For sale: FS:Bally Strikes &amp; Spares, in PA, Project $525

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#2 8 years ago

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ForceFlow

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9y 236K 31,330 268 14

Wow, that playfield sure is destroyed.

#3 8 years ago

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mg81

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Agreed, the playfield has virtually no paint left. What is odd to me is the lack of mechanical damage to the playfield. I don't see the wear by the inserts, flippers, or a groove in the ball arc.

The paint is not coming off of the cabinet. The backglass paint is firmly attached, even at the bottom edge which always is flaking off of these early Bally pins. The paint looks good under the mylar, which is also well attached. The only thing I can think of it that someone tried to clean the playfield at some point with the wrong type of cleaner and it caused all of the paint to lift off.

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#4 8 years ago

TLZ

timtim

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9y 89,300 2,957 8 7

That playfield makes me feel better about any issues on any of my games

But its still a fun game and GLWS

#5 8 years ago

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mg81

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I case anyone did not know, CPR currently has available new playfields and plastics for this pin.

#6 8 years ago

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mg81

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Still available.

I am serious when I say all offers are welcome. If you are interested please get in touch with me.

#7 8 years ago

HRG

poppapin

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12y 135K 11,303 6 7 1

Quoted from ForceFlow:
Wow, that playfield sure is destroyed.

Not just the playfield, looks like machine was left out in the elements for a long long time!!

#8 8 years ago

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mg81

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Quoted from poppapin:
Not just the playfield, looks like machine was left out in the elements for a long long time!!

I would agree that the machine is far from pristine, but the price reflects that.

I don't think it has been "out in the elements". The backglass is far too nice, I have owned many similar aged Bally pins that have backglasses in far worse condition and those pins were always stored inside.

What would have helped this pin would be me cleaning the cabinet, but I figured I would just leave it along and the new owner can decide how they want to clean it. There is a lot of filth on the outside of the cabinet.

#9 8 years ago

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mg81

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Once again, I am open to all offers.

I really don't want to part this pin out. It is a complete pin and repo playfields are currently available.

When you start to add up all of the parts that are easy to part out and ship on this pin it adds up quickly.

-Backglass
-All of the boards (MPU, Lights, and Solenoid)
-Transformer
-Coin Door
-Chime unit
-Tilt unit
-Five Displays
-All of the coils, switches, brackets, inserts, etc on the playfield.

This is not a pin that sat at an operators and had parts stolen off of it over the years.

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#10 8 years ago

JCC

shacklersrevenge

Cape Cod Beyond- Rentals

Gardner, MA

13y 147K 6,257 21 16 3

I would be a buyer for $100.

two year ago at Allentown, I sold one missing the boards, but with the transformer/rectifier board, same condition backglass, decent playfield, all displays, for $225...

Don't shoot me, just throwing it out there.

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#11 8 years ago

EDG

Richthofen

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11y 75,800 2,695

I bought one that didn't work but lit up on eBay two years ago for $225. In PA. Had to make the drive. Backglass was ok and playfield had minor wear. Problem was a bad capacitor and locked on transistor, ended up putting a repro rectifier board in as well as i think the other components failed due to the bad rectifier.

The game fetches $800 in nice condition so for $525 you'd expect a worn player, not a basket case.

#12 8 years ago

PGH

Pbpins

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$125!

#13 8 years ago

CGE

too-many-pins

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Carlisle, PA

11y 97,800 4,485

Parts value is actually around $200 to $250 but very few people will pay parts value for machines that look rough. Sad thing is an average early SS machine has close to $600 worth of parts in it but no one wants to take the time to harvest parts for resale.

The problem with parting out machines is it takes about 20 hours to do one completely and sell off the parts. Beyond that you have the cost of selling, cost of driving for machine, storage, etc. So parting out machines has to be a labor of love because it is nearly impossible to make money at it. I should know because I do an average of about 40 of them a year trying to keep good used parts out of the landfill..

#14 8 years ago

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mg81

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