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For sale: Fish Tales High End Restore

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#1 3 years ago

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dasha126

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Lakewood, CA

10y 62,800 360 10 2

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For sale: Fish Tales High End Restore

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Added: 2021-03-11 02:24:10 UTC • Ended: April 1st, 2021
Condition: Fully restored (full original status)

Price

$ 8,900 (OBO)

Open for offers

ITEM DESCRIPTION
Another High End Restore by Dave Lucas! This machine is second FT I have up for your consideration in last 30 days 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 Mirco Clear Coated Playfield
New Clear Coated Cabinet Decals
New plastic set
Glow in dark plastic protector set
Candy Coated Habitrails
Candy Chrome powder coating all 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 yellow translucent pop bumpers
Led pop bumper lighting
NVRAM
New Pinball Pro Speaker System
New factory stickers
Fully Leds
Pin Blades
Bomber mod
Fish monster mod
Custom instruction cards
Custom shooter rod
Custom shooter rod launch button
Custom key start button
Custom green 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 then powder coated

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

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#2 3 years ago

ACE

Dallas_Pin

Pinside+ Frequent

6y 105K 1,122

Wasn't this 9,000 in February?

#3 3 years ago

WOT

Atari_Daze

Spd

Houston, TX

7y 141K 10,053 7

Quoted from Dallas_Pin:
Wasn't this 9,000 in February?

I think it was.

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#4 3 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,409 108 1 1

Quoted from Atari_Daze:
I think it was.[quoted image]

Classic, ask more money and buyers with cash burning a hole in their pocket think they’re getting a great deal!

Buddy runs a detail business, used to charge low rates, got scumbags and disgusting cars.
Tripled his rates and suddenly got upper class customers, cleaning brand new Land Rovers and Escalades.

There’s an ass for every seat!

#5 3 years ago

N_W

Neal_W

Pinside member

9y 99,550 3,442

Quoted from Atari_Daze:
I think it was.

Not that one. Auto launch button and coin return slots are different.

#6 3 years ago

MDS

Wmsfan-GAP

Pinside+ Frequent

14y 122K 1,702 1

Look at that ball return coil on pic two. And that's on the new Mirco PF...

#7 3 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,070 19 30 1

Quoted from Dallas_Pin:
Wasn't this 9,000 in February?

OP
Quoted from dasha126:
This machine is second FT I have up for your consideration in last 30 days...

Apparently there are twins of this thing?
Evil twins?

#8 3 years ago

CMC

CashMoney

Pinside+ Frequent

Sacramento, CA

3y 90,050 1,164 13 41

This was “pending sale” just a couple weeks ago and now it looks like the sale fell through... yikes. That’s a big red flag if I’ve ever seen one.

#9 3 years ago

MDB

Mbecker

Pinside+ Frequent

Seattle, WA

10y 104K 4,313 5 14

That coil... makes me wonder about the rest oft he mechs minus the flipper and pop that were rebuilt. Why go to all this work tricking a machine out and swapping the playfield and rechroming.. only to not take apart all the mechs and clean them, apply new coil wrappers.. ?

I don’t buy the red flag on sale falling thru though, why’s that a red flag?

#10 3 years ago

CIP

tonycip

T&T mods

11y 81,550 1,468 17

looks great, but at the end of the day its still just a fishtail.. glws.

#11 3 years ago

MAH

wamonkey

Pinside+ Frequent

Seattle, WA

8y 73,300 1,272 7 9

He is saying mirror blades they are art blades.... it’s an ugly color combo with lots of mods but not worth it. Who paints an interior cabinet blue for fish tales looks bad...black is or would have been better.

#12 3 years ago

JIM

Dkjimbo

Pinside member

Matthews, NC

8y 55,800 1,110 3 33

Quoted from wamonkey:
He is saying mirror blades they are art blades.... it’s an ugly color combo with lots of mods but not worth it. Who paints an interior cabinet blue for fish tales looks bad...black is or would have been better.

Why would anyone ever paint the inside of the cabinet any color OTHER than black (and leg brackets etc)??? So unnecessary.

Talk about way over-invested on this one, yikes. I’ll never understand going this over the top on a B or C list title. Do this stuff to an original AFM or something people will actually want and appreciate the add ons.

#13 3 years ago

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deeznuts

Pinside member

10y 48,400 273 18

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#14 3 years ago

SDS

whthrs166

Pinside member

Arvada, CO

10y 93,050 4,526 12

Man you really gotta like fishing!

#15 3 years ago

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KongDonkey

Pinside member

5y 57,800 333

Quoted from whthrs166:
Man you really gotta like fishing!

...fishing for suckers with fat wallets and/or clowns

I don’t get these paint jobs (this is the second one just like it). If there was the same amount of work put in and kept a decent color scheme it might have worked...and would justify at least half of the asking price.

#16 3 years ago

KEV

Kevlar51

Pinside+ Frequent

Sykesville, MD

5y 58,800 438 3 10

Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Classic, ask more money and buyers with cash burning a hole in their pocket think they’re getting a great deal!
Buddy runs a detail business, used to charge low rates, got scumbags and disgusting cars.
Tripled his rates and suddenly got upper class customers, cleaning brand new Land Rovers and Escalades.
There’s an ass for every seat!

GW University took that approach back in the 80s or 90s. Enrollment was down and they couldn't attract new students. So they jacked their tuition up--suddenly they were prestigious and enrollment went up considerably.

#17 3 years ago

JAS

Sinistarrett

Pinside member

Freeport, FL

8y 81,850 1,623 3 12

Looks like a lot of work went into making this game look the way it does. I really really dont understand the festooning of those fake aquarium plants all over the playfield.

#18 3 years ago

REW

woody76

Pinball Marketing

Nashville, TN

9y 142K 6,848 6 98

Quoted from Sinistarrett:
Looks like a lot of work went into making this game look the way it does. I really really dont understand the festooning of those fake aquarium plants all over the playfield.

jeez, how did I miss those the first time I looked? terrible

#19 3 years ago

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Mike_J

Pinside member

13y 99,550 5,400 58

U-G-L-Y, you ain’t got no alibi.
You ugly.

#20 3 years ago

WOZ

PanzerFreak

Pinside+ Frequent

14y 123K 12,948 19

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#21 3 years ago

MCH

Pinkitten

Pinside+ Pro!

Williamston, MI

6y 136K 3,788 14 88

Quoted from Dallas_Pin:
Wasn't this 9,000 in February?

February was like a month ago. Inflation, man!

#22 3 years ago

444

sunnRAT

Pinside member

9y 119K 2,069

This "world under glass" candy color bullshit is getting out of hand.

#23 3 years ago

???

jeffgoldstein2

Pinside member

Hawthorn Woods, IL

12y 91,550 2,074 20 51

Nice looking Fish Tales. $6,500 nice.

#24 3 years ago

STK

flynnibus

Pinside+ Frequent

11y 134K 13,239

Can't wait to list my restored Toyota Camry for 50k...

-5

#25 3 years ago

TOM

Bumper

Pinside member

10y 51,050 258 48

Working Fish Tales base: $3200
New Mirco Clear Coated Playfield $1250
Radcal Clear Coated Decals $399
New plastic set $159
Candy Coated Habitrails $100
Candy Chrome powder coating all of metal inside and outside the cabinet $295
LPM lit speaker panel looks awesome $159
Color Dmd $399
New speaker panel $0
New plastic ramp $99
Custom running water effect under cabinet projector simulates running water $15
Looks incredible with lights off in game room.
New hardware $50
New playfield glass $25
New yellow star posts $5
Green glow in dark titan rubber $5
New lane guides $10
Fully rebuilt flippers and pop bumpers $45
Custom yellow translucent pop bumpers $75
Led pop bumper lighting $15
NVRAM $15
New Pinball Pro Speaker System $149
New factory stickers
Fully Leds $149
Pin Blades $79
Bomber mod $10
Fish monster mod $10
Custom instruction cards $10
Custom shooter rod $10
Custom shooter rod launch button $25
Custom key start button $35
Custom green captive ball $15
SHAKER Motor / has awesome affect in conjunction with Tail Topper $225
Led Speaker mod with color changing leds in speakers $0
All metal ramps were triple plated chrome then powder coated $0

Over $7000 in parts, so not so crazy if you calculate the time and effort to do this.

#26 3 years ago

???

KongDonkey

Pinside member

5y 57,800 333

If you calculate the cost and time to get it back looking halfway decent though the price negates itself.

#27 3 years ago

LEE

Leeb18509

Pinside member

Farmington, UT

12y 76,550 2,113 5

Quoted from Bumper:
Over $7000 in parts, so not so crazy if you calculate the time and effort to do this.

The crazy started on the first line. "Working Fish Tales base: $3200"

#28 3 years ago

N_W

Neal_W

Pinside member

9y 99,550 3,442

For sure they put a TON of detail work in with every little part powder coated orange, but customized to their taste and not likely anyone else.

I just noticed the blue backbox.

#29 3 years ago

ACE

Dallas_Pin

Pinside+ Frequent

6y 105K 1,122

All that money ... and this? Can’t spend the extra $5 to go new?

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#30 3 years ago

EEP

epeabs

Pinside+ Frequent

Auburn, NH

11y 82,300 1,272 3

Quoted from Dallas_Pin:
All that money ... and this? Can’t spend the extra $5 to go new?
[quoted image]

First thing I saw in the photos.

#31 3 years ago

MDB

Mbecker

Pinside+ Frequent

Seattle, WA

10y 104K 4,313 5 14

Quoted from epeabs:
First thing I saw in the photos.

Exactly, I suspect none of assemblies were taken apart and cleaned. For all the work put in, this should have been done for a full restore. And new wrappers.

7500 doesn’t seem unreasonable to the right buyer. I’m not against the powder coat or a lot of the mods— but the asking is almost over HEP pricing and this ain’t HEP.

#32 3 years ago

???

chooch

Pinside member

11y 47,050 678

Quoted from Dallas_Pin:
All that money ... and this? Can’t spend the extra $5 to go new?
[quoted image]

There is no need to replace that part when your audience is newbies. Just like the last machine that sold with water damage for 9K the uneducated newbie is going to buy this because they will see all mods and bling and think it's the nicest FT in existence.

#33 3 years ago

jokerpoker

Pinside+ Frequent

Nowra

11y 86,050 1,494 3 22

Quoted from chooch:
There is no need to replace that part when your audience is newbies. Just like the last machine that sold with water damage for 9K the uneducated newbie is going to buy this because they will see all mods and bling and think it's the nicest FT in existence.

You’ve nailed it.

#34 3 years ago

WOZ

PanzerFreak

Pinside+ Frequent

14y 123K 12,948 19

Quoted from Mbecker:
Exactly, I suspect none of assemblies were taken apart and cleaned. For all the work put in, this should have been done for a full restore. And new wrappers.
7500 doesn’t seem unreasonable to the right buyer. I’m not against the powder coat or a lot of the mods— but the asking is almost over HEP pricing and this ain’t HEP.

Agree. I don't like criticizing for sale ads but when I see "high end restoration" to me that should mean all assemblies removed + polished using a tumbler, replacing dirty springs / flipper components, and cleaning the wiring harness.

#35 3 years ago

MCH

Pinkitten

Pinside+ Pro!

Williamston, MI

6y 136K 3,788 14 88

Bought a really nice, partial restored FT with new ramps, re-cleared pf, tumbled metals. All new LEDs. That thing was nice. $4k even in June, 2019. So dumb I traded it.

#36 3 years ago

%#!

FlipperMagician

Pinside member

12y 64,800 1,099

#37 3 years ago

JAS

Sinistarrett

Pinside member

Freeport, FL

8y 81,850 1,623 3 12

Lets see some pics of the sides of the head! Curious to see how that looks.

#38 3 years ago

JIM

JIMAKOST

Calgary, AB

12y 66,300 151 6 7

Quoted from Sinistarrett:
Lets see some pics of the sides of the head! Curious to see how that looks.

How about the playfield side rails be replaced with oak !!
If this is a hi end restoration,at least replace those Shrinking black wrap wood side rails

#39 3 years ago

ROB

Guinnesstime

Pinside+ Frequent

11y 133K 5,876 20 1

Quoted from Atari_Daze:
I think it was.[quoted image]

I give the OP credit. You have to have a helluva set of captive balls to list it here.

#40 3 years ago

GTO

Pinside member

Frisco, TX

10y 81,300 577 3 10

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#41 3 years ago

DSM

Lostcause

Pinside member

4y 80,550 1,844 13

Quoted from JIMAKOST:
How about the playfield side rails be replaced with oak !!
If this is a hi end restoration,at least replace those Shrinking black wrap wood side rails

Have oak rails on mine, yeehaaa

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#42 3 years ago

DBLM

Pinside member

7y 125K 15,361

Where is the bomber mod? I see a 28 cent bobber clued in there...

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