These don't come up very often , I'm on the west coast though
maybe you'll have better luck. I'm looking for one too, it seems
people hold on to these games...

I managed to get one a couple of fellow pinheads in our league referred to as the "Sad Cats". Partly because the cab is rough, had a sorry excuse for a translite and decal lifting on the BAD CATS letters on the PF. That and the ramps, though working, need to be replaced (c'mon Pinball Inc.!). I've bought a backglass that had flaking on the edges (but otherwise 1000x better than what was there), new plastics, and possibly will buy a new PF when they are made by CPR. I'll easily have 2k plus in mine, but it's a keeper. I'd say for players condition like you've described 1200-1300, but considering that they aren't easy to find, you might pay more. I think it should be a 1500 game. Two banks of drop targets, two ramps, awesome art, perhaps the best non-multiball game. I've thought it would be fun to P-ROC this. One could add a lock ball to this game with the trash can.

I paid $600 for mine, but it's rougher than what you want. a 4" by 4" area of the backglass has been sprayed over as the art had flaked off completely. Side art is gone. The playfield is planked (though thanks to the factory mylar, that doesn't hinder playability.) The display was dead when I got it (though one new resistor was all it took to fix.) If I apply new side art and put a new backglass in, I'll have over $1k in it. I think that's pretty inexpensive for one, but obviously deals like this come up!

Cool game, though. Probably my favorite art of any pin ever.

I was going to say 1000-1200

I see a few "bad cats" in these avatars

Exactly right. Maybe even less.

I'd say your going to be closer to 1.5k. Unless you have some decent, not so public sources

Sadly, what most likely will happen. You will search forever. One day you will find one locally and scream with Joy! You will hurry over to buy it without seeing good photos at $1700. You arrive to bring it home to see that it is worth closer to $900. But at this point you want the damn thing so bad and don't want to keep searching for one. You get them to drop it to $1500 and spend the next month restoring it lol.

But, a Dirty Cat can always be cleaned. But you will probably end up buying whatever you find unfortunately. It is a rare machine.

Check for Hacks, Acid, and glowing/flickering displays. However, you can buy a brand new Display for about $250.
When you get to the machine you can run a test, make sure all your solenoids fire.

If you know you "will" someday own one. I recommend you quickly try and find a last set of plastics. They may or may not be all sold out by now. The sling plastics are almost always broke.

I have one in Landisburg, PA that might fit the bill. PM me.

--M

P.S. I even have a new set of plastics for it!

I already sent you a PM!

My display does weird things. I tried to fix it as one digit was out but now it misses segments when displaying 4,6,8 and some letters. These segments do work, just aren't properly decoded or whatever. I am going to replace the demultiplex chips just haven't gotten around to it. I may eventually replace the whole display. Too bad as the segments are otherwise clear and crisp.

Seafood wheel also has issues that I believe are board related. I've replaced some parts but still have others to replace. Funny thing on the display is that someone had dribbled solder all over several of the lower chips (bottom of board can't remember right now) and when I cleaned that up is when the segments started acting up. I wonder how it ever worked before. Funny isn't it.

Way cool , congrats !! Post lots of pics when you get it..
I'll get one some day

portland.craigslist.org link

Thanks for the link. After travel costs this would be close to 3k
To high for a bad cats.

I agree, I think it's too much as it sits. But then again, I'm not to keen on the theme.

Well Boo! The theme is great! Who doesnt like a Bad Cat? I honestly enjoy the theme more than the game.

Looks pretty decent! Congrats!

Congrats! Yours doesn't look yellowed on the playfield on the areas not under Mylar, which is a bit rare on a Bad Cats

The one thing about boards it, most of them are reproduced. I totally get the appeal of EMs for simplicity of diagnosis, but with solid state games, if you have a board issue (and don't feel like having someone repair it) you can always buy a whole new board. Not cheap, but at least the option exists.