Hello All, I'm considering trading my Demo Man for either a Starship Troopers or a Hurricane. I would call my Demo Man a nice condition players game. The cabinet and backbox are decent, the guns are decent, it has a blue Xpin LED DMD in it, some of the inserts are chipped.

I am looking at SST, the cabinet is pretty rough, the left side is planked and a lot of flipper button wear the right side isn't as bad, but faded pretty bad with flipper button wear. The playfield looks decent, waiting on more pics to confirm.

I am also looking at a Hurricane that is supposed to be pretty nice.

My question is given the condition of the SST and lack of popularity of Hurricane would I be making a bad move or should cash be added from seller? I don't plan on keeping either one long term and I think they might possibly be difficult to get rid of when the time comes. What do you think?

Which one should I go for? I watched some vids of Hurricane, it seems neat and "cutesy" and I would probably like it for a little while, but not sure how long it would hold my interest. I've played SST a little before and watched some vids and it seems like it would be a good game for a while.

I have included a few pics of my DM.

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i was kind of thinking the same on value the only thing I was thinking is mine does have the chipped inserts. So you think $200-$300 to me then even with chipped inserts?

Here's a few pics of the SST

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Sorry some of the pics came out sideways, they weren't like that until I uploaded them on pinside

I know and that's kind of my thought, not sure if will bug me knowing it's there, probably not after I stick it next to a wall and another game next to it. Just want to make sure I'm not trading away a game that should sell pretty easy for one that's going to be tough to sell due to condition (SST)

Yeah I think that display is about $250-$300. So maybe I'll tell him trade straight up without the display or add $200 for the display, but that then brings me to will I ever use the display in another game? I guess I could always sell it.

I too want to like Hurricane, but don't think it would hold my interest long, I wouldn't mind playing it at someone's house or location, but don't think it would be one to put in my collection even temporarily.

I know, I don't overly care about the cabinet, but like you said will make re-sale tough. I think the gameplay on SST looks more fun that DM, but I haven't put much time on one.

I didn't put the blue display in it, the person I bought it from did. It does look great in the game and I like it, but I agree on the price being too high for it when you can get a colordmd for not much more.

Ok, I've pretty much decided Hurricane isn't for me from your opinions and a few Youtube videos I watched.

That leaves me if I should do a trade for this particular SST and if so tittle for title condition for condition what would you think is fair? I'm thinking trade straight up without the blue DMD or $200 to me with the blue dmd? Any thoughts?

I appreciate everyone's input!

That almost seems the way to go, but I don't play it; it's just folded up in a spare room

I was thinking about this option also. I'm not necessarily sold on a SST, just a different game that I've never had before. Right now I would like to find a Nascar or Grand Prix, but haven't seen one close by. That is one thing nice about SST, is that it's not too far from me.

My gut feel is to pass on this unless he wants to throw a few bills my way and still am worried about getting rid of his SST later on down the road, but if I get enough money my way I'd be good selling it cheap later to get rid of it. The reason I made this post was to see what was going to be fair to both parties. I appreciate your input!

Yeah we can keep in touch and possibly do some trading.

Thanks for the heads up. I don't have any kids or anything so that doesn't stuff doesn't bother me and kind of like pinball machines that cuss. I might actually be adding a Stern Playboy to my collection

Yeah he seems like a good dude and really wish the cabinet was nicer. The cabinet wouldn't bother me too much, maybe a little, but it's the resale I'm worried about.