Is that metal casing surrounding the rotating face rusted, or is that by design?

If this had the 2.0 installed I'd be tempted

its only $1000 per coat of wax!
whats wrong with the helmet and who repainted the reds on the cab front, they look pink.

LOL!

Great Price! GLWTS!

Are those the right size rubbers??

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You painted the girls head but have no pictures of it. I'd love to see what the paint looks like.

Yep for that price it should have the 2.0 in it already. I understand that the OP is trying to get out of it what he put into it...I get that. But it typically doesn't work that way. Once you buy a new playfield and ramps and plastics and decals and...it typically means you're upside down on the game. I've done two of them just like this (minus cabinet decals) and know I'd never sell them for what I have into them. Good luck to the seller though, regardless.

Whatever it is, the answer is seldomly "the sum of the aftermarket parts I put into it". Many want to recoup their investment, and I get that, but going all out on a game almost always puts the cost over the market price. Either way GLWS.

Those of you thinking 2.0 should be installed for the price are crazy. It's nearly $2K for the kit.

Honestly? I think you need a lot more pictures to gauge because we are seeing a mixed bag. The cabinet decals look OK, and there is a new playfield, but we also see a pretty pitted helmet plastic so it makes people wonder why you dumped a grand into a playfield but not the $75 on a helmet plastic.

Without seeing pictures of everything (inside the cabinet, bottom of playfield, etc) who knows.

I will say that the last two I restored (including one with similar work to yours, but with a brand new boards and stuff) got a few grand less than you're asking.

But that's just my experience. As people say..it's worth as much as someone is willing to pay.

IMHO, not enough info here to know if it's a $2500 game or a $4k game.

what you put into it, is irrelevant to its worth. Its very easy to put more into something that whats its value is.

yeah with the kit its only 2K overpriced.

LOL! Gotta love the pinside forum!

I think he splattered the helmet with purple paint and also painted the slots of the gears yellow.

For "Better than new" the description and pics don't match up, and rubber is the easy part.

But without clear pictures of everything we don't know.

That's words that can't be emphasized enough. Restorations can wind up getting upside-down in parts alone, and as a hobbyist, you really can't count for your hours.

IMO, the only part that is dollar for dollar in a game is PDI Glass.

I would say $2500 for a nice one. Even if you did a museum quality restore it's still a Bride of Pinbot. They are just not an extremely valuable table. But if you have patience maybe the right person will come along. Good luck.

I'd guess $3500 assuming the work is above average quality (cabinet appears to be *that* good in the pics, but pics vs. real life is always a crap shoot). $4000 if you're willing to wait. The game seems to go through periods where demand is ridiculous, then dries up (this was before boP 2.0 too). The (excellent) repro playfields drove the value of "nice original" PFs down (though over the long haul, original diamondplate ones should be more valuable if they're that nice).

Didn't a Bride with almost everything new + BoP 2.0 sell recently for $5500? I think it had those black repro decals vs. the purple ones (I prefer the purple, but some people love those black ones). It might not have been on Pinside ... or maybe I dreamed it or something .

I don't know..can't touch an average one for less than $2500 , so new pf and new cab decals. I say $4K all day, maybe a few hundred ($500?) more for new Ramps, coindoor and stuff. GLWTS.

I think you put too much money into the machine to recover it in a sale. What you did would make it a keeper for yourself.
Mike

It would not be a price police thread without the all knowing expert from MD chiming in.

To be honest from your pictures both of those seem to be true on my "crappy" monitor and unclean glasses.

The front of your machine looks a different color than the side. The heart on the front is pink and so is the rocket ship from the pictures. That would be the reds that look pink. Thats called fade and is a pretty big deal when trying to sell a pin for over double what it normally goes for. Boston pinball average from this past year is $2615.

Also the surround of the face looks to be rusted in the pictures. As others have said this may be your "custom" paint job but from the crappy pics you provide it really does look like rust and that is a big deal when trying to sell a pin for a premium.

Everyone has an opinion. Don't value theirs more than your own. I did a BoP awhile back, did as nice a job as I could, incl pf, cab, paint, plastics, etc. Came out looking like new. I got more than you are asking within 3 hrs. of putting it for sale. And he is very happy with the machine, as it was a special machine to him, and he wanted a nice example. Don't sell yourself short because of someone you don't know telling you what you should do. I don't care what machine it is, there are people out there who want the best example they can find.

I'd say 3 to 4k based on the quality of work. Post some more pics so people can see everything.

The other key thing to think about is the other games that in competition for this price. $5500 can buy a lot of different games (I recently sold an HUO LoTR for that). Not to say that this BoP isn't worth it (I have more invested in mine), but it may take time for the right person to come along to buy it.

ColorDMD is dollar for dollar as well.

Better call hep...Hes doing a friggin 4 Million BC....Stop him before he gets too deep...What do you decree that machine to be worth?

Front decal looks pink to me to the heart and rocket. Might be the flash but don't know.

Says the guy asking top dollar.

If you were, you would take better pics and show off your work.

This game has been on CL for a good while so I would have expected the big hitters in Pittsburgh to have grabbed it if it were truly worth the price so I am going to say $3500. For $5500 it needed to be a 2.0!

I don't understand, so you are hoping to rope one of these stupid rich buyers with this ad?

Most of the feedback is just that if you wanna sell a game at a super premium price to what it normally sells for, you should expect people to scrutinize the game, and provide good pictures.

I forgot about that one.

All my games have PDI Glass, but none of them have ColorDMD...guess that's why I forgot.

Ask what you want. It's amazing people have this much time to make so many comments. Do I think it's work what your asking? Who the fuck cares. If it sells, it was worth what you're asking. If not, maybe not. Whatever. Good luck. Hope you sell it for what you're asking.

Haven't seen Jan's games in a while but I can say I bought his beautiful RCT a few years ago and saw the BH he restored which was incredible. Again, I can't vouch for the BoP but for a game of this cost, I would expect a buyer to want to inspect in person.

The heart on the front of the machine is clear not red, the start button it surrounds it is, and the heart is not the same color. If your are as experienced as your claim you wouldn't be asking what this is worth, you'd already know. You might get your price, that does not mean it's not overpriced. I've overpaid for machines that I wanted most people have. But the market of people willing to overpay is small. The market of those willing to get bent over and reamed is even smaller.

Just a note to the OP...and some advice.

This started as a for sale thread, but you kind of opened up the flood gates when you said you just wanted to know what it was worth.

But seriously, it's maybe a nice machine, but you're asking a price that's well beyond premium, so unfortunately people are going to nit pick. And you haven't given a lot of pictures to base things on.

It's like asking $20,000 for a ten year old ford focus, saying it's had a lot of great stuff done, posting a picture of the hood and front seat, then asking what it's worth.

Just selling tips...if you aren't sure of the value, don't put something up for sale. If you put it up for sale, be detailed about what you did and provide plenty of clear pictures.

My 2 cents. Just sold one similarly redone but with more new parts for over 2 grand less. I thought I got a fair price, but lost money. I agree the only way to get north of 5 grand is with 2.0.

Does the game have a tl or a new mirrored bg?

Geez..new pf and redone cab, new plastics and new ramps, newish coin door, Leds and bunch of other stuff is not going to be $3k people. He does have OBO in the price.

We know that, it should be maybe 2500. And that would be with a well done cab, not that one.

I'm sure it's worth a lot of money. To literally ONE person in the world.

Digital pictures are free. Why isn't there 50 high resolution pictures of your work?

You basically asking almost three times the normal price for a BoP and have a handful of crappy pics.

So a regular working DMD has no worth? I don't understand that. Same with a brand new standard piece of glass?

Looks like a nice restore to me.. Hey considering the price on new sterns this is a deal.

A used colorDMD is work less than a new one. They do fade over time, just like your computer monitor. I'd pay a premium for a game with one but not full price over a similair game w/o one. Id just get a game w/o it and buy a new one. I wouldn't pay $1 more for PDI/invisiglass. I have 2 games, one with each, they came that way. I knew what I'd pay for each game. if the glass put it over that price I wasn't buying. The stuff is great. but no glass is worth $300 a sheet on a pin.