You are all missing out on this sweet deal!
Only $400!!!
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Quoted from alexmogil:So it's really got a lot going for it. If I searched for the term "Johnny Depp balls" I would have found it.
Indeed. And they just dropped the price to $375. What a steal!
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Quoted from Puffdanny:Who the hell looks for a zizzle?
Well, actually, I was looking for one not too long ago. And I found one, for $50. It was donated to a high school engineering class, and they immediately started hacking on it. First thing up was fixing the bumpers and power supply. Then, they upgraded the buttons. This year, I think the whole thing is being rethemed and rewired, with an Arduino driver and a Raspberry Pi running MPF.
Those might be the best pictures I've seen in a craigslist ad so far.
sacramento.craigslist.org link
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This guy keeps popping up with the same ad. I actually got a good deal on some legs from him, but I always chuckle at the ad:
"This sale is like your first date when you were a youth. If you never had the courage to ask her out, you never would know what could or could not be."
sfbay.craigslist.org link
Quoted from Travish:So if her breakup wasn't fairly new sex would be ok? Sound like her ex found out about her sextracurricular activities.
Maybe this is actually a dating post. She's clearly looking for a white knight who likes fishing and astronomy, and is free to drop everything and help a damsel in distress. 
Quoted from Travish:Oh i get it. Fishing and astronomy, long walks on the beach looking at the stars.
And handy with a patch kit!
Crazy. I paid $50 for the one I donated to a school, and I think that that is about the best price I would offer.
Quoted from apLundell:That was probably back when they were still in production. They seem to go for about $250-350 now.
(I assume it's because they're the only thing less than full-size that isn't completely a toy?)
No, that was about 3 or 4 months ago. Another one went for that a week before I bought mine, and there was one a few miles away for $80 last month.
Play one without an update(of buttons if nothing else) and it's just a terrible game.
Quoted from apLundell:Are ebay prices that far out of whack for real machines as well? That doesn't seem possible.
In general, I only go to ebay for parts. Anything else is local or craigslist. I also collect vintage scuba gear, and the same thing happened there. Ebay was great for a while, and now the prices are skyrocketing.
Quoted from Jerickso77:The KC market seems pretty bad in general. Granted , I'm new to the scene but I've spent the past 5 months trying to find an older SS within my paltry $1,500 budget and there's nothing.
There was The Incredible Hulk in Lawrence last month for $300. You might keep an eye on the Manhattan and Wichita lists, too. I see a couple of machines in that area that could probably be bargained down to $1500.
Quoted from Colsond3:And what the hell did he do with the power supplies from the games?
Every Zizzle I've seen has either had a missing or damaged power supply, so I suspect that they were weak and easily destroyed. I bought one for the local high engineering kids, and the first thing they did was rebuild the power supply because of exposed and frayed wiring.
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Well, he's shirtless and fighting a bear. Not sure why that's considered naked. Of course, if you are in a knife fight with a bear, you might as well be naked.
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Quoted from merccat:How aweful!! Hell he would have to pay me at least 250 to take it.
Looks like a fairly trivial mod to fix it: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/star-explorer-1977-modification-for-independent-flipper-action
I keep an eye out for these going cheap in decent condition, just like Zizzles. They can be a good "intro to pinball engineering" system that I am not going to sink much money into. And I'm not going to cry if the kids ruin it, either. :/
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The link I last posted was an ad for a $495 Medieval Madness. It was an obvious scam, but it looks like it was pulled down a few hours later. Hopefully he didn't snare anyone.
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Quoted from ForceFlow:but some people seem to also use it when they just mean something old and original
The term that they are looking for is "old school," which is, itself, an old school term. "OG" in this context is just dumb as hell.
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Unless this is some oblique reference to the gambling history of early pinball. But, frankly, I think anyone using "OG" un-ironically is likely not cognizant of that history in the first place.
3 months later
I like how they didn't even bother to find a picture of the right machine: sfbay.craigslist.org link
Quoted from Scotty_K:I guess one man's trash is another man's treasure, indeed.
The original Nintendo games are quite valuable. I repaired a Mario Cement Factory game recently, got a decent price for the work and the guy still made a killing selling it.
Quoted from MichiganDad:It’s vintage
My grandpappy played with one of those in aught three. He handed it down to his children as a prized family heirloom.
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Hell, I have a Zizzle sitting in my garage right now. I'd be willing to part with it for $1000. What, no takers?
2 months later
How are you guys not jumping at this? It sells for $1500!
monterey.craigslist.org link
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Quoted from sandro:The amazing thing to me is that no one in the pinball industry sees the obvious market opportunity here.
That's a good point. I could see a 3/4 or 4/5 machine that uses mostly stock components doing ok at sub $1k. If you ship them with a full playfield protector, you can use a cheaper plywood and forgo clearcoat altogether.
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Quoted from Markharris2000:Maybe it was in a fire and it's the only thing left standing!!! LOL
The picture was taken during a full eclipse which was happening at the same time as a freak dust storm. I'm sure it's all ok.
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Quoted from PghPinballRescue:Take my chance? So I pay $150 and I might not even receive it???
heh, I suspect that his first language is French and meant "here's your chance."
Quoted from radial_head:Yeah I'm not a huge fan of calling out/making fun of non-native US folks for broken English. One damn complicated and ass-backwards language to learn and their English is definitely better than my French/Italian/German.
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.” - James Nicoll
Quoted from JethroP:I wasn't poking fun of anyone's language....I posted that because I got a laugh out of the price $150 for an old ragged schematic....that's all.
So, was the EM version super rare? Maybe that's why it's pricey.
Quoted from PghPinballRescue:I was making fun of the wording. I didn't know it was his 2nd language.
Just to be clear, I'm not trying to bust anyone's chops for this. I work for an international corporation, so I get to see lots of weird English phrasing. I kind of auto translate it in my head now.
The phrase was funny and the price is inexplicably high. It's all good.
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Quoted from happyclan:I can't believe Wakanda has pins.
They use Vibranium balls, which make for really cool effects.
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