Price check - Popeye Saves the Earth

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Not the most popular pin, but I picked one up as a project up last summer, and it's resulted in a very nice example of the game.

Looking to make some room however, so it's gotta go - looking for what folks think a reasonable asking price would be.

One at the Texas Pinball Festival went for ~$2000, which seems high to me - but it sold the first day, and very quickly, so...

Boston price list shows ~$1200 average, but YTD around $1800, which isn't too far from that $2000 price...

Mine is very clean, freshly shopped - excellent DMD with no burn, excellent play field, new glass & lockdown bar. Some fade on the front/left side, but a nice cabinet and game overall.

I'm guessing that $1500 would be a reasonable price to ask, but looking for opinions, since the market has been a bit volatile lately..

Thoughts?
 
Does it have the rubber or flat Bluto head? Not sure that affects the value ,but just curious...hehe.

I bought mine or $1200 last year ...Nice, clean, rubber Bluto head, cab fade.

One just sold at the Captain's Warehouse Auction a few weeks ago for $1700 (before tax and fees...so $2k-ish out the door). It was also clean and nice...plastic Bluto head, a little cab fade on one side.

So - with the 2012 Pinball Price Hikes in mind ,I think $1500 for your game sounds totally fair. Heck, list it for a big higher, see if you get any bites. If someone wants it for $1800, by all means - let them give you $1800! Worse comes to worse you drop the price a little.
 
This one has the flat Bluto plastic; I thought about getting the rubber head since it adds to the character of the game, but it *really* hides that hole - which is hard enough to hit as it is, and the whole reason they made the flat plastic - so I didn't bother buying the rubber version to install...

After owning this one for a while, it's a "ok" game - I agree with the negatives (that upper playfield is borderline useless, and the theme is just whacked), but I've certainly played worse... For some reason my wife loves it, and I've had to talk her into letting me sell it :p
 
Not the most popular pin, but I picked one up as a project up last summer, and it's resulted in a very nice example of the game.

Looking to make some room however, so it's gotta go - looking for what folks think a reasonable asking price would be.

One at the Texas Pinball Festival went for ~$2000, which seems high to me - but it sold the first day, and very quickly, so...

Boston price list shows ~$1200 average, but YTD around $1800, which isn't too far from that $2000 price...

Mine is very clean, freshly shopped - excellent DMD with no burn, excellent play field, new glass & lockdown bar. Some fade on the front/left side, but a nice cabinet and game overall.

I'm guessing that $1500 would be a reasonable price to ask, but looking for opinions, since the market has been a bit volatile lately..

Thoughts?

Normally, about $1000-1200, but with the way prices have been lately, you could probably get way more.
 
If I remember right mine sold for around 1400 last year. It looked great no wear or fade. I know most would say the game sucks but I would love to have it back. Sold it for a bride of pinbot which I don't care much for. Just my .02
 
I may be in the minority here, but I actually love the way this game looks art-wise. I haven't played it enough to comment on the gameplay. That said, based on the popularity of it, I'd say it's a $1200 game that may fetch a little more depending on the condition/the buyer.

-BB
 
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