C'mon, roll up roll up.
clearly someone on the crackpipe againhttp://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Back-to-the-Future-pinball-machine-/281850780644?nav=SEARCH
Get your half of bttf pin for only £2,100!
Mirrored backglass on BTTF, so good luck finding one of those close to home. Perhaps there is a cheapy translite repro out there?? You'd want the original though.Bit optimistic without translite, I turned one down for circa £800 about a 16 months ago, when I realised it was worth having it had gone DOH
He's not too bad on the backglass, it's on the playfield where it looks nothing like Michael J Fox! Unfortunately the bit of the game you are looking at a lotsomeone must have a made a custom repo with a proper MJF image,surely?
Being a huge bttf fan personally that would annoy the hell out of me. The reason i haven't got the machine, although still thinking about getting one. Michael j fox has never really seemed interested about the movies since they filmed. Yes, he's done abit with the recent back to the future day but hardly anything for the past 25 years. Whereas Christopher Lloyd did the animated series and various bits and bobs for adverts. He even appeared in the Seth Mcfarlane film 'a million ways to die in the west'. Youtube this scene! It's brilliant! Even with some of the recent interviews Chris Lloyd was asked if he would do a bttf 4. His reply was ''You bet your ass!"He's not too bad on the backglass, it's on the playfield where it looks nothing like Michael J Fox! Unfortunately the bit of the game you are looking at a lot![]()
The Fathom is back!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/131647534227
The I am going to SHOUT AND SHOUT AND SHOUT sales technique, with THREAT too .....
"THIS MACHINE IS A TRUE ONE OFF AND HAS COST OVER £1,000 TO RESTORE TO THIS CONDITION If unsold at this price I WILL PUT INTO A SPECIALIST LONDON AUCTION AFTER CHRISTMAS. THIS MACHINE WILL ONLY EVER INCREASE IN VALUE! Christmas is coming. This is a "One-off" as a present!"
And despite all the HYPE AND SHOUTING, the stencilling work looks clumsy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-totally...288116?hash=item2a5b9798b4:g:JtkAAOSwqv9V6BkT
If at first it doesn't sell......raise the price to a ridiculous level for the condition in the hope that it convinces someone it's worth it!!!!
Surprised there's no cab photos for that TSPP, especially if it has no flipper button wear
BALLS! Got outbid on the Whirlwind
!PROJECT FEVER!
@chris b don't forget to swap the whirlwind and earthshaker display panels over! I am going to bid on the earthshaker next, and it is going to be a massive pain in the ar$e to try and find the right panels for the right machines
The I am going to SHOUT AND SHOUT AND SHOUT sales technique, with THREAT too .....
"THIS MACHINE IS A TRUE ONE OFF AND HAS COST OVER £1,000 TO RESTORE TO THIS CONDITION If unsold at this price I WILL PUT INTO A SPECIALIST LONDON AUCTION AFTER CHRISTMAS. THIS MACHINE WILL ONLY EVER INCREASE IN VALUE! Christmas is coming. This is a "One-off" as a present!"
And despite all the HYPE AND SHOUTING, the stencilling work looks clumsy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-totally...288116?hash=item2a5b9798b4:g:JtkAAOSwqv9V6BkT
That home use only TSPP will be snapped up sharpish. It says make an offer and the guy seems legit if someone here has already seen his setup, the game is known to be a top title and known to last, and it costs 3K, if you can find one, even in average condition. I reckon he'll get 3800+ and that it's worth at least that.
Genuine HUO popular titles will hold their value in years to come like classic cars, as any 'vault' remakes will only be made cheaper and with more built-in obsolescence- disco looms, unrepairable boards, ever so slightly thinner plastic, ever so slightly weaker metalwork ...... I know which I'd rather have (nice original vs new remake) if it ever came to it.
mark my words!
Who knows. I fully suspect pinball will slump again, interest will wane. The current blip of hipster interest in all things retro in the popular media will only carry it along so far. Barcades etc ??? Lets see where they all are in 10 years time. No matter how many articles and features there are by hip young things the brutal fact is most folk into pinball collecting are in the 35/40+ demographic. Just have a look around you at shows, league meets, my house . As collectors age they will thin out collections, lose interest. Can't see enough new blood collectors coming along to keep the current trend for ever spiralling prices.
Slightly grumpy GrizZ on a Monday morning![]()