For sale: FS: CONGO PINBALL MACHINE

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8y 4,900 25

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FS: CONGO PINBALL MACHINE

Added: 2015-06-05 14:37:42 UTC • Ended: June 29th, 2015
Condition: Fully restored (full original status)

Price

$ 4,000

4000.00

All LED'ed
LED bumper caps
new display
new cpu board
NOS driver board
new ramp
brass plated wire ramps by Mike Chesnut
New custom shooter rod
Mirror Blades

Curly

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#2 8 years ago

DOC

shlockdoc

Pinside+ Frequent

14y 110K 4,400

wow - Congo breaks 4K - Go Curly

#3 8 years ago

RAR

beelzeboob

Pinside+ Frequent

10y 182K 20,663

Wait till I put mine up for sale. His will look like a bargain!

#4 8 years ago

JAM

Starscream

Pinside member

Congers, NY

10y 55,550 980 20 14

Lol and I thought she said you can't sell it

Free bump for Curly! Seen and played this game last week and its a beauty, Pictures don't do it justice, The LED's especially look terrific in person

#5 8 years ago

???

CURLY

Inactive member

8y 4,900 25

She is letting it go and I told her I would find her a BOP some day.

#6 8 years ago

DEB

Dbaum88

Pinside member

Roswell, GA

11y 90,050 1,274 8 78

Phenomenal game, one of my favorites.....

#7 8 years ago

NEO

CaptainNeo

Playfield restorations

Burlington, WI

11y 148K 22,432 37 77 1

it's amazing what things arn't for sale, until you attach an, "ok I can let it go" price to it. My whole collection has "ok, I can let it go" prices attached to them.

#8 8 years ago

PBC

Pinballerchef

Pinside member

New Windsor, MD

12y 79,300 2,860 10

Quoted from CaptainNeo:
it's amazing what things arn't for sale, until you attach an, "ok I can let it go" price to it. My whole collection has "ok, I can let it go" prices attached to them.

Someday that Atlantis WILL be mine

#9 8 years ago

NEO

CaptainNeo

Playfield restorations

Burlington, WI

11y 148K 22,432 37 77 1

Quoted from Pinballerchef:
Someday that Atlantis WILL be mine

Could be yours right now. Just like I tell everyone. There is no such thing as not for sale.

#10 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

Nice looking pin and a great game glws

#11 8 years ago

KEV

Asylum

Pinside member

11y 100K 1,509 61

Played this one several times - its a beauty!

#12 8 years ago

ZRW

Troutfarm

Pinside member

San Francisco, CA

10y 92,050 1,159 21

Just sold mine for 5500 yesterday.

#13 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

<blockcite="#2498992">Just sold mine for 5500 yesterday.

Was it restored?

#14 8 years ago

AST

Astropin

Pinside+ Member

11y 125K 8,896

Quoted from Troutfarm:
Just sold mine for 5500 yesterday.

Dollars?

#15 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

Dollars?

Im sure it was restored or mint huo

-2

#16 8 years ago

KAM

kvan99

Pinside member

12y 97,050 6,029 10

Guys, please...please play this game at length before dropping large numbers on it.

#17 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

Quoted from kvan99:
Guys, please...please play this game at length before dropping large numbers on it.

Y you say that ?I think its better than most pins that are around 4-5k plus its also dam rare compared to most.

#18 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

Most people that get one usually dont selll which must say something

#19 8 years ago

???

jukepin1

Inactive member

20y 13,150 2

I've had Congo for 12 years in a 13 game collection ranging from MM to Paragon and many "A" titles in between. It's the one I turn on the most.

#20 8 years ago

???

snaroff

Pinside member

Jupiter, FL

11y 93,800 5,830 15

Quoted from jukepin1:
I've had Congo for 12 years in a 13 game collection ranging from MM to Paragon and many "A" titles in between. It's the one I turn on the most.

Wow. That's the biggest endorsement I've ever heard for a Congo! I owned a beauty for about 1 year.

It's cool niche machine, but the one you turn on most?

The volcano shot is awesome. The rules are really simple. The lower PF is really silly.

I'm curious, what do you find so compelling about the game?

#21 8 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

Quoted from snaroff:
I'm curious, what do you find so compelling about the game?

"He's dead? He's DEAD!"

#22 8 years ago

DOG

Whysnow

Pinside member

12y 187K 35,338 29 1

Quoted from jukepin1:
I've had Congo for 12 years in a 13 game collection ranging from MM to Paragon and many "A" titles in between. It's the one I turn on the most.

Yup, agreed 100%

Look at my collection and look at games owned in the past. Congo has been here much longer than many of the other "A" listers and honestly it will never go anywhere. It is one of the most played games in my collection.

MM lasted about a year before I happily sent it packing, yet Congo is still going strong and it is also a favorite of many that come over to play!

#23 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

<blisckquote cite="#2499541">I've had Congo for 12 years in a 13 game collection ranging from MM to Paragon and many "A" titles in between. It's the one I turn on the most.

It Is a fun pin when dialed in and set up correctly and has that just one more game feel .

#24 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

Yup, agreed 100%
Look at my collection and look at games owned in the past. Congo has been here much longer than many of the other "A" listers and honestly it will never go anywhere. It is one of the most played games in my collection.
MM lasted about a year before I happily sent it packing, yet Congo is still going strong and it is also a favorite of many that come over to play!

Agreed and many people will also plus its to dam hard to find a nice one for a decent price anymore

#25 8 years ago

KAM

kvan99

Pinside member

12y 97,050 6,029 10

Yep...It's the best, All the Congo owners agree.

#26 8 years ago

LEB

pinbum

Frozen

11y 62k 2,179

Yep it is much better than some of the $5600 new machines being made now.

#27 8 years ago

???

silver_spinner

AR Gaming Rentals (MI)

11y 77,550 3,046

well yeah it has a lot of new parts so 4k is actualy fine.
. ive owned mine many years with a large collection and i just turned down $4500 on it. also with new ramps, new plastics, led etc. his price is very fair.
very deep, many ways to score, video modes...its brilliant.

Quoted from shlockdoc:
wow - Congo breaks 4K - Go Curly

#28 8 years ago

TSS

Tsskinne

Tommy's Pins

11y 138K 6,877 14 1

Lots and lots of ways to attack the game, can be long playing at times, but you aren't really shooting the same things over and over....hope colorDMD adds this game to their library of colorized games in the near future.

#29 8 years ago

???

jukepin1

Inactive member

20y 13,150 2

What bigd1979 said. You can turn off under playfield if you don't like that feature. Most newbee's get a kick out of it, but it's not an important part of the game. Collect those diamonds. People who play it always ask for help finding one for them. Seems demand has gone up since buying mine 12 years ago.

#30 8 years ago

ZRW

Troutfarm

Pinside member

San Francisco, CA

10y 92,050 1,159 21

Quoted from bigd1979:
<blockcite="#2498992">Just sold mine for 5500 yesterday.
Was it restored?

Yes. $5600. Cleared pf and cab and a bunch if nice mods. I'll miss it.
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#31 8 years ago

MRN

RampShot11

Inactive member

Matawan, NJ

9y 46,150 894 3 7

Quoted from Troutfarm:
Yes. $5600. Cleared pf and cab and a bunch if nice mods. I'll miss it.
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That thing is super sweet!! Steep price, but awesome looking!!

#32 8 years ago

WUF

wolfy

Pinside member

Winston-salem, NC

14y 79,600 1,087 16 113

Wow I passed on a Congo 4 years ago for $1,400. I would have probably sold it in a few months so I would have missed the run up in price. I have played it several times since and its fun but I cant think of any 4k+ game it is better than.

#33 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

<b
ckquote cite="#2499696">Yes. $5600. Cleared pf and cab and a bunch if nice mods. I'll miss it.
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I figured it was mines nice but not cleared and perfect like that lol.

#34 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

Quoted from silver_spinner:
well yeah it has a lot of new parts so 4k is actualy fine.
. ive owned mine many years with a large collection and i just turned down $4500 on it. also with new ramps, new plastics, led etc. his price is very fair.
very deep, many ways to score, video modes...its brilliant.

Yep I have new plastics , ramps, window, cliffys annd some other nice new stuff been offered 3700 but im not selling but if I do it will be around 4k also

#35 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

<bloce cite="#2499723">Wow I passed on a Congo 4 years ago for $1,400. I would have probably sold it in a few months so I would have missed the run up in price. I have played it several times since and its fun but I cant think of any 4k+ game it is better than.

Sld of gotten it

#36 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

Quoted from pinbum:
Yep it is much better than some of the $5600 new machines being made now.

By far

#37 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

<bloeve cite="#2499623">What bigd1979 said. You can turn off under playfield if you don't like that feature. Most newbee's get a kick out of it, but it's not an important part of the game. Collect those diamonds. People who play it always ask for help finding one for them. Seems demand has gone up since buying mine 12 years ago.

Yep everyone wants mine or me to get them one lol I say gl took me 6 months

#38 8 years ago

???

lostlumberjacks

Pinside member

Evart, MI

11y 48,900 688

I just sold a rougher one for 1k. But since everyone's throwing money around I'll sell my keeper for 4k.

#39 8 years ago

RAR

beelzeboob

Pinside+ Frequent

10y 182K 20,663

That machine's even nicer than mine. But I've still got some bling on it that makes it closer to a 5k machine, not 5600. If I restored mine, I'd end up putting more in than I could get out. Not a good move.

Beautiful machine. I hope you get what you want for it!

#40 8 years ago

JAM

NPO

Pinside member

12y 133K 7,652 3 17

Quoted from wolfy:
Wow I passed on a Congo 4 years ago for $1,400. I would have probably sold it in a few months so I would have missed the run up in price. I have played it several times since and its fun but I cant think of any 4k+ game it is better than.

Don't feel badly - A LOT of games went through the roof after 2012.

DM
JD
WH2O
BSD
SS

And many more I am sure I am missing. Congo is just another victim of the "B/C game price hike" when NIB games start cracking $5000 for an "entry level" game and $8000 is getting shelled out for a box of lights....

To put that into perspective, I am about to buy a Honda Fit for about the price of KISS LE.

#41 8 years ago

TOM

freddy

Pinside member

10y 131K 5,635

Quoted from bigd1979:
been offered 3700 but im not selling but if I do it will be around 4k also

funny how things change

#42 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member

Quoted from freddy:
funny how things change

Still not 4600 lol plus mine has new everything literally

#43 8 years ago

JJR

Pinball-Wiz

Pinside member

Newark, NJ

11y 52,650 1,050 16 1

This for sale thread has turned into a "congo pumper" thread

#44 8 years ago

EDH

TigerLaw

Pinside Moderator

Jennings, LA

14y 224K 20,098 24 240

Quoted from Pinball-Wiz:
This for sale thread has turned into a "congo pumper" thread

Price pumping, though never offensive to an OP in a for sale thread, is just as dangerous to a collectables community as price policing.

That said, while there has been some price pumping in here the people who are offering up what their comp sales (recent and historic) have been are exceedingly helpful to everyone.

GLWS

#45 8 years ago

DLS

bigd1979

Pinside member