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I was pointed to a guy who has a 1978 Playboy pin that has no back-glass and needs a MPU main board. Cabinet and playfeild seem in fair shape. He wants $200 for it. Im going to try and get it for $150. Im also looking at a 1986 gottlieb/primere Raven pin thats appears it would work with some tlc but the cabinet needs some help for $200. Opinions?
 
The playboy isn't bad deal. You'll need to spend anywhere from $100-200 on a new MPU, and probably the same for a decent to nice backglass. The nice thing about this game is they made a lot and you can find the backglass pretty easily. If the playfield and cabinet are in fairly good condition, i'd probably do it. You should be able to get your money back out and maybe a little profit.

The Raven on the other hand is probably only worth $200.00 even after the TLC... :)
 
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Thats what i thought about the two.Playboy will prob go for sale when done. The raven one is more for my personal collection. it just looks pretty cool to me.
 
"Raven" and "looks cool" in the same sentence. You need to get your eyes checked haha

The cabinet art is horrible, and the backglass is worse, just my 2 cents...one of the ugliest games ever made :p
 
"Raven" and "looks cool" in the same sentence. You need to get your eyes checked haha

The cabinet art is horrible, and the backglass is worse, just my 2 cents...one of the ugliest games ever made :p

I could agree to that, Im not a fan of the glass or cabinet "art" myself. But the playfeild is the only thing that I'm concerned about as far as the "cool" factor. The cabinet is sandwiched between other machines and if your looking at the backglass more than the playfeild than there is something wrong. lol.
 
As a big Gottlieb fan I can tell that Raven is one of the worst if not the worst of the Premier line.... That being said I would pick it up of 2 bills!

On a side note, everbody bashes Genesis for it's backglass but Raven and the like of Goldwings gets a free pass?:D
 
with 100 pins in your house where do you sleep?, do you have a custom made adams family pin bed? when you go to the bathroom, do you hear, gooooooor-gaaaaaaaaaar

There are only 4 pins currently on the main floor.

Well technically 2 pins a pitch and bat and a mannequin bowler but who's counting ;)
 
Got Raven too. Yes with the hideious cabinet and the cheap 80's craptastic backglass poster. Playfeild is SPOTLESS and perfect. the cabinet?... Thats for a rainny day...
 

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