Strikes and Spares
Bally, 1978Price check on Bally Strikes and Spares.
Very nicely restored and automotive clear coated play field. Repro Back Glass. Nice original plastics. Every thing works. No Leds. Original circuit boards. Cabinet is solid and in nice structural condition. Cab paint and stencils are acceptable--could be redone but acceptable.
Thanks
Pictures would help. Was the playfield redone before clear coat? While not a Flash Gordon, Strikes and Spares is heading for the more desirable list for the early Bally's. I would expect a very nice example to be heading to around $1800 -$1900...maybe more with a CPR playfield....But I'm probably biased since I own one.
Personally, I don't find bowling themes very appealing, even though I do like bowling.
That said, I wouldn't go over $1200 for one in really nice condition. It's an early solid state game, so the rules are somewhat shallow. Most of the time, this title seems to hover around the $1k mark when shopped and working.
Nearly $2k for this title doesn't seem realistic to me.
^^^^ I agree here. I paid $650 for a players condition Mata Hari and Strike and Spares is the same era Bally (Solid State chimer). If it's as nice as it sounds I'd be at $1,200 max on it. Maybe a tad more if that playfield has a really super nice restore on it prior to the clear coat going on.
It's interesting this game doesn't receive much love. The backglass is ridiculously cool and the gameplay is pretty cool.
OK. Thanks everybody for your answers. I have a secret. It is not restored, yet. I just got it the other day for a reasonable price. The play field, while not perfect, is very nice and would only need 3or 4 minor touch ups. And it would not take much to clean it up and clear coat it. I already have a supply of clear and I was thinking about tackling the restore job myself. And since there are a lot out there, it is not like I could screw it up and destroy a rare play field while practicing a restore. .
I'd need to buy a back glass and invest some time is all. I just need to figure how deep to bury, or not bury myself in it as it is not a keeper for me.
Thanks again everybody.
I personally do not think this title is a good candidate for all that work, just to try and flip it.
Especially if you have any more than $100.00 into the base machine (reasonable price?).
It's one of my favorite games, but I'd only sink that kind of time & money into something I'm keeping.
Unless of course, you're just using the refurbishment as a learning experience... then maybe go for it.
I paid 1500 for mine from a local pinsider and I think it was reasonable for what it had. It came with:
New CPR playfield installed and everything working. New backglass. New CPU board. Power supply board reworked. Cabinet in decent condition (original). Plastics all good. Basically, everything works perfectly and it looks great with the new playfield and backglass. Its fun to play and it just never gets old looking at it.
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