Is coulrophobia moving clown themed pinball prices down?

I had a nice Flipper Fair that my son's friends wouldn't go near. Every time it juggled the balls in the back glass it gave them the creeps. It didn't help that I found some hollow plastic hand grenades that weighed almost nothing and changed them in place of the ping pong balls just to put them over the edge. They're 16 and grew up only knowing clowns as demonic and so they gave that (a really fun) machine a thorough leaving alone...
So will clowns being thought of as an evil menace bring down value or demand?

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#2 7 years ago

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and here I thought I had too much time on my hands...

#3 7 years ago

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I had one buyer say, "my wife allows nothing in the house clown related

#4 7 years ago

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DaWezl

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Sorry, but clowns??

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#5 7 years ago

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(Been afraid of clowns my whole life and I'm far older than your son's friends, lol)

#6 7 years ago

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I almost didn't buy my Jokerz because of the flipper jester, and I'm sure as hell never buying any of the other williams clown games. Don't even want to look at Punchy

#7 7 years ago

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electricsquirrel

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I will not buy a machine if it has clowns anywhere.

I hate clowns.

#8 7 years ago

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Goin out tonight to pick some fights with some mimes. Fighting a mime is great, because they only pretend to hit you back.

#9 7 years ago

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Clowns? The creepier the better...

#10 7 years ago

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Is Kiss really dropplng in value?

#11 7 years ago

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I like clowns!

#12 7 years ago

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#13 7 years ago

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What a bunch of weenies!!!!

#14 7 years ago

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Like I've said before I've never found them all that creepy.

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#15 7 years ago

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While it isn't a clown, Funhouse creeps people out but I love Rudy, and miss him... Gonna have to save pennies till the day comes again but I'll have Rudy back in my house!

#16 7 years ago

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Is there anyone who watched Poltergeist as a kid that isn't scared of clowns?

#17 7 years ago

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Quoted from gweempose:
Is there anyone who watched Poltergeist as a kid that isn't scared of clowns?

Nah, when we were kids we watched this clown. Scary? No way!

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#18 7 years ago

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I only like the sad drunk clowns~ like my uncle

#19 7 years ago

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I've hated clowns since the movie 'It'

#20 7 years ago

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Bozo the Clown on the Uncle Al show is the one I grew up with. Looked similar to O-dins; unless Red Skelton counts.

#21 7 years ago

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Yeah...nothing to worry about here...

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#22 7 years ago

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Considering Stern's latest announcement, it seems prices are going up on games with clowns...

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#23 7 years ago

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Clowns are basically carnies on a dry drunk or mescaline, right?

#24 7 years ago

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I've never been afraid of clowns........ until now.

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#25 7 years ago

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#26 7 years ago

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#27 7 years ago

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Quoted from schwarz:
Like I've said before I've never found them all that creepy.

That is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. What a great photo bomb!

#28 7 years ago

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#29 7 years ago

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I really want this peppy.

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#30 7 years ago

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Peppy would freak my dog right outta the house

#31 7 years ago

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Honestly, I think it's the horror-ization of clowns within like the past 20+ years that causes the fear more commonly now. Also, to me, a lot of the normal-then drawings from the 60's can creep me out if they were meant to be "weird", and for others it probably just adds to that.

The Earth from 1964 Bally's mad world kind of creeps me out. Just the mix of those arms and like the barbaric medicine/health systems particularly the mental "mad" side of things from back then just kind of gives a weird vibe.

I would still totally own one though if I had the chance to.

Looking closer at any of the art, all of it can kind of be seen that way if you try hard enough.

The old man going down the stairs is also creepy in his own way.

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#32 7 years ago

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I know this clown in particular freaks me out pretty often.

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#33 7 years ago

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