Hi, I have always liked pinball (favorite was the shadow back in the day). An add for a Roy Clark cocktail pinball came up for $300. What are your opinions on this machine. Is this a good price? Thanks in advance !!!!
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Locust Grove, GA
I bought a nice one a few years back for $200 and it's pretty cool for what it is. The gameplay is mediocre, but it sits in a spot where a full-size pin wouldn't fit anyways so it's kind of cool to have an EM style game in a smaller package without sacrificing valuable pinball space. Plus it's Roy Clark 
I grew up watching Hee-Haw!
Also parts are very hard to get, if you have board issues it can be a real nightmare as nobody fixes them anymore from what I understand, assume if you can get them repaired it wont be cheap. If it is working and in good condition, maybe $150.
Here's the problem.
The flipper mech is all nylon. If they break (and they do) you're out of luck.
I have an allied leisure pin (dynomite) that I ended up making replacement parts for.
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/making-hard-to-find-parts
It was a pita, but also a great learning experience.
If you can get it at a lower price, go for it, but just beware that there ain't a whole lot of info out there to help you fix it when it goes down.
Oh, the targets break, too, but I think you can get them from a guy in canada for $15 each. I made my own, but in retrospect I probably should have bought the originals instead.
When I bought mine, that plastic flipper piece was broken. So, I made one with my laser cutter. If anyone needs one, let me know.
As far as electronics go, I'm pretty sure that there are 3 chips on there that can't be replaced, at all.
$50-100 maybe?
might be cool if you could raise it up as a working table
waist/chest high could serve double duty as a drink/beer table in the game room?
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