Price Check: Nice Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man

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#1 2 years ago

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JFR

rockwell

Wire-Bot

Madison, WI

3y 87,550 823 8

Earlier this year I finished up a Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man restore I've been slowly working on. Lots of work repairing and re-painting the cabinet and boards, with lots of work done under the playfield (and on top). For the most part, everything has been deep-cleaned/made like-new except the backglass (came to me sealed with tape but more or less undamaged). Plays fast, plays great. A quick list of some of the new items:

Alltek MPU
New Displays (wolffpac)
geeteoh LED Pac-maze upgrade
geeteoh replacement Squawk & Talk board (allows the background and game sounds to play simultaneous, and is customizable)
Playfield protector (helps with the uneveness in the insert-heavy original pf, and makes it look glassy)
New warm white Comet LED bulbs throughout (and new sockets)
New speaker
New power cord (14') and Line filter
New shooter bushing/plate/spring/tip
New flipper switches (molexed) and buttons
New legs/upgraded brackets/feet/metal cab protectors
All new paint (I modified the art to a four-color scheme)
New siderails
New lockdown bar
New lift channel on backglass
Fully restored coin door with new sticker
All wire harnesses cleaned and almost all connectors re-pinned
All switches repaired/cleaned/ re-diode'd and re-capped
New Titan rubbers throughout
New standup Pac-Man target decals (which I custom-made)
New drop targets
Rebuilt flipper mechs with new flipper bats
Rebuilt pop bumper mechs (top and bottom)
Etc

I can add more images later. Below are some I grabbed today.

In general, what do you think is a fair market price? I am aware the demand for a M&MP machine is probably unpredictable, even a super clean and restored one, but I'm gonna post for sale soon so I wanted to get a feel. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance! Holler with any questions.

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#2 2 years ago

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paulbaptiste

Pinside+ Frequent

Danville, IL

4y 128K 2,195 15 17 1

Looks great. I had a huo machine with purchase paperwork I sold last year for $1700 but that was before the market went crazy. I’d ask $3500. It’s not a very popular game but I sometimes wish I’d kept mine. Good luck and nice work!

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#3 2 years ago

TKM

Daditude

Pinside Moderator

Rockwall, TX

5y 266K 10,123 23 271

It looks really nice, but the game itself isn't a very desirable title. Playfield protectors aren't for everyone either.

I would probably ask around 2500

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#4 2 years ago

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too-many-pins

Pinside member

Carlisle, PA

11y 97,800 4,485

Your machine looks fantastic but sadly you put all that work into a "4 door car". In the car world no one typically wants a 4 door and in the pinball world there just doesn't seem to be any demand for certain titles and Mr & Mrs Pac Man tends to be one of those titles. I don't understand why - but they just don't seem to bring much money compared to other Classic Bally titles?

I think $2200 to $2800 would be the logical range if you can get someone to pay that for one. I have actually parted more of them out than I have been able to sell whole. I think I have owned at least a dozen of them in the past 10 years and have never had much luck selling them.

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#5 2 years ago

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JFR

rockwell

Wire-Bot

Madison, WI

3y 87,550 823 8

Thanks for the input!

Quoted from too-many-pins:
Your machine looks fantastic but sadly you put all that work into a "4 door car". In the car world no one typically wants a 4 door and in the pinball world there just doesn't seem to be any demand for certain titles and Mr & Mrs Pac Man tends to be one of those titles. I don't understand why - but they just don't seem to bring much money compared to other Classic Bally titles?
I think $2200 to $2800 would be the logical range if you can get someone to pay that for one. I have actually parted more of them out than I have been able to sell whole. I think I have owned at least a dozen of them in the past 10 years and have never had much luck selling them.

I wouldn't call it sad I took this one on knowing it's an oddball game that won't command a very high cost. I think it is an interesting little game, and it gave me the opportunity to experiment with some of geeteoh 's cool products. It was pretty well destroyed when I got it, so I'm happy for the opportunity to bring it back to life.

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#6 2 years ago

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chad

Game Guy

11y 140K 15,206 9 4

Nicely done!

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#7 2 years ago

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JFR

rockwell

Wire-Bot

Madison, WI

3y 87,550 823 8

Quoted from chad:
Nicely done!

Appreciate it.

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#8 2 years ago

JEF

geeteoh

Geeteoh Electronics

Peoria, IL

8y 50,800 205 6

Nice job. I like the colors you selected for the cabinet. Less pink. Add red. Much better than stock.

Thanks for the shout out for my boards.

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#9 2 years ago

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JFR

rockwell

Wire-Bot

Madison, WI

3y 87,550 823 8

Quoted from geeteoh:
Nice job. I like the colors you selected for the cabinet. Less pink. Add red. Much better than stock.
Thanks for the shout out for my boards.

Of course, the boards are great! The S&T are a favorite, I have two of them now as you know More to come, I'm sure.