I thought this machine was rare and pricey. Modern Pinball has one for a crazy price of $25k. So why is there one on Ebay for BIN @ $2k?
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Clark, MO
Quoted from luckymoey:I thought this machine was rare and pricey. Modern Pinball has one for a crazy price of $25k. So why is there one on Ebay for BIN @ $2k?
Geez! This is a 15 year old RGP joke that won't go away.
Why are collectors still falling for this? 
If my kids were still young I may go for it at $2k to have some fun and try to hook (indoctrinate) them on pinball.
I'm a free market capitalist, but would still feel guilty about taking some well-off, Manhattan sucker for $25k. When I saw the listing and remembered Modern Pinball had one, I Googled Punchy and Modern Pinball and this article was the first to come up.
http://amusingthezillion.com/2013/12/06/rare-25k-punchy-the-clown-game-makes-a-comeback/
Saw one locally a few years ago. Didn't know much about it, looked it over, my reaction was basically, "Meh, who cares." Doesn't matter if they made 100 or 100k of them, I wouldn't be interested at any price.
Quoted from luckymoey:I'm a free market capitalist, but would still feel guilty about taking some well-off, Manhattan sucker for $25k.
I think the games are priced to not sell on purpose.
Quoted from 6S3NC3:Every game at modern pinball has a crazy price except games that you can still get NIB.
Yep. If they priced their machines normally, then the machines would actually sell. Then they'd have no machines. Then they'd make no money at the door. Then they'd have to change their name to Modern Empty Room. And who the hell would wanna go there???
Quoted from Magic_Mike:Geez! This is a 15 year old RGP joke that won't go away.
Why are collectors still falling for this?
Gag also perpetuated by the Mullet Crew, who rated it an 11 out of a possible 10:
Quoted from NM:Gag also perpetuated by the Mullet Crew, who rated it an 11 out of a possible 10:
I was trying to find that site from back in the day but couldn't remember the name. Thanks for posting that. Just by the way it's written you can tell they were joking. 
Punchy is an ok game. I have played it many times. I wouldn't want to own one as it's more of a novelty than anything. I have seen quite a few for sale in the $700 to $1100 range. I wouldn't pay that unless you have a big collection and just want something rare/unique or you are buying it for the kids.
Quoted from NM:Gag also perpetuated by the Mullet Crew, who rated it an 11 out of a possible 10:
http://www.pinballreviews.com/prev.htm
Why would they cancel Punchy 2K?!?
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