Quoted from Yoski:The originals are much easier to work on. Rottendog has replacement boards, capacitors and rectifiers are easily obtained and swapped. If anything does bad on the remakes, good luck.
I think this is a pretty valid point.
1. If you are true collector, pinball enthusiast, or someone who likes to work/tinker/mod machines, I think an original pin makes more sense. I think due to supply/demand the overall price is going to drop some, but I don't think it's going to make the original pin a bargain basement pin for any means.
2. The remake caters some different crowds:
* Operators
* Users who were not able to afford a original pin based on price
* Users who do not like doing major maintenance/rebuild on pins
Although there are key areas where both pins can coexist, I think there is still a place for the original pin. If I had to determine a value, I would guess an average/above average original AFM would be around 7500-8000.
Summit, NJ
