Paperboy Handlebars $$$$$!

This is the second one I saw sell in that range, I think it is someone on here who refurbishes Them.

Looks nice.
 
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"It wasn't that long ago, you could buy three whole machines
for the cost of one set of handlebars today..."

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I started a thread on this a while back and I don't think anyone posted in it.

Seems like a no brainer, partially because older handlebars often have rust and pitting. Plating is expensive, and more so when there's pitting to deal with. Also, there's a weld that's often broken on one of the housings.

Many of the parts have been repro'd.

Although expensive, building an all new controller doesn't seem so ridiculous these days.
 
I think we should probably start referring to the Paperboy phenomenon as the Supper Sprint extinction event.
If somebody make a reproduction Paperboy CP then Supper Sprint is doomed.
 
I think we should probably start referring to the Paperboy phenomenon as the Supper Sprint extinction event.
If somebody make a reproduction Paperboy CP then Supper Sprint is doomed.

Championship Sprint; as that's the 2P one that's in the same cabinet as Paperboy.

Super Sprint was the 3P behemoth.
 
$750 and he couldn't even get the correct blue grips and you get the joy of those stupid tassles hitting you when playing it. Derp.
 
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I get it, I get it--supply and demand, it's what the market insists upon, but... holy SHIT. :eek: I don't think I've ever paid that much for an ENTIRE non-pin game, Tron excluded of course. I'm more and more glad every day I got all the classics I wanted back in the days of 300 dollar Dig Dugs and waited to get my 90s and beyond fix until now. Can't BELIEVE what older stuff goes for now. I wonder if this the peak or just the beginning :confused:
 
I sold one of my Paperboy machines for MUCH less than those bars...

...and they're not even chrome.

Crazy. Sucks to be me.
 
The depth of some collector's pockets in the hobby is getting pretty amazing.

Side note...

Remember when one orange Nintendo button was pushing like $50 ?

Then MikesArcade.com came along and created a faithful reproduction and shut that market down right quick.

Matter of fact...it was shut down so hard that almost nobody even bothers selling original Nintendo buttons any longer.

Nothing like a faithful reproduction to pop a bubble. :)
 
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