Nice logic. People are buying and selling Congo's for decent prices but that's all make believe according to you.

All pins have value and they go up and down. Congo is a good title that people are looking for. It's a semi-rare game so hard to find for many people. Condition is everything so nice examples seem to be around $3500. Not sure what you mean by bad condition. That could mean anything from not working to a banged up cabinet. If you get it working 100% and clean, someone will want it.

Have you played one? Nobody cares about the movie or any theme if the pin is fun to play. The opposite is also true. Nobody wants a pin with a great theme but terrible gameplay. I didn't think Congo was all that from pics and videos until I played one. Great fun.

Pretty funny that the reasons people give for not liking Congo is reasons why I like it. I also think the whole A and B rating is mindless just like any of the rankings. For me, A-rated just means it costs a lot more. Plenty of expensive, top rated pins, do little for me and would rather have so called B rated pins because they are more fun. It is difficult to spend $4000+ on an old pin when you can get a new Stern pro for not much more. However, when the pro's start looking like they do with GoT, that decision gets a lot easier.

What you feel comfortable spending doesn't dictate prices. If a decent Congo comes up for sale for $2000, it will sell in an instant because it's an easy flip for $1000 more. There are plenty of pins I wouldn't mind having for $2000 - TZ, FH, AFM, WH20, etc. That doesn't mean those pins are overpriced. Demand for decent 90's B/W pins is not going down but supply for decent examples are as they get older and older. I don't have a crystal ball but seriously doubt prices are going to drop back to the days when you couldn't give away some of these pins.