Happy with my collection but...all HUO...except Johnny, but it looks better and has been played lass than most HUO games.

Nearly got to Battle For Earth twice last night... might be time to let my fave game go. Consider trade offers for AVLE. AVLE has pinball pro sound system (w/12" woofer), lighted speaker grills with mirrored Avengers logo, Z Doors v2 cube mod (best mod in history). Cool lighting upgrades (lit flipper area, extra spots, LED flashers and back panel lighting.

ACDC Premium...sound upgrade (75W amp and Clarion speakers), shaker and blades. ..make an offer.

SWEET JM. Red is orange on front..but looks natural. Rest of cab is real nice. Playfield is minty. Translite 9 out of ten (small scratch keeps it from looking mint). Looks HUO and audits from 1995 show less than 300 total plays. Very nice and tasteful LED implementation.
$2600 FIRM.

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come over and play it my friend. It plays awesome. So does my AVLE. I've finally figured out that stupid Black Widow ramp. When you can hit that thing - and know that you can hit it without rejections - it changes the whole game. Kinda like the way your life changed when your first girlfriend stopped saying "no".

You're only a year too late for mine. I had a beaut - one of the first 100 off the line - that I shipped halfway cross the country to a Pinsider.

How nice is the champion pub?

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HUO AVLE with lighted speakers/acrylics...lighted flipper buttons...lighted flipper area (pinball bulbs mod), extra playfield spots (pinball bulbs mod), Hooked's clear Loki Lane plastics (have extra set too), Pinball Pro 12" woofer with backbox speakers system...had ZDoors cube mod...but it just broke(shit!)...have discussed replacement with Gio, but stock cube looks pretty hot with the flasher mod behind it. Some upgraded LEDs throughout. Have some extra parts (hulk bridge, Tesseract mech, hulk arms). Just rebuilt flippers (I bought this game new, but played it a lot, and I like my games to play perfect). Game is fully dialed in and plays the way a new pinball machine should. Came with shaker, mirrored back glass, metallic blue Powdercoat, etc.

Shooter lane looks new (protected since day one with clear vinyl material). A scratch here and there, but a beautiful game all around. $5,600 or one for one trade for like value game.

I've decided to sell ACDC Premium. 2013 run, clear window, $5,800. Has shaker, blades and the 75W amp/clarion speaker sound upgrade that Markmon recommended.

AVLE still available.

What kind of mods on The Avatar?

Nice looking game! I see your "no trades"...too bad.

I lowered the price of my AVLE. Removed the sub/speaker kit, but other mods remain. $5,200.

Wow, I let a perfectly decent Future Spa go last year for $350. Bought it for $700 a few years back and felt I overpaid a little, but it was my first game and came delivered with a warranty from a local guy.

What on earth makes Future Spa worth $1,100. Is it CQ?

No, I do. Take my AVLE instead.

I own a JM that I believe is worth $2,600. Some fade (orange) on the front decal, a couple minor blemishes (but none on playfield) but otherwise sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

I have so much fun with this damn game that I would not sell it for less. So I guess $2,600 is my "fu $ price. It shreds on games selling for hundreds/thousands more. Gameplay is epic. I don't think any game suffers more from TPS - theme perception disorder - than JM....the funny thing is that's total BS...the theme is cool and perfectly integrated.

AVLE $5k.

Modded AVLE for $5k.

Nice job! So, when is the party?

I am not actively selling anything, but if someone wants to show up on my doorstep and buy HUO AVLE or a cherry JM, hit me up. Maybe even HUO ACDC Prem. But just come by and look. These are all HUO or in the case of JM, HUO caliber. Don't make me take a bunch of pictures so you can get worked up over something minor. Bring enough $ to buy the game and make a strong offer. I've bought and sold many games via Pinside, it's not like I'm gonna start trying to dick people over.

I've been practicing in front of a mirror.

It's about time.

Someday I'll get one of these, man. Just not yet. GLWS.

Still have a very nice JM. Deep reds on sides of cab. Orange in front. Minty playfield, boards and wiring look new. Besides the orange cab in the front, the ONLY drawback to this game are two dings on the top rails, where the head was clamped down at one point. Provably coming back from Europe, as I think its a reimport. Only a few hundred original plays. Audits date back to '95. $2,300.

Posted my JM in the market for $2,300 obo and opened a thread.
Lots of pics here:

https://johnnymnemonic.shutterfly.com/pictures

NY/NJ border near TappanZee bridge.

Avle $5k.

Best AVLE you will EVER play: $5K firm. And worth every frickin' penny.

How about my AVLE. Your daughter liked it. Why not?

How about my AVLE. Your daughter liked it. Why not?

Well, you didn't like Tron either. Now you own an LE. Just sayin'.

I'm definitely looking to trade or sell my blue AVLE, so anyone is free to make offers. I realize I have to accept under $5k for the game.

See what happens when you play them?

Ergo: AVLE.

I'd really love a Monsters. Let's work out a deal.

My AVLE is now $4,750 obo. Trades welcome. NYC north west suburbs.

I am not have mentioned this, but I have a nicely modded and extremely well playing AVLE for sale down here in the northwest suburbs of NYC. Easy access to NJ, PA, CT and update NY! $4,750 OBO. Trades welcomed.

I'll even staple the manual back into cabinet! Joe, did you sell yours?

What are the rules like on Flintstones? Only played it on route and always liked it. Cool game.

The only pins I'd consider trading/selling I'd want big $ for (very nice GNR and a HUO FT) but I do like the idea of a cherry Flintstones...and so close too! I just don't have the room to buy outright.

You're not the only one. A lot of people have expressed interest. And it's not listed!

I don't even know where to begin with pricing it. The thing plays way better than a NIB or dialed in HUO Stern. Unless you're looking for the flaws (they're there) it looks, feels and plays like a game pulled right out of the box and tweaked to perfection. Don't even get me started on the shooter lane. Almost looks unused. Pic is BEFORE cleaning it.image-519.jpgimage-642.jpg
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Just come over and play it for yourself. Prepare to be knocked out. Not gonna post any more pics unless I actually put it up for sale. Schlockdoc says he wants it, but he's too lazy to drive the 20 miles up the parkway to play it!

Looks pretty bad ass with LEDs and full color DMD too. OCD board standing by.

Oh, and it's documented HUO.

Let's dance!

Looking good Eric!

Anyone selling a Gorgar?

Thanks. That's a little too far to go for now, because I'd like to be able check the game. I may be headed to Boston in the next couple weeks though. So we'll see.

where do you live?

I have a friend in Rockland county looking for a Gorgar. I'll PM you.

I've got a nice GNR that I'll part with. Thinking $4,500.

Only when you're selling. Mine's $4,500.

There a faction of owners that definitely keep it due to the theme. Like KISS back in the day. But it's about condition. My playfield is very clean and sharp, with a decent - hardly perfect but not blown - Axl hole, nothing broken on the playfield/great ramps, etc. I've upgraded the magnet board and put in that board so that you don't need batteries. Lots of LEDs, decent shape unfaded cabinet. One line out on DMD - farthest right. Just very solid all around. Hard to find unmolested.

I'd prefer a trade like an IJ or TAF or Tron. I'm open to suggestions. And, as always, come and see it for yourself. Nice games need to be seen and played to truly understand the value.

Anyone selling a Dr. Who?

Sold my ACDC Premium today, which puts me in the mood that anything is possible.

I have a very nice GNR with a gorgeous playfield and no fade cab but I need to figure out why the pops just stopped working.

I have a very nice conditioned (HUO) and nicely modded original IM and a like new NASCAR.

Looking for a World Cup Soccer, TSPP, FGY, POTC, Avatar, IJ or ???

Eric, I pm'ed you.

Killer GnR. $4,300.

Minty NASCAR with LEDs for $2,600. Will have pics by the weekend.

Is the WOF history? Are you coming to Rob and Gecko's pinball party?

We on for this weekend?

Condition?

How's the overall cleanliness of the game and play field condition?

I should come down and play Elvis.

You're probably right, but I'm in a pinball slump and not sure I can committ to anything right now. Now if it were "Fat Elvis" I'd be all over it. I do have $ set aside for a machine so if any locals want to pm me with things they want to sell feel free.

May be going to Lake George. How about tomorrow?

was this at Nanuet Arcade?

Nicely modded, HUO, original IM will full on brass hardware (no coin door though): $5,400 NYC northwest 'burbs. All trades considered, but prefer newer Stern releases. Do not discount brass. Far less common than the powder and looks awesome.

Includes the following:
- brass armor/hardware: Lollipop Rails, Lockdown Bar, Hinges, Legs, bolts
- Shaker Motor
- Whiplash LED mod (Hooked)
- LED color changing backbox kit (Cointaker)
- Red LED flipper buttons (Cointaker). Not installed but I will.
- Painted IM Head/Helmut custom shooter rod (Pinball Customs)
- IM metallic red Flipper Bats (Pinball Center). Not yet installed but I will and I'll even rebuild the flips when I do it.
- Arc Reactor pop bumper caps (Pinball Life)
- Full LEDs, including flipper area illumination (Pinballbulbs strip)
- Red DMD Filter (or maybe even DMD, I got it that way)
- playfield service brackets
- right ramp cliffy protector (covering small crack in ramp edge, common)
- shooter lane cliffy protector (over minor wear)
- Goodie bag and Manual

so much for IM being a keeper...I'll always love it, but I need something new.

I'll do $5,200 and throw in a never used Arcade Upkeep under cab lighting kit. I also have the monger cover sticker not installed.

Killer IM still available. $500 worth of brass hardware plus lots of other mods: $5,200

At best? I'm a buyer for a "best" Dr. Who in the high teens. PM me.

I'll go $5k on this. It's a really nice example but I just don't play it anymore.

Thanks. It's treated me very well over the years. I never did get around to using pinball browser to change the music.

Dog days of January. Bored of all my games and had IM the longest. Wondering if something new will shake me out of it. Been kinda blah on pinball in general. I hope this passes!

Also, the Nanuet Arcade closed down, which is where I could get a fix of TWD and lots of old classics. Another arcade casualty.

You know, last summer I tried GPS'ing to the Sanctum and it sent me to nowheresville down by a river. I need to check that place out sometime!

That's an awesome story! Story of my childhood for sure, only it was the Corbin Bowl on Ventura Blvd. in The Valley or The Family Arcade in Huntington Beach. Such great memories!

You should throw another party. Your games are stellar!

I sure will, and thanks for the offer. I should have a little jingle soon and hope to buy something at some point. Will want a recent Stern I think. God forbid, but these days the old B/Ws aren't, on par, exciting enough. I like the bombast , speed, light & sound package and aggressive nature of the newer Sterns.

I wish! He might've had some weed. I was so freaking lost that day and hoping to play some pins and then I realized I'd wasted too much time and had to head home. I felt like I should be living in a van by that point!

Kind of a sad list. As I'm pretty sure a lot of those came from the recently closed Nanuet arcade.

Have killer, modded, 2010 HUO IM with brass hardware for 5K.

The bar? What bar?

That’s tempting. I have a nice IM. But can I say goodbye?

Haven’t you had IM before?

Is WCS a $3,500 game nowadays, or is this one just really nice? Asking because I own one. Thx,

I’m going to list a very clean and shiny, stock Dirty Harry for sale or trade in a couple weeks. Been very well cared for for the past 18 years or so. This is above players quality, “Williams tight” I like to say.

One chipped bullet target, one smallish chip on the cab, couple nicks on the head, and the safehouse saucer has a little wear. A keeper game that’ll look and play great - literally plays like new - in any collection.

Buy it for $3k or trade me before this weekend, or wait until I list week of 8/27.

I also have a very nice Dirty Harry for trade or sale. $2,800 takes it. Ad with pics coming.

What’s for sale near Rockland County, NY this Sunday?

PM sent.

Well, like that's your opinion man. lol. But the evidence suggests you're definitely in the minority.

I like Avatar. Good game, underrated game. And if I could get a really nice one in the $3's I'd probably buy one. But better than IM? Nah.

I don’t think they should be, but isn’t everything $4k+ now? Lol. And the games that should be under $3k (like WPT for example) are routinely listed in the mid 3’s nowadays. If these are the actual sale prices, than I’ve learned something!

Condition?

My bro-in-law in the philly burbs is looking to buy a HUO TSPP in the $4k range, which is about where they should be priced these days. Leads welcome via PM. Thanks.

Yeah, only they sit and don’t sell, and there are thousands of this title around, a lot of them HUO. I get it, it’s a hugely popular game, but it’s also 15+ years old. The market will reveal the price, but I think $4,300 is totally fair. It’s not 2013 anymore.

$6,500? Don’t make me laugh.

I see zero proof that pins are moving at posted prices in the last 6 months. I see a lot of people holding on to games (that they don’t want anymore) or quietly selling for less.

Fact is, actual, market prices are still damn good, they just aren’t absurd. But everyone’s afraid of losing that $200-$500 extra bullshit bucks (from a newb or desperate buyer).

But the longer these guys hold on to their unwanted and unplayed games, the lower the prices are gonna fall. With every new release, especially those NIB in the $6k give or take price range. And heavily modded games are not gonna command premium prices, because outside of a shaker and color DMD (and maybe no glare glass) who gives a shit? Just give me a fair priced game, and I’ll figure out how I want to plush it out.

Opportunity cost. It’s a bitch.

It is a problem. The market is clogged and it shouldn’t be. It impacts NIB sales on down.

You’ve always had legit prices. You don’t deal as much in the HUO market, but even when you move a real nice game the price gets the game out the door. Wish more sellers were like you.

Maybe, but SM is now an older DMD game and one with a VE too.

SM is one of my favorite games, but if I’m price policing today I say it’s a $4,400 game nowadays. Or less. Of course things might change, but I think the change will be a further decrease.

And why should this be so surprising? The damn game was 3,800 brand spanking new!

It has nothing to do with your time. It’s all about the market value of the pin. I’m sure you’ve done very well over the years refurbishing pins and selling them. If those days are gone for you, oh well.

There’ll always be someone ready to fix up an older, broken pin.

Amen bro. And we’re not alone. Either the market for these older Sterns corrects, or a lot of stubborn dudes are gonna be looking at their unplayed games and getting more and more bitter...but refusing to sell (!) until they recoup their costs or (more likely) make a profit on a 10-15 year old game.

The hobby will get so much better when these tight asses face reality. Until then, the pinball world is constipated.

Speaking as someone who sold an AVLE, I would have taken $6k and given the buyer a $500 instant cash rebate!

Hats off to any LE owner than can still get anywhere near $7k for their game. I guess toppers factor in, but I can’t buy them (basement ceiling to short), so there’s $2-400 inflation on a game right there for me.

Gotta disagree with you there. AV has issues but layout isn’t one of them. When “properly dialed in” it shoots nice.

A reboot would be great. Something bright and rampy with NO chronic design issues!

Are you entertaining original IMs now, or only vaults?

I’m looking for a pin within easy driving distance from NYC northern burbs. I can buy outright or trade HUO IM or SW pro.

There’s a lot of games I’d be interested in, but Deadpool, Aerosmith, Kiss, GoT, Iron Maiden and GoTG top the list. Pros only. Maybe Alice Cooper or Batman 66, but those are probably outta my price range.

Must be in awesome condition. Not looking for a project or non working game.

I just got an XMen LE. It’s a rad game. World under glass. Deep rules. Great layout. Fun. Toys all day. What more do you want?

Figure it out, and thank me later.

If Star Wars Pro was on your wish list I might PM you.

The Neo Candy: how many games? All the old classics? I’ve never seen one.

I have a very nice, modded (maybe $500 worth) HUO SW pro that I’d consider trading one to one for late model Sterns. Has behaved perfectly, looks beautiful and is a great player.

Do we need to buy broken taillight insurance?

Nice HUO SW pro with $500+ in mods for sale or trade. Thinking $4,700.

Would love to trade SW pro for Deadpool, Iron Maiden or GoTG. Maybe Kiss or AS. Would consider adding cash for premium versions (or CSC remakes) but usually prefer pros.

Mike - Pinballmike2 here - from Lanes and Games fame has one. He’s a straight shooter. I’ve been talking to him about another game. He’s in a Boston and has Maiden, Guardians and MMR.