i would go for it. Clean them up, keep the best one, and sell the others to cover the investment. Good luck

That is a lot of work. if you are going to enjoy it yes.

Wow thats a tough call I mean 4 EM projects for $800 ?
worse case could you get $200 each if you cant get them working?
and if you did get them going could you sell 2 @ $500 each?

might have to get more info by talking to the fellow first....but it is interesting

Depends on how much you know about EM pins. I can guarantee they don't work right now. But, if you really know how to fix pins then yes. I would probably take them, although none of the titles are super valuable or rare or anything. That would be a good winter project

BB55, I would but I also have worked on many EMs. If you enjoy the projects and can understand how EMs work and wiring diagrams do it. I didn't check your location, where are you? Regardless, my vote is go for it. Even if you can't get them all going if the parts and pieces work and clean up nice you could make your money back parting them out. Let us know what you decide and how things are going. Good luck.

Hmm, EM's are just like more modern games in that there are good ones and not so good. I'd check IPDB to see how others rate the games first. If there is a good one in there then go for it but if not why bother?

I haven't played any of those games. Looking at the playfields, the Magnotron appears to have the most interesting layout. I've always thought it would be cool to have a pitch and bat. The price sounds fair for the lot. It's just a matter of how much time and effort you want to devote to fixing them. As others have pointed out, I don't think you will lose money at that price. I've attached some photos of what the playfields should look like once they are cleaned up:

Magnotron.jpg Travel_Time.jpg Gin.jpg Little_League.jpg

Well that would be a good test? Get all 3 very different pins working
73 Wms. 74Gtb. & 74 C.C.M.

-if you survive this test grasshopper then you can leave the pinball temple
and find your own path in the EM dead world...........

You would have to do a search on the parts but I doubt it
I hope your not planning to buy then part out those pins?

BB55, I have sold Pins to people who only wanted EMs. I don't know about your area but I find that some are only interested in the EMs and don't want anything to do with SS. LIke I said it might depend on your area, but again for me, that looks like a whole lot of fun.

Go for it... You should be able to get your investment back. I'm currently doing the same thing on a slightly different scale and with SS rather than EM.

If you like doing the restoration, it's the best of both worlds.

G