If it's as mint as you say it is, $2,500 is a fair price.

Very fair price. If really in that condition, $3000+

In that condition, that's a steal.

Most of those prices were for games that had trashed PFs (don't know why so many of those games have such wear) or had broken parts/plastics/needed some work. If you can get a pristine Monopoly for $2500, don't think twice about it.

3k

Buy it!

Buy 2 system 11s instead

Played this at papa. Somewhat disappointed in it. Not a huge fan of Lawlor, but gave this a fighting chance. Not my cup of tea. Too much going on on the pf AND it's a stern! Blah.

Get a nice WPC 95 pin. I loved papa's DH. Fun game.

Have you played MONO? I love the theme, but the game is so so for me.

I like the game but recently sold it for $2200. Not HUO, but in really nice condition, not really any flaws.

Monopoly is a turd. Save your money. Same old tired Lawler layout trying to recapture the success of taf. Buy a taxi instead.

Buy the Monopoly, then buy a Taxi, or every pin you come across. It's not the reward, it's the journey!

Great price! I bought a routed one last month for $2300 and it came out ok but not HUO!

Well it's obvious that some of the people giving said flak don't even like Stern games to begin with, so you have to kind of filter by bias when looking at opinions.

I have a monopoly. It is a solid part of my collection. you will like it.

The rules on mono are horrible. Cash grab is more lucrative than Land Grab?!?!
Jackpot values do not increase?!? Not a bad layout, but weak weak rules.

To answer the actual question you asked...$2500 is a solid price for an HUO game, you should feel good about picking it up at that price. If you also want to know opinions on why you should feel good or bad about yourself for considering buying one....well, no need to ask, you have quite a few of those already here!

That's a great price and if you like the pin, layout etc... buy it! All that matters is what your going to want to play tomorrow, not what others think. I could apply this to many other Stern pins as well. Have fun, good pin!~SpOoKy

Horrible? No, they're not horrible. That's a can't-take-it-back classification. I'll fully spot that the software for Monopoly is pretty *weak*, and your citations are very good reasons why, in addition to others.

What it really needed, as you plainly alluded to, was *more*. More strategy, more/deeper rule paths, more reason-for-being. It seems that a lot of time was spent on things that are hardly even a part of play (Free Parking multiball and the other Chance-awarded multiballs, for example), than were devoted to Land Grab, 3-ball multiball, modes, et cetera. I mean, certain modes are almost literally pointless, while others are absolutely must-play.

There are some subtleties that I enjoy: stacking Cash Grab with a multiball is epic, if possible; the quick-shot bonus multipliers with danger (dangerous through-the-bumpers shot on the left, mini-flipper blockage on the right) if you want to light EB; the decent use of the Cop Stop Drop. It's not completely without merit, but in the end, you're right: it leaves you feeling a bit on the empty side. Not *nearly* as empty as playing Roller Coaster Tycoon, though.

And that's part of the problem, isn't it? Pat's games for Stern are pretty much across-the-board lower than the standard he had at WMS. Family Guy being the undebatable best machine he had for Stern, it's still not anywhere close to the upper echelon he had in his WMS days. Most are *far below* that standard, and Monopoly fits the bill to some degree, but not as close as RCT, CSI, and perhaps Ripley's and NASCAR do.

It's pretty disturbing when the succeeding game is far, far worse than its predecessor, which is the case with Monopoly and RCT.

$2,900 was what I paid for mine. It was HUO and in very good condition.

To put things into perspective, the buyer could have bought a NIB IM, ST, MET or TWD for $1600ish more delivered. Just sayin.

Thanks for that update. I have a HUO that I'm thinking about asking $2750 for and it looks like I'm in the ballpark with that.

It is for the best. Now go drown your sorrows at Crocker Park.

One of the worst pins I've played. Party animal being the worst.

I lived in the Cleveland metro area for 6 years. My wife is from Avon Lake. We went to Crocker Park many times. Legacy Village is better though.

If you really want a nice HUO Monopoly, PM me.

I bought my game new and set it up 12 years ago or whatever. Played a few games, saucer stopped ejecting. Never bothered to fix, dropped out of the hobby. Fast forward to a couple months ago - finished the basement, set Monopoly back up, fixed the saucer. Probably had less than 100 plays on it, certainly less than 200.

My wife didn't even realize we had Monopoly in the lineup, so it's not high on the must keep list.

I enjoy Monopoly mostly because it is not a traditional Fan layout like a lot of modern games. It's not the deepest game but has lot of shots packed into it. I think of it as a cross between Whirlwind & TAF (2 games I enjoy). I agree with boagman's review about the software and a lot of random/chance multiballs and agree it is a lot of fun stacking cash grab with the main Multiball. It's not for everyone though and I get that.