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Spider-Man
Stern, 2007
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Ahh ... sweet Spiderman prepare to meet thy maker as you face The Gods of Novus in The Ultimate Battle of Grime!!
Quoted from paulohotline:Wow, it's a steal! Seriously though how can a game get that dirty?
Stored in warehouse with no glass i assume?
That's crazy. Stored for a long time without the glass on, and possibly outside.
Would I be correct in guessing that was at the Anaheim auction yesterday? Makes me almost miss the days of going to auctions so many years ago to see what shows up hoping to get a deal - NOT.
Quoted from PNBLWZD:Would I be correct in guessing that was at the Anaheim auction yesterday? Makes me almost miss the days of going to auctions so many years ago to see what shows up hoping to get a deal - NOT.
we have a winner
Quoted from Whysnow:If that is what a 4k SM looks like then I think the buyer may have been better off buying a HUO for another 1000-1500...
Depending on what the cabinet looks like, this may not be too bad of a deal. It looks dirty as hell, but it's amazing what you can do with games like this....for not much money. Cleaning products and elbow grease are cheap. 
Considering current SM prices, unless it has a beat-to-hell cabinet and missing boards, they did *okay* IMHO.
I just picked up a HUO Simpsons Pinball Party that didn't look THAT bad, but it was clear it had not been cleaner... ever. Lots of TLC and Novus and the machine looks like it just slid out of the box. Hopefully you will have the same results!
Quoted from mrgone:no effing way would i drop 4,000 on any game in that condition.
I bet if it was a MM you would.
If it was just stored and got dusty isn't a big deal like if it was ground down by being played dirty.
I'd be concerned there are bigger hidden surprises since it appears it may have been partially stripped, possibly to repair other machines.
Best case scenario here is that the playfield glass and DMD were vandalized on route and it was just pulled and stored. 4 grand seems pretty high to me.
This game sold at an auction in Anaheim,Ca. Do not be suprised to see it come up again at the next auction. Sellers are allowed to bid as well as the auctioneer.
An X-men pro sold for 4K plus 18% buyer fees/taxes! Thats more than new ??
Quoted from PW79:or pay $4k for the worlds worst SM.
There's no way anyone can tell the true condition of that game from that one picture. It doesn't look like it has playfield wear by the doc oc magnet but the picture isn't so great. I hear what you're saying, though. It's nice to have friends who can get you stuff for ok prices.
Quoted from StrykersArcade:This game sold at an auction in Anaheim,Ca. Do not be suprised to see it come up again at the next auction. Sellers are allowed to bid as well as the auctioneer.
An X-men pro sold for 4K plus 18% buyer fees/taxes! Thats more than new ??
fees/taxes are 23.75% in person or 26.75% if you bid online (fyi the 4k for this spider-man is fees/taxes included).
Also I highly doubt the seller was displeased with this particular sale enough to buy it back.
edit: actually it's higher than that because the tax is formulated from the gavel price + buyer's premium, not the straight gavel price.
Quoted from AbacusMan:Just say its a HUO and now its worth 5k.
lolllll.. so thats how it work.
Quoted from NimblePin:Funny,Two years ago a $4,000 SM looked like this:
"Oh, what a world! What a world!"
I almost made a post like this, but figured I get ridiculed about not living in the past. I love Spidey, but I can't make myself bite at today's prices. Need to bide my time.
Quoted from jackal2001:All fs posts on huo spidermans have now just gone up $2k.
I think the opposite... $4k was generous for this pin
LOL WOW is that ever funny. I had a REAL good laugh when I saw this post. NICELY DONE! LOL
Quoted from NimblePin:Funny,
Two years ago a $4,000 SM looked like this:"Oh, what a world! What a world!"
Well, now that the history lesson is out of the way- who's ready to buy my TRON-LE at $12K???
Quoted from Gerry:Its a flood game guys ......
FLOOD PIN
Quoted from PW79:It's actually a $5,000+ pin after transport, labor & repairs I bet.
I guess the buyer didn't know about a sweet ass NIB Avengers Pro with a NIB 42" HDTV & a NIB 12pk of beer, a year of Netflix & a NIB Extra Large supreme pizza for the same price?
I know which I'd rather have.
Time for a multitude of unboxings at once.
Take an air compressor to that thing and it'll probably look like brand new... unless it's had some moisture cake the dirt on too.
Litvinov
Quoted from mrgone:no effing way would i drop 4,000 on any game in that condition.
When you say 'condition' I'm not sure what you can see regarding the games condition from that photo... It looks like just some light dust to me after not having the glass on while in storage... the playfield doesn't look worn at all... There's a good chance that a good dusting down, a new DMD and a couple of flipper rubbers (make that one flipper rubber) and the game will look like new...
Post edited by pinballslave : Number of flipper rubbers to make like new reduced.
Quoted from Gerry:FLOOD PIN
Ya, i think you might be onto something there.
Quoted from davewtf:Ya, i think you might be onto something there.
Because of the dust you mean?
Quoted from pinballslave:Because of the dust you mean?
If I were a betting man, i'd say it was simply dust. If it were a flood pin, i would expect even distribution of darker material all over the playfield. I really don't give two squirts because I didn't buy it. 
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