Roanoke, VA
1. Pro-Football
2. maybe Top Score
Rest are keepers for now...
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I'm not usually an Add-A-Ball guy, but I prefer Diamond Jack to KOD by a pretty wide margin. Like a lot of Gottliebs, all of the targets in KOD have the same value and you don't get a bonus for completing the set (except a knock noise)... so there's no point chasing down the risky shots if you want to get a high score or win a tourney. In fact, better to avoid the entire roto-card unit altogether!
How to win KOD: Shoot for the standup K or Q targets and hope for a lot of bounces up there. Repeat.
Flip-A-Card has a similar strategy: Catch the ball, shoot to top lanes. Ignore everything else. Repeat.
(yes, a bit of sarcasm here... I think the games would be much more fun to award 2000 points or something for finishing the set)
2 months later
1. Expressway
2. Grand Tour
3. King Pin ('73)
4. Pro-Football
5. Top Score
(update: all have now been sold)
1 year later
Quoted from NicoVolta:Updated:
1. Expressway - sold $1800
2. Grand Tour - sold $1200
3. King Pin ('73) - sold $2700
4. Pro-Football - sold $1750
5. Top Score - sold $1825
Price reflects various upgrades & meticulous rebuilds. Some had professional clear coat, cab repaints, etc. Way more hours involved than would be profitable for a retail business.
All I have right now is a Hearts & Spades and Scuba. Backglass and playfield are nice on both. Haven’t rebuilt them yet.
Quoted from phil-lee:I know you put a lot in them but still good to see decent prices. Your reputation let the Buyer know they were getting a Premium EM.
How much do you charge to appraise a machine?
Honestly those prices were all over the place. Some had a clear coat playfield, some had a cab repaint, one needed a cab repaint... condition is everything.
I sold a “perfect plus” 2001 for $3500 and completely rebuilt a gutted A-Go-Go for more than that. But the time invested for these restos was not worth it from a purely business POV... it was just a hobby. Now that my time is limited it is rare that I can do this at all.
I don’t charge anything for an appraisal. Do you mean like appraising whether a machine should be bought and what for? Or doing a resto?
1 month later
1. Aztec
2. Big Deal
3. Grand Prix
4. Hearts & Spades
5. Rancho
All technically projects but nice ones with excellent BG's, nice cabs, PF's, etc.
(all have been sold as of Dec 2019)
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