redo your machine while eating shrooms and wearing 3D glasses? GLWTS

#16 2 years ago

MIP

flippersticks

Pinside member

Susanville, CA

7y 36,900 50 41

no pics of pf or shooter lane? no problem!

#17 2 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

6y 96,650 7,296 66 1

Quoted from mcuzz:
Half

Its worth more than that....I was thinking $6

#18 2 years ago

JAS

Sinistarrett

Pinside member

Freeport, FL

8y 81,850 1,544 3 12

Yeah might need to show some pics of the playfield for that ask.

#19 2 years ago

MSW

ToucanF16

Pinside+ Frequent

9y 119K 5,132

Quoted from flippersticks:
no pics of pf or shooter lane? no problem!

Beat me to it... Shooter lane pic is mandatory. What's been done to the PF? Tell us about the waterfall projector.

#20 2 years ago

COS

cosmokramer

Inactive member

10y 112K 8,268

Quoted from wamonkey:
I powder coated mine gloss black including the shooter reel and I think it is a little more subdued.
GLWS -

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#21 2 years ago

MSW

ToucanF16

Pinside+ Frequent

9y 119K 5,132

cosmokramer always has good taste! I think it's easy to overdo it on FT. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

#22 2 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

6y 96,650 7,296 66 1

Quoted from cosmokramer:
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Looks very nice....black always looks good

#23 2 years ago

VNO

Vino

Pinside+ Addict

8y 157K 5,384 55

Wow. That is one slammin’ salmon!

#24 2 years ago

MAH

wamonkey

Pinside+ Frequent

Seattle, WA

8y 72,300 1,247 7 8

Quoted from cosmokramer:
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I would take a picture of mine but it’s identical to yours...

-5

#25 2 years ago

EDH

TigerLaw

Pinside Moderator

Jennings, LA

14y 221K 20,010 24 240 3

Gorgeous game, like every game you have ever listed. GLWS.

-15

#26 2 years ago

JBH

renvhoek

Pinside+ Addict

Corbin, KY

3y 44,650 64 17 6

The price imo is quite fair, considering how much restoration went into this.

-2

#27 2 years ago

jake35

Pinside+ Frequent

7y 114K 2,495 27 9

Quoted from TigerLaw:
Gorgeous game, like every game you have ever listed. GLWS.

I'm going to end up buying one of his! Amazing the stuff he puts out.

#28 2 years ago

AXE

YeOldPinPlayer

Inactive member

Unknown

7y 111K 6,454 4 12

Quoted from renvhoek:
considering how much restoration went into this.

Using that logic if you spend $99,999,999 and ten years restoring a Thunderbirds it’s worth about $99,999,999?

Of course not. It’s worth market price. Just because you overpaid doesn’t mean the next owner should.

#29 2 years ago

BAD

Brtlkat

Pinside member

Fort Pierce, FL

11y 52,050 1,477 14

Need pictures of the pcb boards in the BB and some more of the bottom of the PF. The bottom of the playfield looks like a reimport or it seen some moisture in the past, has rusty parts, Transformer, bulb sockets,, etc. Take it for what it is OBO.

#31 2 years ago

Blackbeard

Pinside member

12y 100K 11,892 4 20 1

I wouldn’t buy this thing for 9k if it was restored by George Lucas.

That said, GLWTS.

#32 2 years ago

SDS

whthrs166

Pinside member

Arvada, CO

10y 93,050 4,526 12

Need playfield pics top and bottom. When a 4k game gets up around 10k it needs to be a whistle clean restore not just a bling job.

#33 2 years ago

HAZ

hank527

Pinside+ Addict

12y 128K 5,368 245

I’m looks like the holes on the front cab were not sanded flush prior to putting on the decals.

This is so tough because a lot of money was thrown into this restore. It’s the little things that needed to be fixed to make this one worth more.

It can probably be fixed properly for $500 or less. It’s more work though.

#34 2 years ago

FXS

sulli10

Pinside member

Morristown, NJ

13y 129K 2,536 33 61

Got to show the play field in detail for this type of money. I struggle with 90's B and W games restored with color trim. Original stainless, chrome , and possibly brass (E.G. IJ). Powder coat I would stay with gloss black. are my personal preference. Some may be others influenced this way as well.

#35 2 years ago

REW

woody76

Pinball Marketing

Nashville, TN

8y 138K 6,657 6 97

one sold at TPF for $10k about 5 years ago that was very similar to this. Different color trim but similar restore

#36 2 years ago

ROK

pinmister

Pinside member

10y 129K 7,004

I used to be on the other side of the fence and then I started to really appreciate the amount of work that goes into a restoration job. I was fortunate to find a fully restored Fishtales and it is now a centerpiece in my collection. To me it is like a work of art and worth every penny.

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#37 2 years ago

JON

bigehrl

Jackbar

New York, NY

11y 96,150 3,780 76

how has NOONE yet commented on the 'Stern - Tournament Start' Button on the shooter?!??!!? c'mon guys, you're losing it!

edit: mcuzz nailed it first. nice one!

#38 2 years ago

GPD

KoolFingers

Pinside member

Youngstown, OH

10y 68,800 1,139 7 7

Quoted from bigehrl:
how has NOONE yet commented on the 'Stern - Tournament Start' Button on the shooter?!??!!? c'mon guys, you're losing it!
edit: mcuzz nailed it first. nice one!

post #10

#39 2 years ago

MJM

mystman12

Pinside member

9y 76,550 1,145 6 7

All that work done and you ruin it with colored GI.

Either put white bulbs in or cut a few hundred from the price so whoever buys this can have some extra cash to buy some good bulbs and LED OCD boards.

Edit: Okay I'm probably being a bit too harsh here, but seriously, this would look so much nicer with some white bulbs so all the artwork could shine.

#40 2 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

6y 96,650 7,296 66 1

About a year ago there was a really nice HEP FT that sold in the $7's, color dmd, powder coated, restored play field, and all the electronics were completely worked over...

#41 2 years ago

SMM

dr_nybble

Pinside+ Frequent

Ottawa, ON

9y 111K 3,412 15

For this price comprehensive high-res photos are a must.

I'm not expecting to see rust on a $9K game. When I do a game myself, every single screw gets polished...

#42 2 years ago

KNT

Coindork

Pinside member

Cave Creek, AZ

7y 147K 4,623 20 74

Quoted from Brtlkat:
The bottom of the playfield looks like a reimport or it seen some moisture in the past, has rusty parts, Transformer, bulb sockets,, etc. Take it for what it is OBO.

You’re being kind.
The underside of the playfield from the one obscured photo provided looks like total shit. Water stained, rust etc.
I’m betting the inside of the cabinet is painted to hide water damage (if not had the entire bottom replaced).

#43 2 years ago

BRG

IdahoRealtor

Pinside member

Eagle, ID

12y 137K 6,709 10 10

Quoted from Jenniebear:
Why do the decals have weird gaps at the corners?

Looks like radcals.

#44 2 years ago

MJM

wisefwumyogwave

Pinside member

8y 106K 1,730 35

Eeew

#45 2 years ago

ZAK

Engine09

Pinside member

Calgary, AB

11y 43,400 293 13

Quoted from PtownPin:
... powder coating looks nice...

Really?

I'll never understand.

#46 2 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

6y 96,650 7,296 66 1

Quoted from Engine09:
Really?
I'll never understand.

I think it looks as good as the blue powder coating I've seen although I think black looks the best. Not sure why u would go through all this effort and not refurbish the play field.

#47 2 years ago

???

kklank

Pinside member

Glen Ellyn, IL

10y 99,050 3,452 46 2

This price is ridiculous.

#48 2 years ago

SDS

whthrs166

Pinside member

Arvada, CO

10y 93,050 4,526 12

Quoted from PtownPin:
About a year ago there was a really nice HEP FT that sold in the $7's, color dmd, powder coated, restored play field, and all the electronics were completely

An HEP FT for 7k? It cost more than 7k just to get an HEP restore when you supply the machine. That was a smokin deal for someone!

#49 2 years ago

M U

cleanandlevel

Pinside+ Frequent

Gainesville, FL

4y 68,050 348 28 14 2

popcorn get your popcorn here!

#50 2 years ago

SDS

whthrs166

Pinside member

Arvada, CO

10y 93,050 4,526 12

Quoted from pinmister:
used to be on the other side of the fence and then I started to really appreciate the amount of work that goes into a restoration job. I was fortunate to find a fully restored Fishtales and it is now a centerpiece in my collection. To me it is like a work of art and worth every penny.

Now thats a nice Fish Tales! I tip my hat to sir.

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