Just moved here from Minnesota, spend most of my time at car auctions so this will be a welcome change of pace. Didn't realize there was this much interest in pinball in Wichita
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Is there a specific KS/Oklahoma/MO thread on pinside??
If not, I'll create one. Had a nice Minnesota/Wisconsin thread back home.
Quoted from Doorman:I hope the opportunity to play machines is given. I took mine last night and this morning. I did not play them all as I do not care for all of them. I am not here to bash the seller or the auctioneer. I am here to give what info I can to the community my limited knowledge of the machines. Yes I am local and yes I will be at the auction. My only comments will be ones that were on the floor playable. There were others in the backroom that are multiples that could not be played. I believe if I was the operator I would have my best playing machines out to make the best return. Breakshot- Fun game and pretty clean launching extra balls which when played ended your current ball. Funhouse a fairly new game to the lineup in Lost Sock maybe three months has had an issue since being placed with a switch not realizing a ball was stuck and freezing your game play. Jokerz 1 on the floor which won't even launch the ball to the top. Comet which is one of my favorites was pulled 6 months ago and has never came back. Cyclone is a great game which has been playable but recent flipper coil replacements which are too strong make comet shots harder as ball shoots above ramp into ferris wheel or top of machine. X-Files unplugged not playable. Hardbody a fairly recent addition I had not played until last night was actually a fun machine until a chunk of wood came sliding out of the left ramp blocking the playfield. Teed off plays well but numerous plastics are loose. Barb Wire can not get the skill shot. Super Mario plays good again Loose plastics. Stargate off and not playable.
Thanks for the info. Hoping machines are plugged in, have to assume they are problemed if not.
Just got home from the sale. Wow, what a crowd. Not a ton of pinheads, many just buying to have one at home.
What am I missing on Cyclopes at $5200? The cabinet is beat. What's that game normally worth?
First-time Pinball auction for me. I've been to hundreds of car auctions and this was a little different. I went for entertainment and to get a garage player deal machine. Once the crowd arrived, deal time was over grouping or no grouping. Too many people to get a buy, many first-timers looking for one machine and just wanted to come home with something. The sale was over for me before it started.
The seller did extremely well, in my opinion, considering condition on most, so much so I thought he'd unplug his remaining machines next door and run them through. The grouping was advantageous to the seller and auctioneer, not buyers. Sales are all about momentum, competitive bidding, and energy, grouping created that. I'm not sure there were any real "time" savings at the auction as a result. The grouped machines were auctioned off one at a time, just like lot numbers. It would save a ton of time during set up though, I would think normally you'd put your high value desirable at the end of the sale, and cheap stuff first. Just my 2 cents.
Quoted from taylor34:so why drive hours and hours to a remote auction for a chance on a game when you can just go pick up that game locally for the same amount or less, and it's probably been shopped out and is in better shape mechanically? Auction is a gamble, and when you're not saving any money, then it kind of makes it not worth it. You didn't answer a lot of the questions or blew them off, then mock them when they didn't attend.
Well said^^^
Okay, trying to get a new thread going, need to have a local place to buy/sell/trade/talk
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