Best I could tell Mata Hari doesn't have a club yet, so here it is. Feel free to share your Mata Hari stories, pics, tips, tricks, questions, answers, etc.

I have very vivid memories of playing Mata Hari as an 11 year old. So vivid in fact that when I came across one for sale at SFGE 2015, I bought it. Me and my son guarded the game until my wife could track down the owner Mark and make the deal. Strategically loaded it in a Saturn Vue along with luggage, coolers, 3 humans and trekked it 6 hours back to Louisville. Other than some cosmetic issues that need addressing, this has been quite the dependable game. It ran for 3 straight days at the Louisvlle Arcade Expo 2016 and never went down once. Proud of my Mata Hari!

At LAX 2011, I won a CPR plastics set for MH by placing 3rd in the pinball tournament... Sold 'em, Doh!!

-Steve

Nice find on the CPR. Right after I bought my MH, Planetary (I think) had 1 CPR MH left. I was waiting for a good paycheck and missed out on it... I was bummed!

Jealous of you guys with the CPR PFs... I might get lucky and snag one someday... I'm on the list for a Space Invaders and Old Chicago (if they get enough interest for OC that is).

Wow!... That looks fantastic! Nice job!!!

-Steve

I would closely examine every inch of the ground braid again. It sure sounds like something is touching somewhere.

Good job, man... Glad you found it.

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I'd check with bgresto.com ... They do wonderful work. I have an Eight Ball with a missing back glass and I was quoted $250 + shipping for them to make me one.

-Steve

My MH fits this description exactly. I paid $650 for mine in 2015.

Thanks! If you were able to see it in full light though it needs everything you've done to yours. Some plastics are warped, needs a good cleaning, pop bumper caps are melted in the middle, pop spoons need adjusting, saucer frayed badly... A typical players game, but I love it all the same.

At the time I bought my MH at SFGE 2015, Planetary Pinball had 1 MH CPR PF left. I wanted to wait for a couple more paychecks and then snag it, but a month later it was gone. I should have known better!!!

-Steve

Ya, me too. But with 4 in "the pipe", 14 on the standard pre-order list and 10 in the boutique zone list it's not looking good for quite a few years to come. But there's so many MH's that would benefit from a new repro PF I can see them doing a run eventually, just not in the next 5 to 10 years. I'm on the Space Invaders and Old Chicago lists, both are a ways off yet.

-Steve

Wow! Most folks selling on eBay are fishermen. There's so many new people in the hobby that won't know any better and hit Buy It Now hook, line, and sinker... My MH was $650 and in no worse shape then this one. He put an Altec in it so you would think he knows the hobby well enough to know what it's really worth... And it's not worth $3,495 that's for sure... It'll sit there relisted numerous times until one of his buddies offers the $600-$800 that it's actually worth.

I'll admit that prices have up a little over the years and people can ask whatever they want for their game, I don't have a problem with that. I would just hope that people (the buyers) educate themselves before falling for something like this. When I first started in this hobby 8 years ago you could find $650 Gorgars and $800 High Speeds all day long. They've gone up for sure, but man, $3.5K for a players MH is just wrong.

-Steve

I'm patiently waiting myself... Can't wait to see how it looks and plays afterwards!