The ramp above the spider hole often breaks and the crate and the playfield in front of the crate are often damaged. The price does seem high unless its extremely nice. I know the prices have gone up on SS lately but I still wouldnt want to pay more than $4500 or so.

Been trying to buy when for the last few months. Have not seen any under 5k- just picked up a nice one- not collector- but nice for $5500 shipped to my door. GL- great game.

I would say that's in the ball park, but I may be biased. I'm going to be putting one up for sale when I get back from vacation in about a week. It's undocumented 2nd owner HUO (bought it from a friend), beautiful playfield, ramps, crate, etc with only very minor spider hole wear. Cabinet and decals are very clean, but does have fade on the left side (I have new cabinet decals for it). It also has a ColorDMD. I'll be asking $6,500.

If excellent quality, snatch it up!

SS is becoming hard to find these days so, if you want one and this one is in your price range, you have to be ready yo pull the trigger.

Things to look for - cracked backbox insert, PF wear in front of the crate, wear around the spider hole, cracked or broken beast ramp over the VUK, burned spot on beast ramp where the fireball decal is, cabinet fade, spider motor not working. That's all I can think of at the moment. Use these things to negotiate with. If none of these issues are present, then the price isn’t too bad.

This title really has climbed in value the last 6 months. I haven't had much luck finding a nice example for under 6K. I would recommend spending time of this title before buying. I want a SS but depending on my mood the callouts get old fast.

I have a beautiful one and can't beleive the prices they are going for. Its a great pin!

As always, check for acid damage with a flashlight on the components directly under the battery holder including all the delicate traces.

Great game.

Any update yet? He has now listed it in KC too.

They are out there! As the price keeps going up, more people will sell. I was just offered $6,800 for mine and turned it down. (er, it would take $7,200 to pry it from my fingers with over $1k of mods in it!)

If it's who I think it is (from Hutchinson), very nice couple with a very well kept collection.

This is getting me thinking about selling mine...

Scott

Well SS price exploded in Denmark this year...
Rare game up for sale theese days

See! They will be out there.

hey guys, figured I'd post here instead of starting my own thread but suppose you could buy a pretty beat up SS that will be restored for 3.5k would you do it? (once restored of course...)

If the PF wasn't jacked up i would

If the combined price was right....sure!
...how much is the beater?

total price would be 3.5k but it was probably in a container and in pretty bad shape right now (rust on coils, wear spot on playfield, missing parts, etc.) but the guy said it would all be restored

3.5 for a restored SS? That seems low unless the restoration is spitting on the pf and wiping it off....

Still not sure I understand. Someone will restore a beater SS they HAVE already for $3.5K total.
Or you have to buy the beater for $3.5 and then the will restore.
3.5k for a totally restored SS is crazy. Beware!

Ted will sell you his for 3.5.......with a spit shine.

Only kidding!

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Thanks Ted...we all, um, appreciate that.

Agree with the other folks...$3.5k for a restoration may not be out of line. $3.5k for a restorable scared stiff may not be out of line. For $3.5k for a restored one...those are the kind of deals you only get from our Nigerian friends....

Is this local to you? If so, go down there. Ya never know....

well the thing is I make a deposit then they restore it, they showed me some restored pins they made and they're nice once done... but I guess I'll have to find a way to get back my deposit if anything goes wrong, perhaps how much does a beatup non-working container sitting SS worth anyway? 1500?? lol

yeah I did and it's in awfull condition but read my post above it explains the deal

Depends on how beat up!

Well, if it's a legit place that restores machines, and you can go down there....
Maybe check with someone else that had work done there...

actually the PF isn't that bad except for wood spot near heavy traffic area... cab is faded and has some big scratch and mark, coils etc. are rusted... but he says they will replace those part if necessary (like coin door, plunger etc.) I saw the guy also who was doing the repair with another pin.. seemed professionnal too

Not that long ago stock SS's in average condition were going for in the low 4's. That's where I set my price point at to pick one up. Otherwise, I wait.

There is one located in a bar about an hour from where I'm at that is in horrible condition. I've been trying my best to get this old fella to part with it but he seems to think it's made out of gold or something. It's got more zip ties on the playfield than it does in the cabinet. And I put most of them in there just so that I could play it!

Thing is though, the cabinet is near perfect. I think he bought it new and it's been in his bar ever since. I figure it needs about 500 min to 1000 max to bring it to a good restored condition. I'm trying to get him to trade me for my Frankenstein.

That scares me. Faded cab, no big deal. Decals are pretty routine. The rust is what scares me. Why are they rusted? Was it stored in a damp container and shipped overseas? Was it somewhere with a lot of moisture? It could be a lot of different things ranging from no big deal to it was stored somewhere damp and beyond just visible rust, the cabinet may have absorbed some and started to delaminate, the boards in the backbox probably suffered, the entire wiring harness may be suspect, there may even be mold....

It falls into the "if it sounds good good to be true...." bucket to me.

Not that long ago is a year or two that they were selling for that price but in the pin world that's a very long time and prices change overnight. Everyone wants the prices to be low but once people snatched up all these machines they are gone and prices rise. I hope you can get a deal on that machine but SS is not a 4k machine anymore.

Offered $6,500 for mine last week. Turned it down. Great ones hard to find.

Yep, definitely getting harder to find.

well the guy told me it's from Tunisia and it probably was in a container for some time... like I said the coin door was rusted and beatup, the coil plunger were rusted and wire were cut from it, backglass was waving (seemed like a piece of wet paper behind a glass...) and there was almost holes in the cab not mentionning the worn corner... but yeah it seems humidity was all over it for quite some time... damn it's gonna be hard to pass but I guess I'll pass and get myself a relatively cheap EearthShaker