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Value of machines with HARDTOP installed?

By too-many-pins

4 years ago


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    “Value of machines with HARDTOP installed?”

    • Machine with a hardtop is worth about the same as a machine with a nice used playfield 54 votes
      21%
    • Machine with a hardtop is worth less than a nice used playfield. 58 votes
      22%
    • Machine with a hardtop is worth $200 more than a machine with a nice used playfield (basically just the cost of the hardtop) 37 votes
      14%
    • Machine with a hardtop is worth $500 more than a machine with a nice used playfield (cost + labor to install)) 35 votes
      13%
    • I wouldn't want a machine with a hardtop 51 votes
      20%
    • I love hardtops and wish all my machines had them 12 votes
      5%
    • You ask too many stupid questions 13 votes
      5%

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    #40 4 years ago
     
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    Love my Hardtopped Comet! Price wise, decent Comets don't seem to sell super quick when priced $1000-$1500. This Hardtopped one went in 1 day with an asking price of $2200...

    https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/archive/85758

    I paid $1000 for mine before putting on the Hardtop. I'd say it looks to be in similar condition other than Freeplay40's corkscrew (which I now also have). If that really sold for $2200 and I could sell mine for a similar amount. That would mean the Hardtop added about $1000 to the value.

    Here is another, but even more fixed up, this one was $2500...

    https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/archive/85131

    Sounds very much like mine, minus the cab repaint (maybe some day).

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    #120 4 years ago
     
    JAY

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    Well that won't require much sanding.

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    #139 4 years ago
     
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    Quoted from Frax:

    You also have to consider the CPR playfield is more likely to hold up over time, and be more easily repairable, while a hardtop, if damaged, is simply done and has to be fully replaced. You can't touch up art and reclear a hardtop.

    Not so sure about that. Those 30+ year old plastic Spanish playfields all seem to have held up great. I guess if you carve your initials into a plastic playfield it would be much harder to fix up. But metal balls rolling around on them seem to cause minimal damage.

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    #154 4 years ago
     
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    Quoted from Frax:

    Yeah...but how many games on them? It's not like a Williams game which may have had 20k plays on location. In home use, of course, you're right...because it'll be the same.

    Not sure why you would assume home use only. I've been looking for the "right" Jolly Park for quite a while now. Have seen a number of them with lots of broken parts, beat up cabs, etc. But every single playfield I've seen still looks great. Not to mention that was technology from 20 years ago. Hopefully the Hardtops are as good or better.

    I get that they're not for everyone. But they are making a lot of machines look and play a whole lot better.

    As for the value increase/decrease, opinions don't really matter. Only sale prices do. So far the ones sold would indicate they add a good amount above the cost. When you factor in time to install, obviously that changes things.

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