Almost impossible. Any Addams that pops up in that range will sell in minutes. Chances of one appearing for sale in that range is slim, chances of being the first to reply even slimmer...Almost impossible.

Slim and none, and if you do it'll be beat to shit and probably cost a bunch of extra money just to get it playing right again. Addams Family isn't even that good of a game. I mean, its good I guess, but its not 8-15k good especially if you don't have an enormous budget to blow on whatever toys you want and its your only game. A lot of people have nostalgia for that game and think its their "grail" pin. Its not. If you have to sell the farm just to buy an addams family I can promise you, its not the right move. Buy a different B/W and have pretty much the same amount of fun plus save a bunch of money, or just buy a stern pro and probably have more fun and save yourself a couple bucks still, or spend the entire 7k and maybe buy a stern premium.

Stern premium is ~10K Cdn. used.

No chance you are getting The Addams Family for anything close to 7K Cdn.

Home for used pin sales in Canada is https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/anybody-in-canada-have-any-pins-they-want-to-sell

7000 cad is 5550 usd dollar today.
So, no chance in hell.
But, good luck, you never know.
If i saw 10 at this price today i would buy them.

It took me about 4 years of hunting to find a project TAF for a reasonable price. And even then, I had to hustle to get there first to nab it.

With more eyes looking now and prices still skyrocketing, any TAF priced under the current market value is going to be nearly impossible to find. Or if a miracle does happen and one does appear, you'll need to grab it within the first 2-5 minutes of it appearing, drop everything and make a dash for it, and then hope it doesn't turn into an auction before you can pick it up.

I see them in old taverns and bars in my area. I wonder if you walked into one of those old places with cash in hand and offered the owner 7000 l, one of them might take you up on it.

It happens . You just have to be patient and not hesitate when it shows up . Sure , it’ll be a project , but they are out there . One just sold a couple months ago in Reno for 4500 I think ( maybe it was 5500 but I think 4500 ) .

Wow. Now I see why they call Canadians "hosers". You guys get hosed on pricing! Ok so yeah buy a Stern pro and have a nice new game that will be a ton of fun, or find yourself a "lesser" B/W game and I promise you'll have the same sort of fun with it as you will an AF. You can always keep an eye out for a lucky chance to snag one at a good price but at least you'll be playing something in the mean time. Look for a nice Getaway or Dr Who or even a Demo man or something. You'll save a bunch of money and have a nice game that will be a lot of fun. Addams is cool, but its not worth it man.

I don't even remember the last time I saw a proper Addams "project."

All those 90s "project" games were snapped up many years ago. They don't really exist any more, they've all been shopped out, completely restored, or something in between.

You certainly won't see one on the open market.

No, that's dried up too. And if they aren't, YOU aren't gonna find it, a middleman like Coin Op Warehouse - who has relationships going back decades with these kind of old operators - is going to find it. And he's going to mark it up to market rate and offer it to us.

You MAY find them in some rando civillian's basement. I have a friend who works in HVAC and he tipped me off on an addam's a few years ago that needed a ton TLC, I believe I was able to negotiate it for $3000, plus a $500 finder's fee for my buddy.

Do you have these kinds of connections, resources, and luck? No, or you probably wouldn't be posting this question here...hence you won't be finding an Addams for $7k canadian. I think you just need to save some money and buy a decent one at market rate if that's the game you really have your heart set on.

You have to understand...the likelyhood of this happening to you is EXTREMELY low. It would be akin to winning the lottery. Seeing one in the wild and offering to buy it is very unlikely as well. Almost all of those are owned by operators who know what they are worth/know what they earn. Its probably even more rare than a "warehouse" find to find the dusty old AF some shopkeep bought in the 90s and has been collecting dust in the corner. I'm not saying to give up hope, but like...don't expect it to ever happen either. Even if fate somehow shines down upon you, by the time you spend whatever you spend to fix it up, you'll probably just be in the range where you could have bought a decent one to begin with.

I've owned 6 or 7 TAFs over the years, and all but the one I still own were random CL pop ups or tip offs on machines that were sitting around and needed work. But warehouse finds are almost all found at this point. You are a decade late on the good times. Once pinball caught fire again in mid 2010s, the fun was over. Anything worth restoring and flipping was restored and flipped. Impossible? No. Improbable? Highly.

Fun fact to make everyone groan: the first machine I ever bought was a TAF off a local operator, around 2004 or so. It had magnet burn and needed TLC. I fixed it and bought an overlay and made it presentable, and held onto it for about 6 months before flipping it for something new. I paid $1,800 for it. The next one I owned was maybe a year or a year and a half later. I paid $2,500 for it.

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Or get lucky. Right place at the right time.

Get the word out to friends and family that you are looking for a pinball machine. Don't specify what. You never know what will turn up.

Had a customer a few months back stumbled into a nice TZ for $4K. Looked like all it needed was new rubber rings.

LTG : )

Yup. Get the word out and ask people...everywhere but here.

You have no friends here. Nobody is gonna pass on a TAF "project" to you that they'd rather keep themselves!

Do not lose hope. I never thought I would find a Gottlieb Subway but one just fell into my lap.

Some advice:
Keep a wanted ad on Pinside... keep it active. A random guy who just joined pinside to sell a Subway found my ad and contacted me out of the blue. That lead to some wheeling and dealing, but thanks to Mopar I'm getting my Subway. Sometimes Dreams do come true.

You obviously saw Troy’s pick up of 3 of them . He’s gonna fix and sell . Reach out to him on FB and ask what he’ll want for the lesser of the 3 . May be more than you’re looking to spend but if one has some heavy wear you may find you can swing it . Never know until you ask

If you find a TAF project pin, I've got a bunch of NOS and aftermatket TAF / TAFG parts and mods I should list here on pinside soon.

Thats great man. Happy to hear it! Don't give up looking, because despite how unlikely, you just never know. However, you made the right choice. I think you'll be very happy! At the very least just start saving and you can buy a nice one someday!