OP
Quoted from jbovenzi:
I was doing research on a Gottlieb Abra Ca Dabra for games and parts, and found this.
It seems to be a little too high for me, but perhaps someone out there might like it.
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/collectibles-curiosities/games/gottlieb-abra-cadabra-vintage-pinball-machine-1975-high-end-restored/id-f_9022571/?utm_content=control&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy9uc0Zb-2gIVgr9kCh0xjAhOEAYYASABEgLr8_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Just trying to help...

Gold plated score motor - just what I was looking for!

#3 5 years ago

JJB

jbovenzi

Pinside+ Addict

Sparks, NV

8y 112K 1,385 34

Looking more closely, The Circus Tiger would seem to be more rare:

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/collectibles-curiosities/games/gottlieb-cirqus-tiger-vintage-pinball-machine-1975-fully-restored/id-f_9014881/

IPDB has no numbers and very little information about this as a remake of "Tiger".

#4 5 years ago

TPD

tomdrum

Tom's Pinball

Port Matilda, PA

6y 167K 7,428 16 52

OP
Quoted from jbovenzi:
Looking more closely, The Circus Tiger would seem to be more rare:
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/collectibles-curiosities/games/gottlieb-cirqus-tiger-vintage-pinball-machine-1975-fully-restored/id-f_9014881/
IPDB has no numbers and very little information about this as a remake of "Tiger".

It's just called "Tiger" 1100 produced but distributed in Italy.

#5 5 years ago

JJB

jbovenzi

Pinside+ Addict

Sparks, NV

8y 112K 1,385 34

Well, at least the playfield art is different. The Italian Tiger is leaping "up" versus "down".

#6 5 years ago

SDM

EMsInKC

Pinside member

Kansas City, MO

10y 79,550 4,022 22

And I thought it was ridiculous that I've polished up a couple of score motors.

#7 5 years ago

MLC

Model237

Pinside member

Dallas, TX

9y 30,800 184 7

I've seen a few of these overpriced machines on 1stdibs - has anyone heard of someone actually buying one???

#8 5 years ago

AAB

leckmeck

Pinside member

Afton, MN

13y 70,150 1,000 24

All of the pins on 1sdibs.com appear to originate from Saarbruecken, Germany. I wonder if the person who refurbished them is a Pinsider.

They have a $30k Majorettes with a circular contraption mounted in the rear of the cabinet. What is that?

Majorettes

#9 5 years ago

KEV

Mageek

Mageek Mods

Ottawa, ON

8y 86,150 966 13

Quoted from leckmeck:
All of the pins on 1sdibs.com appear to originate from Saarbruecken, Germany. I wonder if the person who refurbished them is a Pinsider.
They have a $30k Majorettes with a circular contraption mounted in the rear of the cabinet. What is that?

That is a toroidal transformer.

#10 5 years ago

GEE

Pinslot

Pinside member

Duisburg

8y 54,800 572 2

Or You could buy the Majorettes directly from the shop, Pinball Dreams, for 15,000€

#11 5 years ago

IVK

Theo_Ioannis

Pinside member

Malvern East

6y 55,900 193 4 14

Quoted from Mageek:
That is a toroidal transformer.

Probably a step down transformer for 110v Majorettes......
The 60hz score motor runs slower in Europe.......

#12 5 years ago

ARG

spinal

Pinside member

7y 69,150 1,537

Ridiculous! Why stop at 30K? Go for 50K.

#13 5 years ago

???

singlezero

Inactive member

Orillia, ON

9y 29,400 212 12

i saw a recent video on facebook for a williams game skill pool by pinball dreams , sure looked nice but claiming there were 270 hours put into it .

#14 5 years ago

TAR

pinwiztom

Pinside member

Salem, OR

11y 116K 8,959 311 18

The oddball prices must in part be due to conversion from Euros to USDollars
but only Donald Trump or Jeff Bezo or Richard Branson would be foolish enough to spend
that kind of money on a restored pinball machine.

#15 5 years ago

WAR

wayner

Pinside member

10y 95,300 2,583 25

To me something surreal & unreal about that machine. It has been re-created in a way that was never meant to be-at least from the point of view of a 'practical originalist'.

#16 5 years ago

S S

PinsideTroll

Inactive member

New Castle, DE

10y 49,650 937 12 10

give me a players quality game to enjoy. that's just ridiculous money

#17 5 years ago

DAD

boilerman

Pinside member

Oxford, PA

11y 72,550 3,899 14

makes pinrescue look like a bargain

#18 5 years ago

SDM

EMsInKC

Pinside member

Kansas City, MO

10y 79,550 4,022 22

These guys make the guy in Palm Desert CA who wants $4500 for a damned Domino look reasonable.

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#19 5 years ago

???

JethroP

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6y 101K 3,132 9 14 1

gold plated score motor...that's f-ing stupid.

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