Star Trek: The Next Generation
Williams, 1993I have a friend wanting to sell me her STTNG. I have not seen it yet but they have had it 10 years huo. Before that i dont know.I know 1 flipper and 1 cannon are not working. They are players and never maintained it. I am hoping they at least changed the batteries. What range is this game going for now. I know thry price shopped it on ebay. I have told them that is not a true price range to go by.
range of the one you are looking at could be as low as $2000 and as high as maybe $3000.
Its not clean and it needs work. Rolling the dice to how much work.
A clean working players should bring $3500 or so
i don't think $3800-$4000 is fair for a dirty, broken STTNG. $4k is basically what a reasonably clean and fully working one goes for. very clean, very nice examples get into the mid $4000s often.
i also think $2000 isa little too low. $2500-$3200 sounds fair to me (sight unseen). your seller has to understand that her game is not in the same condition as the ones that really do sell for $4k (which are fully working and cleaned up), and that e-bay is for suckers.
this game has been neglected for 10 years. it is no doubt very dirty, rubbers are shot, i guarantee some switches need fixing, and you already know one flipper and cannon don't work. does she have the keys?
haha holy shit i just glanced at ebay out of curiosity. every STTNG on there is $5500 or more, and one is listed at $9000 and another at $6500. the $9000 one has LEDs, though, so i guess that explains the $5000 markup.
i hope your friend isn't expecting to get those kinds of numbers for her machine.
She has the keys, I already told her that ebay are stupid prices not true market. I hope to see it within the next day or so so I will know more then.
Quoted from pezpunk:i don't think $3800-$4000 is fair for a dirty, broken STTNG. $4k is basically what a reasonably clean and fully working one goes for. very clean, very nice examples get into the mid $4000s often.
Okay 2,500 sight unseen. I think most of us would buy it for that price sight unseen in the condition the OP has portrayed.
Quoted from nitrojcrawf:She has the keys, I already told her that ebay are stupid prices not true market. I hope to see it within the next day or so so I will know more then.
Yeah try to get some pics on this thread and we will see. If this is your friend you could spend 3 hours helping her clean up the table and making adjustments so she doesn't have to sell the game for a routed beater price.
Quoted from maddog14:range of the one you are looking at could be as low as $2000 and as high as maybe $3000.
Its not clean and it needs work. Rolling the dice to how much work.
A clean working players should bring $3500 or so
I don't know, that may be a little low. Full disclaimer - I do have one but am trading it. Having said that, I would buy as many routed/dirty STTNG's at 3K that I could.
Quoted from Methos:I don't know, that may be a little low. Full disclaimer - . Having said that, I would buy as many routed/dirty STTNG's at 3K that I could.
CaptainNeo, care to comment?
If you are buying dirty routed at 3, what would you sell it for when it was time to unload? 4 plus?
my anecdotal opinion is that players aren't selling at the 4 plus range?
Quoted from maddog14:CaptainNeo, care to comment?
If you are buying dirty routed at 3, what would you sell it for when it was time to unload? 4 plus?
my anecdotal opinion is that players aren't selling at the 4 plus range?
If they have clean (unworn) playfields they are.
I paid 4k for mine a year ago. Nice playfield, nice cab, some mods and LED's. Best money I've spent on pinball so far.
No such thing, the "O" in "HUO" stands for only.
Quoted from nitrojcrawf:they have had it 10 years huo.
I would bet my STTNG they didn't.
Quoted from nitrojcrawf:I am hoping they at least changed the batteries.
I just sold one for $4200. It was 100% working and the playfield and cabinet were in nice shape. I thought that was a fair price when I listed it and the buyer must of thought so too because I sold it in a day and a half.
QSS
3800 - 4300 in nice shape and working around here. With repairs and a shop job needed (considering no wear on of and cabinet not gouged to $ hi* ) ide pay 3000-3200 but people still want 3600 for them and usually get it. People who buy the beaters really don't consider their time in adjustin v the cost for repairs.
Quoted from QuickSilverShelby:I just sold one for $4200. It was 100% working and the playfield and cabinet were in nice shape. I thought that was a fair price when I listed it and the buyer must of thought so too because I sold it in a day and a half.
QSS
Yep,and now it has laser cannons,ColorDMD, pinblades,and custom painted Borg ship 
Quoted from pingod:Yep,and now it has laser cannons,ColorDMD, pinblades,and custom painted Borg ship
Cool, I'd like to see that.
QSS
Quoted from pingod:No they don't,but they are cool
oh indeed! my STTNG has tons of stuff. laser dome cannons, purple translucent flipper bats, custom klingon and romulan ship, custom shuttlecraft that lights up when Holodeck sim is lit, colordmd, underglow, LED OCD and a bunch more.
A working players machine will ber $3750 - $4K. Problems and needing a shop job would take off $500 as long as it isn't too bad.
Quoted from pezpunk:mods don't add sale value equivalent to their cost though.
In most cases, no, which is one reason why I always lose money selling pins! Fortunately, the color DMD is transferable, so I could hang onto that rather than give it away. Not that I am selling my STTNG anytime soon.
I sold mine a few months back that was really nice with lots of mods for $4300. If they are players and never maintain it I'd honestly offer $2800 and go from there. Work with them and maybe they'll hook it up on price and you can put the sweat equity into it!. Good luck!
Quoted from pezpunk:oh indeed! my STTNG has tons of stuff. laser dome cannons, purple translucent flipper bats, custom klingon and romulan ship, custom shuttlecraft that lights up when Holodeck sim is lit, colordmd, underglow, LED OCD and a bunch more.
Ditto + custom painted Borg ship......except I still need to install the Romulan ship and the shuttlecraft. If I could only keep one mod it would be the color DMD.....it's a great addition to this title.
Quoted from pezpunk:mods don't add sale value equivalent to their cost though.
They don't, but some do pretty good. ColorDMD definitely adds to the value IMHO.
I agree, the color dmd adds a lot to this game. I've thought about getting the lane extenders and laser cannons but I am afraid that will change the game play too much.
I paid $3k for mine about 2 years ago. Everything is in nice shape except it could use new decals on the side of the head.
Quoted from SteveO:I've thought about getting the lane extenders and laser cannons but I am afraid that will change the game play too much.
They really don't.
The lane extenders are not even a 1/4 inch longer,still lose the ball a lot 
You can still miss with the lasers,but it does help when you get used to them.
I know play better ,at least this way I'm not bending over to line up my cannon shots.
Any more than 3k is very dangerous, you have at least 500-1000 bucks in replacements or shop. nice versions push the 4-5k range. Good Luck!
Okay, going to look at it either Sunday or Monday. She has owned it for the last 15 years and is only the 2nd owner. Everything works but what I listed earlier. Has never changed the batteries so hopefully the previous owner removed it from the CPU at least. I will report back in. Any game specific wear areas to look for?
Neutral zone get worn fast in this game! The subway system can have problems with the switches and optos. AS far as complicated machines you are talking about one of the most complicated ever! There are tons of parts and possible issues. I would try to get the game for cheap and keep in mind you will no doubt have some issues.
Quoted from nitrojcrawf:Any game specific wear areas to look for?
Shield inserts, neutral zone wear, and broken ramps are the biggest common wear problems on STTNG.
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