Rocky Mt, VA
I got this pin around 5 years or so ago as a project. And boy was it! More new parts then I can think about. Looks and plays awesome. Not a deep game by any means but its fun to play. Theme really gathers the kids in and adults recognize it as well. Who dosent like Mario???
The Good:
Literally a brand new DMD. About a week ago. Old one had begun ghosting so I replaced it.
New side rails
New coin door
Flips and pops rebuilt
All boards checked and repaired by Coin Op Cauldroun
New Cliffys installed on holes (did not put it on the mini but its included. Looked so nice I left it off)
New legs
New set of NOS plastics included (Set that is on is original but in good shape, bought just to have. Slings could use changing but there not to bad)
Varathane clear coat (5 coats) on PF
Ground mods done
Theres more new parts (tons!) that I put on but thats whats off the top of my head
The Bad:
Had to do a total sand down and repaint on the cabinet. I first got it, last owner had taken a house paint brush and painted it blue and drew a Mario on it. Just horrible. When I sanded it off I could see why. Tons of graffiti and crap carved into the original artwork. Ive never seen anything like it. The bad is theres no decals or any kind of stencils for it so I hired an artist to repaint all the graphics. Casual glance it looks great but you can tell when you get up close and personal. I loved the outcome but a purist would be tripping!
I did all the touchups on it before clearcoating. My color matching skills leave a litle room to be desired. Not perfect but looks way better then what I started with.
The ugly:
Two of the SUPER inserts have damages. In the pictures you can see it. There not replaceable so I touched up and cleared to the best of my abilities.
The Back box has some sort of MDF board or something. Sanded it and it was smooth as silk. Shot it with paint and it kind of "fuzzed up" in areas. Dont know how that could have been prevented but it is what it is so it makes the ugly department.
Ive got one controlled light that just wont work. When I went through this, I tried everything known to man to get it to work and tons of posts digging for help on it. Replaced the lamp that is on that board, checked, double checked all components on that lamp board and everything is fine. Soldered a new lamp on anyways and thre the towel in I then sent the boards off for repair with a note on that problem and Clive done his magic. Unfortunately that little glitch did not clear up. Ive not lost sleep over it since.
Those drop holes are huge! Had to do allot of filling and sanding and painting when I got into it. After a ton of work they looked awesome! Clearcoated and started playing and they quickly got beat to hell and filler got knocked out. This was before a cliffy was available and it was a bit of a bummer. Cliffy finally made a set for them and they cover all the wear but it is under there. Theres not a mario on the planet without damage on those holes. What a shame.
I had allot of fun going through this one and learned a ton. Not getting any playtime now so would like to send it on to someone thats going to enjoy it and get something new to me. Value wise, I dont know how to value it. $1600 would probably be the magic number to get me to part with it without a trade. Price police please comment! Positive or negative, Im curious as to what its really worth. Got way more then that in it but I would really prefer a trade. Plus or minus cash so what do you got?
Pics are here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesakapinballrookie/sets/72157643381769724/
Located in Rocky Mount VA Zip is 24151
Napierville, QC
