Hmmm. My Middle Earth had a plastic protector on it.

The first show I ever went to was Pinball at the Zoo, about 6 or 7 years ago. After looking around the show for a game to buy, I decided on a Middle Earth. By the time I walked back to it to buy it for $250, it was already gone. I ended buying two of them for a bit more than that a few months later (I love the art on the game). I no longer have a working Middle Earth, but still have a mostly populated playfield resting against my arcade wall.