Fun Pinball Hypothetical

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As I begin the stretch run of completing my garage conversion to a game room, I started thinking about quality versus quantity.

So here is the hypothetical.

You somehow end up on a game show very similar to Wheel Of Fortune from the 80's-90s. You are the big winner and you have $10,000 to spend buying pinballs from their "Pinball Store". You must spend as much of the money as possible at their "Pinball Store". Any balance remaining is donated to your favorite charity. The show will cover the shipping costs to your home.

You have room for up to four pinball machines. The spirit of this game is to choose games that you will keep and play. For the purpose of this game, the games purchased from the "Pinball Store" can never be sold, gifted or exchanged.

All games are nice condition and fully working. Nice condition implies minimal damage to the cabinet and little to zero playfield wear. Newly released games from Stern, JJP and Ben Heck are floor samples, i.e. New but out of box.

These are the choices.

$10,000 - Medieval Madness
$10,000 - Ben Heck's Zombie Adventure (New)
$10,000 - IPB Big Bang Bar
$10,000 - Cactus Canyon
$10,000 - Krull
$10,000 - Capcom Kingpin
$8,000 - Stern Tron LE (NIB)
$7,500 - Stern AC/DC Back In Black LE (New)
$7,500 - Stern AC/DC Let There Be Rock LE (New)
$6,500 - Stern AC/DC Premium (New)
$6,500 - JJP Wizard of Oz Emerald Edition (New)
$6,500 - Stern Transformer LE (New)
$5,500 - Attack From Mars
$5,500 - Monster Bash
$5,500 - Twilight Zone
$5,500 - Cirqus Voltaire
$5,500 - Stern Spider-Man New
$5,000 - Theatre of Magic
$4,500 - Any Stern "PRO" Version (Iron Man, Avatar, Tron, TF, AC/DC) New
$4,500 - Stern Lord Of The Rings New
$4,500 - Stern Pirates Of The Caribbean New
$4,500 - Stern Iron Man New
$4,000 - Stern Simpsons Pinball Party New

$3,000 - Any mass produced Bally/Capcom/Gottlieb/Stern/Williams DMD Game not listed above.

$2,250 - Any mass produced Bally/Gottlieb/Stern/Williams SS Game from 1980's-90's not listed above.

How do you spend the $10,000?

Marcus
 
This was a tough one for me.

I was basically torn between three options.

AC/DC BIB + Stern Star Gazer
Capcom Kingpin
Ben Heck's Zombie Adventureland

After careful consideration, I finally decided on spending my prize winnings on a Capcom Kingpin.

I love the game play on Virtural Pinball. I love the theme.

Of course, if IPB had been able to produce a Kingpin, I would have chosen my second choice, AC/DC BIB + Stern Star Gazer.

Marcus
 
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

$8,000 - Stern Tron LE (NIB) + 2,000.00 on a really clean Space Invaders (not listed as you dont have a $2,000 range and can't imagine a SI being over that).
 
Scared Stiff $3000
Tails of the Arabian Nights $3000
Funhouse $2250
Donate rest to Klov
 
These two are my absolute top choices for playing vs. cost. If I was stranded on an Island, these are the games I would have brought on the Minnow with me:

$5,500 - Attack From Mars
$4,000 - Stern Simpsons Pinball Party New

They are absolutely fun and don't loose appeal after a few plays.

-Al-
 
After careful consideration, I finally decided on spending my prize winnings on a Capcom Kingpin.

I love the game play on Virtural Pinball. I love the theme.

Marcus

I'm just wondering where you would buy a $10K Kingpin. I offered $25K for one a couple of years ago and was shot down. No, it wasn't my money, but still...

For the record - Marcus is a friend - I'm not jerking him around - He knows how I am - hehe...
 
$7,500 - Stern AC/DC Back In Black LE (New)
$2,250 for a Funhouse.

Can't wait for my two new pins!
 
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I'm just wondering where you would buy a $10K Kingpin. I offered $25K for one a couple of years ago and was shot down. No, it wasn't my money, but still...

For the record - Marcus is a friend - I'm not jerking him around - He knows how I am - hehe...

I heard of a $50K offer that was shot down. I wonder if that was the $25K offer, but as time passed, the telephone game changed the price from $25K - $50K.

And the show came across a nice lady whose ex-husband worked for Capcom and she kept the Kingpin as part of the divorce. She traded it to the show for an all expenses paid European Vacation! That's how Al! :147:

Marcus
 
Wow lots of good games in the $3000 price range...

IJ
SS
TOTAN
STTNG
WW

Also tempted by FH at $2500.

Ideally, I'd love to do IJ, TOTAN and LOTR, but that's over by $500. Can I just pay the extra $500 Mr. Sajak? If not I might have to go with IJ, TOTAN and TSPP or LOTR and AFM.
 
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Tron pro, LOTR, and a $1000 pin (Getaway, F14, BTTF, etc). Yeah, I cheated, but there are plenty of good pins for less than $2250 ;)
 
I'll try:
pin 1: FunHouse 2250. Its a steal
pin 2: The Addam's Family. 3K Cause, I can't afford one
pin 3 The Simpsons's Pinball Party 4k cause its deep as hell and soon to be as classic as the Addam's Family

Best I can tell, that encompasses 3 of the best playing games from each of the last 3 decades. Leaving a tidy 750 dollars left over for the charity Pinballs for the Homeless. That's where you buy a budget pinball for someone who still lives at home.

Honorable mention goes to Tales From the Crypt, White Water, TOTAN, Pinball Magic, and Creature from the Black Lagoon.
 
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