What would you pay for this Mario Bros. wide body

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Hey knowledgeable KLOV folks,
What would you pay for this Mario Bros. wide body? Here is the listing:

Description
**Holiday Special** Rare wide body Mario Bros. Classic arcade machine. Great box in excellent working condition. Get this gem before it's gone!
Condition
Used (normal wear)

I am brand new to all of this but here is what I see:
Worn cabinet - needs repainting
Side art worn and torn
Dirty sticker adhesive on the left side
CP looks dirty - possibly cracked on the edge
Coin door locks missing
Chipped black paint on speaker grill?
Looks like the T moulding has been replaced? Extra sticking off the back

Have not seen in person so I can't check burn-in, controls, plexi, etc.

Anyway, just curious - this is my holy grail game - will buy one at some point (maybe this one!) but need to starting knowing how to price the ones I come across.

Thanks in advance
 

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Me personally? $350 to $450 tops in that condition. If no price is mentioned I'd most likely start at $250 and try to work up from there. If he has a price listed, then it depends. If he is kind of high, say $750 plus, I'd try to talk him down. If he is abnormally high, say $1000 plus, I'd probably walk away. Ultimately though it is up to you. If you don't own the game and you really, really want the game, you'll pay more. And for the record I've purchased two of these machines and still own one of them. I purchased mine for $150, and my brother's for $250. I would never sell mine as it's probably one of my and my kids' favorite games ever.
 
Get it. Don't worry about a few hundred here or there.

That picture looks great, so assume PCB and monitor are 8-9/10. The other stuff you can work on when you get the dough.

Get it!
 
Two other things I'm noticing about value - and I think this is on topic - if you want to weigh in:

1. Market - seems like with Stranger Things, Ready Player One, that the market is red hot right now and there is a lot of interest in arcade machines.

2. Region - I'm in Southern California and it sure seems like there are a lot of buyers, things move fast, prices are high

All this to say I'm going to have to really keep my eye out to grab a Mario Bros. locally at a good price.

Is that a reasonable assumption?

Also, any other suggestions related to finding one of these at a good price locally?

Thanks!
 
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This is a bit troubling. The seller used this term and now you are. Not sure who the seller is, but no one in my 15 years of collecting has ever referred to any arcade machines as 'boxes'.

Well, I can't speak for the seller but my "box" was an auto-correct for "bros." I guess my Mac doesn't know what a "bros." is.

Good catch!
 
Two other things I'm noticing about value - and I think this is on topic - if you want to weigh in:

1. Market - seems like with Stranger Things, Ready Player One, that the market is red hot right now and there is a lot of interest in arcade machines.

2. Region - I'm in Southern California and it sure seems like there are a lot of buyers, things move fast, prices are high

All this to say I'm going to have to really keep my eye out to grab a Mario Bros. locally at a good price.

Is that a reasonable assumption?

Also, any other suggestions related to finding one of these at a good price locally?

Thanks!

One was just on offer up in north Orange County for $150. It looked complete, it was just dirty. It lasted an hour. You need to be fast, that wide body you are looking at may be gone already.
 
One was just on offer up in north Orange County for $150. It looked complete, it was just dirty. It lasted an hour. You need to be fast, that wide body you are looking at may be gone already.

Thanks Orlandu81,
No, he still has it but wants to hold for more - I offered him $450. Yes, I'm going to stay on alert and am realizing I have to be quick!
 
I'm restoring one of these. Was yours painted or laminate?

Me personally? $350 to $450 tops in that condition. If no price is mentioned I'd most likely start at $250 and try to work up from there. If he has a price listed, then it depends. If he is kind of high, say $750 plus, I'd try to talk him down. If he is abnormally high, say $1000 plus, I'd probably walk away. Ultimately though it is up to you. If you don't own the game and you really, really want the game, you'll pay more. And for the record I've purchased two of these machines and still own one of them. I purchased mine for $150, and my brother's for $250. I would never sell mine as it's probably one of my and my kids' favorite games ever.
 
I'm restoring one of these. Was yours painted or laminate?

Baked enamel as far as I can tell. Before I restored it I pulled of several large flakes of it and put them in a zip log bag to save for color matching. In the end, I primed and painted the cab and then installed orange vinyl over the cured oil based paint. Turned out nice. Nowadays most people go with laminate. I know I would if I had to do it all over again.

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This is a bit troubling. The seller used this term and now you are. Not sure who the seller is, but no one in my 15 years of collecting has ever referred to any arcade machines as 'boxes'.

I was in an op's warehouse last year and he used the word "box" a number of times to describe the cabinets themselves ("The box on that one isn't in such good shape"). it's not a term I've heard often but I have heard it used by somebody in the biz.


Regarding the Mario Bros, that game needs some work but it looks like it would be a pretty easy job to get into 8/10 condition. $1400 is a good price for one that needs nothing, but it's way too much to ask for that condition. Offering something in the $700-800 range would probably be fair. And yes, your location plays into it because it's a game that can be tough to find and there are so many more people on the lookout for one where you are. He may not get $1400 for it but I bet the minute he drops it to a grand, it sells.

I don't think anybody's mentioned though that the bezel/plexi is missing and has been replaced with a plain/clear one. So factor that into your resto price, and use it as a negotiating leverage. At minimum it needs plexi, side art, and CPO to get it near that $1400 IMO.
 
Nice MBWB Phetishboy.

I don't see the bolts. Going by my own which is missing side art, there are a couple of bits of art under the bolt heads.

What did Nintendo do with the side art and the bolts. Did they just lay the art down over the bolts.... as it looks like the art is pinched by the bolts in mine, like it must have been put down, then the bolts put through the art.

Both of my Nintendo games (MBWB and DK) have no side art.

To the original OP, I don't know what a MBWB is worth in your area, but they command a premium over a MB in a standard Nintendo cab. If this is one of those games you want, minus the bezel and some cosmetics, it seems solid.... not $1400 solid though.

Best of luck either negotiating a deal that works out for you and the seller, or hanging in for a better deal in the future.
 
What did Nintendo do with the side art and the bolts. Did they just lay the art down over the bolts.... as it looks like the art is pinched by the bolts in mine, like it must have been put down, then the bolts put through the art.

Yes. The bolts are on mine (you just can't see them very well). They are pushed through the side art just like they were at the factory.
 
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