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I'm wondering if I trade my big buck hunter pro for a Star Trek pro if that seems like a fair trade? Any thoughts?
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Quoted from Bigbad:I'm wondering if I trade my big buck hunter pro for a Star Trek pro if that seems like a fair trade? Any thoughts?
If by fair trade you mean you are getting the more fun, more valuable, better themed game then yes.
Quoted from Bigbad:It says on the translite big buck hunter pro........so yeah
well, I guess technically. yes.....pro and only. As stripped down as it looks, it was a pro, before there were pros.
Quoted from Bigbad:It says on the translite big buck hunter pro........so yeah
It's the name of the game. Nothing to do with the 3 tier system Stern uses.
Big buck hunter pro was the name of the arcade machine too.
Gilligan's Island
straight swap-st is a boat anchor, BBH is waaaaaaaaay more fun. Maybe offer $250 for a feel good.
Quoted from Crispin:Regardless of value I've played both and Star Trek all day long for me! Yes it's cool to hunt down your prey on BBH but its stop and go and with less flow. The adrenaline rush that St gives me can 't be matched by BBH...
No flow on BBH? what game you playing Dude. Super fast, fun and funny. Unique with the moving buck too!
"You got yourself a critter"
Quoted from YeOldPinPlayer:Isn't the deer toy on the #bigbuckhunter prone to breakage and hard to get?
I seem to recall an issue about getting parts for BBH.
nah, pretty simple and reliable mech.
I think if the theme were different BBH would have been a hit. The gun game fans didn't translate to the pin. It's a fun game, the little I played of it and the wizard mode is all but impossible to achieve.
I'm not an outdoors man. But you could create a comical redneck themed gameroom from BBH, Fish Tales, Frontier, maybe NASCAR, Indy "turbo Bobby" 500, or Nitro Ground Shaker.
You'd have to be drunk on moonshine to pay $4500 for a big buck hunter. It's a terrible game.
Unless you're talking about the video game. That's fun.
Quoted from Micky:It's the name of the game. Nothing to do with the 3 tier system Stern uses.
Big buck hunter pro was the name of the arcade machine too.
So by calling it what it is,big buck hunter pro, this is wrong? I am aware that the game does not have a 3 tier system, but the name of the game is big buck hunter pro, there is no denying that
Quoted from Bigbad:I guess my grammar in the topic is incorrect
Don't sweat the small stuff 
As others have said, it all comes down to what you think the value is at. To me, if the other person was willing to trade straight up and you were good with it, it's a fair deal on both sides.
ST is worth more in the open market, but BBH is rare enough that sometimes you can get a really solid price for one because people can't find them. I own a BBH, and I bought it and had it delivered to to a show. A friend at the show told me he had a buyer for it at $5k+ if I wanted to sell because they are impossible to find. I still held mine.
It's probably the best offer I'll get on mine, but I also really like the game (it's very similar to Iron Man), and unlike Iron Man, there is no way they'll remake it.
Quoted from T7:BBH plus $500 - $1000 if condition is equal
are ST pro really selling for 5-5500 now?
Quoted from Whysnow:nah, pretty simple and reliable mech.
Really? The one at our bar league location was an unreliable mess until the wire conduit design was completely changed. The stock design, we wires would catch when at on the conduit and break making the buck not register.
Elk also regularly needs tightening back up. It gets sloppy and then doesn't register. It can also wear to bare wood if it get's really sloppy.
Autolaunch is often an issue in elk because it can't make it all the way around.
About 1/2 the games I have played the buck channel is also not flush on both sides. Mech eng wise the game is a mess. Software, the game is a mess. Theme is awful. But it is one of my favourite games.
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:I have owned both.....BBH is still here.
No issues...unique fun!
Ya I've been wondering if I'd miss my bbh, I didn't like it much when I first got it last year but I find myself enjoying it a lot in the recent months, it definitely has grown on me lately
Its really up to you....Speed, Flow, and theme, make Star Trek a winner....
I, personally have enough like this to be happy.
BBH, is quirky, and fun and different than ST.
I personally found I enjoyed Elvis, more than ST, at a $2000 savings.
or Iron Man, or Tron for speed.....
Is the trade worth it? Sure if its your taste, and you have lots of $$$ info.
Only you know your tastes, family, space, etc....
Simply too many good choices!
Here in western Canada everything is selling and above values ($5k tftc for example) More pinball on location is bringing new young people with extra income into the hobby. However, if a bbh was listed on kijiji for 6k it would sit there for a while. If st pro is listed for 6k it probably sells the same day listed and wouldn't make it a week.
And bbh sells/trades quite often here in the west. Maybe they shipped more out here? They seemed to be in every other sports pub a few years back.
Quoted from Micky:It's the name of the game. Nothing to do with the 3 tier system Stern uses.
Big buck hunter pro was the name of the arcade machine too.
yes, that's why it was funny 
Quoted from Frippertron:I'm not an outdoors man. But you could create a comical redneck themed gameroom from BBH, Fish Tales, Frontier, maybe NASCAR, Indy "turbo Bobby" 500, or Nitro Ground Shaker.
Roadshow
Quoted from Bigbad:I'm wondering if I trade my big buck hunter pro for a Star Trek pro if that seems like a fair trade? Any thoughts?
Yes - a thought.
Jump on that at once.
One game is excellent - one is barely OK, and certainly flawed code-wise.
Trek has one of the most complete codes in all of Stern pinball IMHO.
My top DMD regret sell - only did so to get Metallica when I could not afford both.
Quoted from Whysnow:are ST pro really selling for 5-5500 now?
Not at all. Most people got them Nib for $4600-$4800 and are lucky to get $4500 huo at resale. I can only assume people are thinking bbh goes for $3500 or something.
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