(Topic ID: 124333)
Cary, NC
I sold a undocumented HUO later year to a fellow pinsider for 4500 cash. I hardly had any mods on it but the game was just about perfect.
Here's a fairly recent west coast sale, started @ 4.5k and sold for 4k, 2 months later.. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/huo-the-simpsons-pinball-party-tspp-in-reno-nv#post-2128898
(Pics of game in post)
Please stop responding! 
- I dont want to hear any lower estimates!
I already "bit the bullet" and bought one.... and appear to have paid north of the $4500 estimate.
Now, not only was it a beautiful specimen on the latest run, it had also been completely LED'd out, mirror-bladed and with Duffs Beer mod.
It cost me more, but even with all the information here, I'm still happy with the purchase. It was Banker's TSPP and (like most of his games) it is an awesome machine!
Nice as it is, I've already ordered:
full set of armor from Cliffy
MDM display
ColorDMD
THEN, it will be a Masterpiece (to me).
Quoted from Whysnow:You over paid at 4500, but so long as you are happy that is all that matters.
You may be right.... given the condition, I'm not so sure, but its entirely possible.
perhaps it was karma from the pinball gods for me selling my (very NON-HUO) TSPP for $3750
Sounds like you paid a bit too much, but you also got a lot more back on the previous deal. Think about it like this.
upgrading from a " very non-hou" to a "beautiful specimen" only cost you $750.
Sounds like a good deal to me.
Hope you enjoy!
Is it a keeper? If it is never leaving your house I wouldn't care at all what You paid for it. Got the pin You wanted and it will never leave.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Is it a keeper? If it is never leaving your house I wouldn't care at all what You paid for it. Got the pin You wanted and it will never leave.
yes- i think its a keeper.
that's why I said "stop quoting me prices"
I'm not too worried about the price-- i really wanted to know the ballpark range. I got that and made the decision to pay the upper ends of it....
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Quoted from Lermods:You didn't overpay, it's more game than just about anything out there.
Exactly! Overpaying would be buying a new Stern for $9k...
Quoted from Lermods:You didn't overpay, it's more game than just about anything out there.
Come on, SF2 has a ton going for it!
I think you did fine. It's a lot of machine for the money. I bought mine about 2 months ago and I play it more and more every night. The more you discover, the better it becomes and there's a ton going on. I paid $4100 and would be willing to pay $5000 now. Enjoy the hell out of that machine.
Quoted from Dewey68:I'd be concerned. I saw a picture of Gary Stern posted on the internet, and in the background, "The Simpsons" was on TV! If that isn't confirmation that a TSPP VE edition will be out, I don't know what is!
Well, I actually thought about that....
In fact, one of the reasons I've hesitated on LOTR...
But, unless Stern is going to sell a TSPP VE, delivered to my door for significantly under 5K, it still wouldn't change my mind....
I've got two HUO games, and you just named them both, and I paid less than what either would be offered up as a VE.....
Enjoy your TSPP. I had a good game for me the other night, got to the Springfield Mystery Spot, Alien Invasion was lit, and then drained my last ball. Was pretty geeked to put up a 14X million as my new GC since putting in the 5.0 ROMS, and notice after I finish putting my initials in that I put ELD, not DLD. 
That's okay, I have those kind of game all the time. 
$3750 is what I sold one with very few plays for last year. It was a fair price for both the buyer and myself.
I think you did well on the price. The second favorite pin in my collection and not going anywhere. I just ordered Sparky's TV mod and a ColorDMD. I would not sell mine as it is currently configured (LEDs, full set of Cliffys, Pincab protector and Pinbits protector) for less than $5k. Congratulations and enjoy your TSPP!
Quoted from Whysnow:Is this the one with the drilled aftermarket shooter lane 'protectors'?
Nope. I think you mis-remembered my post
Machine has NO protection, and I needed to add some.
At the same time, I asked about that unusual shooter lane protector I'd seen on some of the sellers other machines (the screwed-in ones).
Since then, I've ordered a full set of Cliffy's, including his 2-piece shooter lane protector (no screws) and also an I&S hole protector.
Quoted from Whysnow:That is good, I thought your photo was of this particular game.
No, but I probably did make it overly confusing.
The ONE thing that attracted me to that "bolted in protector" is it provied shooter lane protector on the right side- not just the eject hole. This particular TSPP was starting to show a tiny bit of wear on that side of the shooter lane and it would also serve to "hide" the small paint chip.
I was NOT aware cliffy had a non-destructive option to do the same thing.... luckily he educated me.
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