I offered her $200 
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600$ for a broken pinbot? Too risky for the price?
- Thread starter Frax
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Just kidding!!!
I want the kangaroo ..........
Chris M
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Uh-oh, looks like a DFW contingency is forming....!!
Chris
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Frax
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We're gonna descend on her location and demand the pin, OR ELSE!
Lol but really i want the kangaroo...frax u can have the pin buddy
My kids have been mad at me for selling my kangaroo and they want me to get them another one.
kspiff
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We're gonna descend on her location and demand the pin, OR ELSE!
This is a Dallas seller, yes?
Ok here is the plan: I go grab the pin; you guys act as my human shields when the bullets start flying.
Frax
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I delivered pizza for 5 years and never got shot at once!
And man...you can have the Kangaroo if you let me come over and play it. I don't even know if it's working or not LOL. I'll let you know when I pick it up. We'll swap Kangaroo and the Darkstalkers board, LOL!
And man...you can have the Kangaroo if you let me come over and play it. I don't even know if it's working or not LOL. I'll let you know when I pick it up. We'll swap Kangaroo and the Darkstalkers board, LOL!
Sweet! For some reason my oldest liked playing it..
kspiff
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Did you always have their pizza? Well there you go.
I delivered pizza for about 2 months. In Porter, TX. The only thing I can say I never got is tipped. But they need to save their money over there for more important stuff (like crack... and teeth).
Frax
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Yeah, I mean I was in WEST Plano...had it been EAST Plano at the time...huge difference. You know what they say about the wrong side of the tracks....well east of 75 at that time was definitely the WRONG side for me!
Chris M
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I owned a Kangaroo back in 1999, I got it FREE (along with a Galaga) from an op up near Sherman that had placed them outside as junk. Restored the Galaga, sold it on EBAY for $1200; sold the Kangaroo for $200. Wish I still had 'em!
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Frax
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Still no email back..
Found these this morning..
http://www.coinoperatorshop.com/sho...=en&info=p7288_Spiral-ramp-Vortex-Pinbot.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Williams-Pi...787?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b4eced33
Found these this morning..
http://www.coinoperatorshop.com/sho...=en&info=p7288_Spiral-ramp-Vortex-Pinbot.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Williams-Pi...787?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b4eced33
WadeLanham
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Since it's broken, there's no way it's a "really good deal". But it could be an OK deal if it's an easy fix. Generally $600 would be too much for a broken unknown condition Pinbot. $300 might be okay but even at that price it might be a bad deal by the time it's fixed.
Now if you just HAVE to have a project and have $600 to burn, go for it. Why not.
There are plenty of similar games that actually work for $600 so why by a broken one that could end up costing you hundreds more and hours fixing it?
Wade
Frax
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Okay.
Find me another Pinbot, in any condition, for sale, within 30 miles of 75240 zip code. As stated earlier, it's THIS market, Dallas. Things get snapped up here quickly, all the time. Very rarely do things posted on CL last more than a week or two unless they're horribly overpriced. I don't mind doing some work, and I didn't say for sure that I would pay 600$ for this machine..I'm going to negotiate and I expect to pay less for it than 600$ given that it doesn't even power on.
I've been trolling CL for D/FW, Waco, Oklahoma City, and East Texas for months since I got my Space Shuttle. This is the first pin that's come up that I would personally consider a "grail" for me. It's one of the games that defined how I look at pinball, albeit via the NES, but I have played it in person before.
Shuttle wasn't a grail, but specifically soundwise it's that 80's arcade sound I remember, and I've been interested in NASA pretty much my entire life. I'm spending a lot of money on restoring Shuttle, but all said and done, and I mean EVERYTHING (LEDs, Ramps, shuttle toy, drop targets, playfield, plastics, stencil kit, pinscore power supply and LED segment displays..), I expect that machine to cost me ~1900-2000$. Yes, it's a lot. Yes, I could probably find one in really good condition before spending all that money. It wouldn't be mine, and I wouldn't care about it in the same way.
Personally, I don't mind the work, as long as it's not an impossible situation...I can't deal with acid damage, or rebuilding traces on a PCB.
Final point: "Similar" is just that. Can I pick up that era of pin working for cheaper or same price..maybe...but is it Pinbot...no. =\
Find me another Pinbot, in any condition, for sale, within 30 miles of 75240 zip code. As stated earlier, it's THIS market, Dallas. Things get snapped up here quickly, all the time. Very rarely do things posted on CL last more than a week or two unless they're horribly overpriced. I don't mind doing some work, and I didn't say for sure that I would pay 600$ for this machine..I'm going to negotiate and I expect to pay less for it than 600$ given that it doesn't even power on.
I've been trolling CL for D/FW, Waco, Oklahoma City, and East Texas for months since I got my Space Shuttle. This is the first pin that's come up that I would personally consider a "grail" for me. It's one of the games that defined how I look at pinball, albeit via the NES, but I have played it in person before.
Shuttle wasn't a grail, but specifically soundwise it's that 80's arcade sound I remember, and I've been interested in NASA pretty much my entire life. I'm spending a lot of money on restoring Shuttle, but all said and done, and I mean EVERYTHING (LEDs, Ramps, shuttle toy, drop targets, playfield, plastics, stencil kit, pinscore power supply and LED segment displays..), I expect that machine to cost me ~1900-2000$. Yes, it's a lot. Yes, I could probably find one in really good condition before spending all that money. It wouldn't be mine, and I wouldn't care about it in the same way.
Personally, I don't mind the work, as long as it's not an impossible situation...I can't deal with acid damage, or rebuilding traces on a PCB.
Final point: "Similar" is just that. Can I pick up that era of pin working for cheaper or same price..maybe...but is it Pinbot...no. =\
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Soo did you get it?
Frax
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She hasn't emailed me back. My wife was going to try to email her, but I doubt she got around to it with the kid's first soccer game starting right now. :|
kspiff
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If you wouldn't mind taking a trip to Houston I'd sell you my Jokerz! once I get it a little more reassembled so as not to require you to do any riveting.
The playfield needs new inserts printed for it and has a 'drop' point from the mini playfield that needs filling and touchup, but it works, is complete, and would include a shitload of extra stuff to fix it up real nice (new legs, pin cab protectors, LED display already installed, plus the old working display, extra translite, some spare ramps including motorized ramp, rubbers set, drop target decals, a partial LED kit for the GI and flashers, and other stuff probably that I'm not thinking of). Cabinet has some small gashes here and there but overall very nice. Bottom of cabinet could use replacement or at least a little new wood due to what I assume is beer damage which is the worst part I can think of.
With all the money I have into it I'd let it go for about $800 (somewhat negotiable). I'd let it go much cheaper, but it's a total loss for me since I overpaid and bought all the stuff to restore already (LED display alone is ~$175, extra translite and ramps ran about $300, rubbers about $30, LEDs about $100, legs about $60, etc.), so I'd prefer to just get rid of the whole package. It may seem steep, but considering all that is included to fix it up it isn't a bad deal and the extras should be resellable if desired.
Same Williams system (11B, think Pinbot is 11A) btw. Boardset is immaculate. Just a question of whether the theme and gameplay is agreeable (you could check vids on Youtube).
EDIT: Oh, or you could probably get Noel Johnson to bring it to you for a small delivery fee, which I'd be willing to take out of the asking price. I *really* need the space.
The playfield needs new inserts printed for it and has a 'drop' point from the mini playfield that needs filling and touchup, but it works, is complete, and would include a shitload of extra stuff to fix it up real nice (new legs, pin cab protectors, LED display already installed, plus the old working display, extra translite, some spare ramps including motorized ramp, rubbers set, drop target decals, a partial LED kit for the GI and flashers, and other stuff probably that I'm not thinking of). Cabinet has some small gashes here and there but overall very nice. Bottom of cabinet could use replacement or at least a little new wood due to what I assume is beer damage which is the worst part I can think of.
With all the money I have into it I'd let it go for about $800 (somewhat negotiable). I'd let it go much cheaper, but it's a total loss for me since I overpaid and bought all the stuff to restore already (LED display alone is ~$175, extra translite and ramps ran about $300, rubbers about $30, LEDs about $100, legs about $60, etc.), so I'd prefer to just get rid of the whole package. It may seem steep, but considering all that is included to fix it up it isn't a bad deal and the extras should be resellable if desired.
Same Williams system (11B, think Pinbot is 11A) btw. Boardset is immaculate. Just a question of whether the theme and gameplay is agreeable (you could check vids on Youtube).
EDIT: Oh, or you could probably get Noel Johnson to bring it to you for a small delivery fee, which I'd be willing to take out of the asking price. I *really* need the space.
WadeLanham
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I'm not saying you shouldn't get it, I'm just saying it's not a good deal, but there's nothing wrong with buying something like that if it's what you really want and you want it now. It's your money. I've done the same thing before. And like you say, show up with cash and you might pay a lot less for it.
Keep in mind you can ship just about any pin across the country for $200-300. So it sometimes makes sense to just scour the country for a good deal on a really nice machine, then just ship it. Save time and probably money, in the end.
Wade
Keep in mind you can ship just about any pin across the country for $200-300. So it sometimes makes sense to just scour the country for a good deal on a really nice machine, then just ship it. Save time and probably money, in the end.
Wade
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