zoggynog
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Alright you EM Junkies, give me some advice. Foto Finish
I'll try and be brief (I'm not good at doing so),
I have a 1961 Foto Finish I am restoring. I am trying to determine if I should go though with the level of repair I want to do, considering the value of the pin (which I am unsure of...price check please!).
So far I have spent:
$200 - 2 Foto Finish Pinball machines, one almost complete, the other for donor parts (it's real bad).
$250 - Shay Repro Backglass (It's awesome)
$80 - Shay Repro Playfield Plastics (Again, amazing work)
Total = $530
I've worked over the last month to clear off the playfield (top and bottom) to work on my playfield touch ups. I bought my handy TOPS dvd for inspiration of course...
Now that the field is stripped, I feel I'm in over my head on the artwork restore. I have a worn gobble hole, flaking clear (possibly from liquid having visiting the field), and some fairly complex art to work on. I've contacted one of the few people I would trust to do the restoration work.
I'm in it for another $750 if I want it done right. I trust his assessment.
This bumps the grand total to $1280. I could see me putting another $200 in afterwards to grab some new bumpers and a few odds and ends from Steve Young's PBR. So let's say...I have $1500 into a now very nice (but not totally original) Foto Finish.
Is this stupid financially? I know of course that if I "love the game" it's worth what it's worth to me...but truth be told...I'm 30 and I don't really know how I feel about EM's in general yet. I love the look. I love the art of it all. How I feel about the play is unknown.
I check online, and see a link like this:
http://www.pinrescue.com/games/foto_finish.html
and I assume my pin isn't worthless. Of course, I'm more aware of the vids side of things and I know that asking prices on a site like that are often times more than a DIYer perceives value to be. These sells are being aimed (I assume) at different market.
Anyways...I'll shut up now...I'd appreciate all thoughts from those who are knowledgeable enough to have valued comments.
Do I go forward with the restore?
I'll try and be brief (I'm not good at doing so),
I have a 1961 Foto Finish I am restoring. I am trying to determine if I should go though with the level of repair I want to do, considering the value of the pin (which I am unsure of...price check please!).
So far I have spent:
$200 - 2 Foto Finish Pinball machines, one almost complete, the other for donor parts (it's real bad).
$250 - Shay Repro Backglass (It's awesome)
$80 - Shay Repro Playfield Plastics (Again, amazing work)
Total = $530
I've worked over the last month to clear off the playfield (top and bottom) to work on my playfield touch ups. I bought my handy TOPS dvd for inspiration of course...
Now that the field is stripped, I feel I'm in over my head on the artwork restore. I have a worn gobble hole, flaking clear (possibly from liquid having visiting the field), and some fairly complex art to work on. I've contacted one of the few people I would trust to do the restoration work.
I'm in it for another $750 if I want it done right. I trust his assessment.
This bumps the grand total to $1280. I could see me putting another $200 in afterwards to grab some new bumpers and a few odds and ends from Steve Young's PBR. So let's say...I have $1500 into a now very nice (but not totally original) Foto Finish.
Is this stupid financially? I know of course that if I "love the game" it's worth what it's worth to me...but truth be told...I'm 30 and I don't really know how I feel about EM's in general yet. I love the look. I love the art of it all. How I feel about the play is unknown.
I check online, and see a link like this:
http://www.pinrescue.com/games/foto_finish.html
and I assume my pin isn't worthless. Of course, I'm more aware of the vids side of things and I know that asking prices on a site like that are often times more than a DIYer perceives value to be. These sells are being aimed (I assume) at different market.
Anyways...I'll shut up now...I'd appreciate all thoughts from those who are knowledgeable enough to have valued comments.
Do I go forward with the restore?