Banzai Run
Williams, 1988Nice original Banzai Run for sale in North NJ. I will have photos tomorrow. I am selling for a friend and happy to answer questions. Please PM for details and if you want a specific photo I can take it tomorrow.
Post edited by shlockdoc: Game was sold 
Quoted from jrivelli:Tell your friend to join pinside so he can post as well!
he is shy 
Played Banzai Run for the first time this year at Pinburgh. I was impressed. That's a damn cool game!
Banzai Run is very cool. It's also the second rarest Lawlor game. According to IPDB, only 1750 were made.
GLWTS!!!
What a great game. I'm drawn to unique playfields and this one keeps me pushing the start button over and over.
I had three of these
Great game !!
Sold all of them between $2800-$3500
Pending on condition
Good luck with the sale
I have a buddy (who comes on to pinside often) that has wanted one of these. On the off chance he hasn't seen this already I will pm him a link here. GLWS.
Quoted from rvdv:I had three of these
Great game !!
Sold all of them between $2800-$3500
Pending on condition
Good luck with the sale
A polarizing comment here to say the least. You quote 3 pins you've sold, but that could be 1, 3, hell 10 years ago. The you say good luck with the sale. If you really mean that, why the price posting?
Quoted from Mayor:I think the pending on condition doesn't make rvdv's comment polarizing at all IMHO. Played the game at the Baltimore pinball museum before it closed, loved it.
That is a reasonable response. Condition is king. Thumbs up to both of you.
Quoted from StevenP:Banzai Run is a very cool game. Not $4k cool, tho. JMIO.
Looks who is back. Thanks for the bump. Ill make sure to be as helpful when you sell one of yours.
I owned 3 at one time; currently own two. One is fully restored by Carlzona and I bought years ago from Greg Davis in AZ-- I happily paid Considerably more than $4 grand. In fact, I was offered almost $1250 more than what I had just sent a check out to Greg for it but I refused to sell it.
My second one I own currently is almost finished being restored-- I had the cabinet retouched and sealed by Matt at Back Alley, lower playfield was redone by Chris is AZ, and the upper playfield was redone by Ron Kruzman. This project has been going on for over 3 years. It is in the process of being put back together.
When it does, I will probably offer it up for sale between $9 - $10 thousand. The cost to restore a game like this adds up quickly. Most restorers wont touch the game anymore including the last time I talked to Chris with HEP because its to time consuming.
Banzai is a great game with rules that really fit the theme. The game was originally designed in Pat Lawlor's garage and its how Larry DeMar discovered him to bring him to Williams. See below pics of the original cabinet build I got when it went up for sale recently.
Banzai is a Unique rare piece that plays fantastic and is part of Pinball history. Without Banzai or actually Wrecking Ball there would probably not be a Pat Lawlor in pinball.......... think about that for a minute
Scott
Detroit Pinball
Mr Banzai
I think $4k for a nice example is very reasonable. My first BR was an XR-7, sold for $6k a few years back and had immediate sellers remorse but I stayed with the deal. I was lucky to find another XR-7 a year or so later and while I rarely play it, when I do I am reminded what a unique and fun game it is.
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