I bid on it but wasn't willing to go that high. Maybe someday CPR will have equipment large enough to handle the wide bodies.

Wow…if it was professionally restored, $1,600 wouldn't have been that crazy. I bought my NOS Paragon for 1k (and thought that was on the high side). Had Ron Kruzman restore/clear mine for another chunk of change...

To many people want to one up other collectors that's why you see games going for over 10,000

yeah, and the sad thing is, the majority of said collectors can't play for shit.

or several people like the game and the artwork that goes with it and they know there is no chance that CPR will be reproducing them any time soon! So the only way to restore their machine is to outbid those that want a NOS playfield.

Just out of curiosity, what would've been a good price for the buyer to pay and how do you determine that price?

Remember, we don't know for sure this was legit. Sellers often use shill bidding to artificially inflate the value of their product. Then they list again, hoping that people will pay more after seeing one sell for so much.

Where is the listing for 1600+ ? I found the one that went for $1245.00 at http://tinyurl.com/q6blyte

CPR has just finished Paragon plastics and backglass playfield will come soon

Per Stu "Sorry, but we have said it Time & Time Again, we Can't do Wide-Body Playfields until we have a Drum Sander that is wide enough for those boards, AND we do not have Artwork for those titles.....". http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/4-new-cpr-products-now-available

Since Paragon is a wide body there is no plans to reproduce the playfield!

Damn! I have an NOS Paragon playfield that was restored by Bill Davis. I have not installed it yet, but nearing $2K almost makes me consider selling and just restoring the one that's in my game. I've overpaid for some nice stuff, but that's crazy money for a playfield in my opinion.

Yep, I bid on this one - and the one that went for $1,245. The first one had a pretty big scratch across the middle. Second one that sold for over 1,600 looked good, but didn't appear NOS, as it looked like it had parts mounted at one time. I'd love to pick up a good condition Paragon playfield, but I'm not gonna pay over $1,000. I'm hopeful at some point - perhaps a few years - CPR will get the equipment needed for a widebody run.

Paragon is an amazing pinball machine.

Hey Paragon lovers…just saw this got bumped and thought you might enjoy a video I made this morning:

Enjoy!

Saw this same sort of frenzy over MM around ten years ago. A couple of NOS playfields went for over $2k on ebay, so naturally some people started thinking that $2k was a hard price point. All it meant at the time is that a couple of people were willing to spend $2k on a new MM playfield. Once they had their playfields, that market for people willing to spend more than $2k on an NOS MM playfield was essentially closed.

In my mind, what it means is that there may be one person willing to spend $1600 on a NOS Paragon playfield, five that might spend $1200, ten that might spend $1000, and so on. It doesn't mean that all NOS Paragon playfields are now going to sell for that highest price point.

LED's in a Paragon! Interesting!!!!

Only 4 LED's (in the pops). All other lights incandescent. They do look surprisingly bright in the video...

I have seen art a number of times the last couple of years. It is definitely on my radar for production if I get the ok from Rick if available. Could be as early as the end of 2014. Rick will get a sample playfield from my Dolly Parton conversions this summer to look at for production & product quality of new playfields.

One of the guys had a topless version also. Everything is in place now for me for production.

People will see info on conversions with Pinball Magazine ad soon. Skate, Zombie theme, & Sin City.

No they won't. Stu already explained the issue on here. They don't have a playfield sander that can fit a wide body like Paragon.

I use the 4 ball top kind of LED in my older games. The 44 "type" so it lights up the base. They work great and people always comment how they light up the entire pop bumper including the bottom of the playfield and the top. Very classy and looks like original except the base is lit with alittle around on the field.

Plus you don't burn the new caps which folks as you get older restorations will happen. My viking has burn't new caps in it from 44's and being on for 3 days at the Texas Pinball Festival 1 year.