They made just over 5k the first year, so yours is a probably sometime in 85.

The original game had a magnet in the puck and reed switches in the crease.

I had one of those over a year ago. I had it for a couple of months. It needed a few gearboxes and the players were pretty beat up. I sold it for $550 and the guy was going to put about $750 more into it to restore it. These are the regular chex and it had a broken sensor on one side for the crowd noise when you get a shot on goal.

You hardly ever see these for sale because everyone who has them keeps them. I think $1650 is not over-paying if the game is local and ready to go. What are you going to do.. wait to find one for $500 less that you have to put a few hundred into anyway? Sometimes you just bite the bullet and buy what's available. It really boils down to how you want to spend your time.

The problem is that when you decrease the thickness of the plastic at the scratches, it creates a lensing effect when you look through that area. Seriously, $300 plus shipping is a pretty good deal to get a brand new dome.

wiggle the connectors on both ends of the ribbon cable.