So if I'm reading this correctly ARA won a judgment and this is more of an asset liquidation.

If thats the case it sound like these were awarded to ARA in the judgment as settlement for unpaid debt.
That's not stealing a machine from anybody.

Thats like getting a divorce and your wife ends up with your pins and you calling the guy who buys them off her a thief.

I think he meant debtee (I.E. creditor)

No shit, thats like advising somebody to look both ways after they have already been hit by a car.

Only time and greed will tell.
I'm betting more people wind up flipping them than you think.

A couple of machines traded at 20k in a period of uncertainty as to how many machines would enevitably be released. This is by no means an indicator that 40 machines could be sold and absorbed into the market at the same level. Also some of those machines sat for a while and did not emediately sell at 20k.
There is such a thing as market saturation and while some of them may have sold at that level I doubt the majority of them would have sold at 20k(just my opinion).
Keep in mind that in 2018 you could have bought one of these for around the 12,500 asking price (give or take). It was only in the last year these peaked in price. I just don’t see that price being sustainable when the known population of the game is doubling.

Would she even know what the documents say?
I would have to assume the court proceedings are in Dutch.
Serious question.

So you're saying that was done?
And yes, actually it was a serious question.

It seems I am limited as to how many down votes I can give in a certain time period?
I had no idea.

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Hell, I would chip in $500 if he pulled it and offered to an EA.

Yep, $12,500 can apparently buy you a machine, but it can't buy you class.

I would just like to reiterate my above post "$12,500 can apparently buy you a machine, but it can't buy you class."

I've been on Pawn Stars.

This helped fund a Monsterbash LE

LOL, I buy and sell rare coins for a living.
Have been doing so for 25 years.
There is no such thing as buying a new ancient coin for resale.

Including a couple of people who have proven themselves to be complete morons, so there is that.

GTFO with that.
You just got it, haven't even taken it out of the box and you listed immediately for sale at 45k.
Have you even ever played one of these?

I've been thinking about this a lot in lieu of current events.
Now that ARA is supposedly made whole, Dutch Pinball is reportedly in possession with all these parts (supposedly enough to build a couple hundred machines).
It seems the biggest equation so solve here would be how to make the EA whole in a way that makes economic sense.
If they don't have the funds to start manufacturing these again, what about other alternatives?

Maybe I'm way off base as I haven't put that much thought into the logistics, but what if they shipped the EAs all the parts in the cabinet to build their machine as a kit?
Sure, it would be a lot of work on the EAs part, but seems like it would be worth it.
If you paid $8500 up front, the last 40 games sold out at $12,500 so there is economic as well as the emotional incentive to do it.
They could ship a cabinet with everything included to put the game together at home.
It might take you a few weeks to a few months or longer depending on your skillset, but at least they would get something.
Or if there is a good pinball tech in your area, I'm sure they would put it together for you for around the cost of a restore or full tear down shop job.

With really good instructions you would only need a basic knowledge of tool and soldering.
I know its not the ideal situation, but I was running scenarios though my head and thought of this.

Is the new price 12,500 U.S. Dollars? Or Euros?
I see people using both in their posts.
Just looking for clarifications.

The decals are on the cabinet.
Scroll up to post 10923 and it’s a side/angular view of the same machine in post 10936.

Well that’s encouraging to see.

It's "early achiever", not "early adopter" which is a play on Mr. Lebowski's little "urban achievers" from the film.
Just sayin.

There is a guy that modded this and customized it to The Big Lebowski Bowl O Rama.

I'm not sure.
Someone posted a link to this on an arcade forum, which is where I first saw it.
I'm in the process of trying to acquire one of these and would love to have this done to it.

I think if you can pick up a working one for around a grand its probably a descent deal.
Seems like the market price is in the $1200-$1600 range and they are starting to get harder to find.
The gameplay is fanatic and its really fun.

Got a link?

I sort of have a lead on one at the moment. A good friend of mine bought two of them really cheap at one of the recent captains auctions. He’s waiting on some parts from Namco at the moment, but sounds like he might be able to get them both working.

Thats awesome.
You're gonna really dig the gameplay on this, it's really quite a fun game.

Keep us posted if you have any luck getting the guy to help mod your game.
I heard a rumor that if you send him the hard drive he will do it for some kind of a fee.
Can't confirm if thats true or not, but it seems like it's definitely worth reaching out to him.

I predict this game is going to get really hard to find in the future once people figure out how cool it is.

Maybe I misunderstood the conversation.
Either way, doesn't look like the guy is willing to do it which I can understand.

Gotcha, sorry about the disinformation.