Full disclosure.

I had two people PM me giving me a hard time because they saw the Facebook marketplace ad from a couple days ago from where I bought the pin.

First, I have never made money on pinball. If anyone has dealt with me buying or selling they know I’m an honest person. I bought this Lost World and a Mata Hari for $800. I had to take a half day off work and drive 6 hours round trip to pick them up. So all in all I have about $1,200 into the two after losing wages and mileage.

Both pins need new backglasses and some repairs. But they will be nice players once working. As of right now I don’t have the experience to repair the pins myself. So I most likely will need to buy new plug and play boards and a cpr backglass. Or pay someone to do the work. So for me, I assume it will cost me maybe $600 each to do myself. So I assume I’ll have probably $2,000 into the pair if I do the work myself. Not bad, but not a steal.

I figured I would post the Lost World because there may be someone out there that has the parts already laying around or more knowledge that could get it back to playing for much less than it will cost me. I have described and posted pictures of the flaws that I can see. I tried to price it fair. Maybe the price is too high? But like I said in the ad, I may just use this pin as my learning project without fear I will completely ruin a working pin. And if the price is much lower, it’s a parts machine. And it’s better than a parts machine.

If there is anyone close to Mansfield that wants to come diagnose the pins and teach me how to do that I would pay someone for their time. Send me a PM. I have read the online support wikis and there really is info out there that can guide me through the repairs. But honestly, I get intimidated when I read don’t touch this because you’ll electrocute yourself or cause more problems.

Thanks, Kevin

Thanks for the comments. I think you’ve convinced me to keep it and try to learn something about boards and diagnosing problems. Sounds like I should start by replacing the rectifier board and replace some connectors.