Quoted from Mike_J:

Who did the polished brass on this one?

Quoted from woody76:

sorry man, but you are in LOTR HEP restore pricing on this one. HEP LE sells for $9500.

Quoted from pinlink:

No way an HEP LE LOTR sells for 9.5k. Where did you see that?
edit: Oh I see, you have LOTR on your wishlist. That makes more sense.

Quoted from pinlink:

No way an HEP LE LOTR sells for 9.5k. Where did you see that?
edit: Oh I see, you have LOTR on your wishlist. That makes more sense.

Quoted from dung:

Given that an le is 7 8k and many are huo hep isn't doing as much as say a routed 90s bw pin.

Quoted from dung:

Given that an le is 7 8k and many are huo hep isn't doing as much as say a routed 90s bw pin.

Quoted from Dallas_Pin:

Confirming ... this is not an LE, just an LE backglass?

Quoted from woody76:

Friend JD had it and then my buddy Travis and now it resides in columbia TN with another pinsider. All 3 purchases where $9500 and all 3 are pinsiders. Full brass, all the mods, and he converted the flippers over to bally/william style when he did the restore. It plays like a dream. Move along now

Quoted from hlaj78:

The tricky thing about LOTR is that the original run(s) did not have the Pro or LE designations. I bought my LOTR NIB when the first run came out. The playfield was loaded with figurines, brass colored trim, and was generally loaded and built like a tank. As Stern went through their cost-cutting iterations, the extra toys and quality decreased with subsequent runs. For this or any LOTR, the manufacture date is important in determining its ultimate build quality and value IMHO.

Quoted from chooch:

What is there to confirm? It's listed as the standard and not the LE. Also says in the ad it has a LE backglass.

The old friend of a friend. Well my friends typically give me a much better price then when listed publicly. Have any of these ever been listed at $9500? Buddy deals are not always indicative of the market and I am sure it would sell for more on the open market.

Pretty sure all the original runs were built the same and none were produced when Stern started cutting costs. Only differences I am aware of are the variations in PF color and registration. Brass did not come standard and was only on the LE. They did remove some items on the LE such as the figures however those were easy to find and put back on at the time. They also made a lot of additions to the LE such as extra clearcoat, shaker, brass trim, mirrored backglass, and it was still under 5K NIB.
To all the price police and people giving him the thumbs down one just sold last month on here for 7K. That one had some cabinet damage and ugly lollypop rails likely hiding wear around the buttons. This might not fetch 7.5K but I see no issues with the asking price. Probably smart to sell before they make a LOTR vault edition however I would prefer to have the original which is built like a tank.

Quoted from Elvishasleft:

Smart move... sell it before the vault comes out

Quoted from chooch:

What is there to confirm? It's listed as the standard and not the LE. Also says in the ad it has a LE backglass.

The old friend of a friend. Well my friends typically give me a much better price then when listed publicly. Have any of these ever been listed at $9500? Buddy deals are not always indicative of the market and I am sure it would sell for more on the open market.

Pretty sure all the original runs were built the same and none were produced when Stern started cutting costs. Only differences I am aware of are the variations in PF color and registration. Brass did not come standard and was only on the LE. They did remove some items on the LE such as the figures however those were easy to find and put back on at the time. They also made a lot of additions to the LE such as extra clearcoat, shaker, brass trim, mirrored backglass, and it was still under 5K NIB.
To all the price police and people giving him the thumbs down one just sold last month on here for 7K. That one had some cabinet damage and ugly lollypop rails likely hiding wear around the buttons. This might not fetch 7.5K but I see no issues with the asking price. Probably smart to sell before they make a LOTR vault edition however I would prefer to have the original which is built like a tank.

Quoted from woody76:

originally listed at $9500

Quoted from DudeRegular:

Hi chooch, you may have missed it, but it was listed at 9500. I believe many of the comments were in relation to that previous price.

Quoted from woody76:

originally listed at $9500. which was way overpriced. $7500 is much better and will probably sell for close to that price.

Quoted from Guinnesstime:

Vault with movie assets on Spike 2 would be badass IF it happens.