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Lifespan for NIB machines?

By Flamingo43

5 years ago


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  • Latest reply 5 years ago by o-din
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    #28 5 years ago

    Designed to last 5 years, then get parted out and hit the dumpster.

    #30 5 years ago
    Quoted from ForceFlow:

    When operators were the primary buyers of pins, that was certainly the life cycle of a game.
    Now, home collectors are the primary buyers of NIB games, and pins tend to stay in collectors for much longer than that.

    True. Now they don't have to get built with quite the quality and durability they used to.

    #32 5 years ago
    Quoted from ForceFlow:

    That's just Stern cheaping out for the most part, and not necessarily the industry trend for all manufacturers.

    True again.

    The playfield in that Batman66 I had looked like the surface of the moon when I had it and from what I am told after months on location, it's not looking any better. While my Spooky TNA playfield still looks like glass.

    #35 5 years ago
    Quoted from fosaisu:

    a bit of minor dimpling on the playfield.

    Yeah, they are there on mine but tiny, uniform, and hardly noticeable. You really have to look hard for them.

    Big difference from that moon cratered BM66.

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