I hate Rollercoaster Tycoon, as much as I hate Stern's Playboy & Sopranos. I agree that Monopoly isn't that bad.

Personally, I would not own one in my collection. I realize I am not the intended audience for Monopoly (I like games where stuff is blowing up), but I wouldn't mind operating one of these.

Novice players, children, and women love dumping tokens/quarters into the freakin thing! I guess in a way, its kind of like Addams Family. Lots of times, its getting play while LOTR or Spider-Man (possibly a late model WPC-95 Bally/Williams) sit idle. If there is a Pirates of the Caribbean, its a toss up, because people love that game too.

I personally like Monopoly. I would own one but only if I got a good deal on a nice used one.

I lean more to the Roller Coaster Tycoon than the Monopoly, but I haven't spend enough time on either one of them.

I guess to each his own, as I really like the Sopranos.

I know of someone with an old Monopolee machine from the 30's .. he's like 88 and won't sell/part with it atm but his kids say they don't want it. So maybe if he finally passes some day I'll get it. If I do I think I will donate it to a museum and let them do any restoration etc. It's pretty rough.

Stern's Playboy is fun for a few hours. It awful from the get-go, if the machine is setup with the clothed pictures.

what would be a "good" price on a monopoly? just curious

I would say $1500 or less for one in good shape.