Dearborn, MI
I enjoy playing both my Cleopatra EM and my Chicago Coin Juke Box, but there’s no way they’re close in value (unless “close” means within $1-1.5K).
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Quoted from silver_spinner:50 is the new 40, don't let it get you down
Wait, I thought 60 was the new 40 (I’m 58)!
Quoted from chuckwurt:Just paid $750 for a Hot Tip EM
So you ended up getting it. Welcome to the club! It’s a greatly under-appreciated pin IMO.
Quoted from zacaj:Yep, I'm feeling the same there. If a friend's visiting and they choose one of my modern sterns I sorta groan, we're going to be sitting there forever waiting for each person's turn. I enjoy them for playing by myself, but for hanging with friends I much prefer games with shorter (<1:30) ball times
EMs with friends is more like bowling, I guess modern pins with friends can be more like chess.
2 years later
Quoted from stashyboy:The obvious observation is that the older collectors who care about the 60sgames are mostly getting out of the hobby as they age. Not 100% true.. there are a few people who still like the early wedge heads but there is just less demand. I love seventies EMs but I bet in 10 or 15 years there won't be as much demand for them either as we are seeing those early solid state titles really skyrocket in value.
I think the 2-inch flippers on the ‘60s pins has something to do with the demand for them as well. 3-inch flippers has been the standard now for over 50 years, and there’s a big difference in the play.
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