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Sold Nice Congo £2200 only till 5pm today.

BigBear77

BigBear77

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Was bought from here in November from Dave. Only selling as another pin has come up I want so am moving on to fund it.

Original advert

http://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/congo.38160/

Come with a set of cabinet decals, manual, a few spares and framed picture. Didn’t come with colour dmd.

Cabinet has a few marks and there is a dent in the side rails. All works with no faults and is a nice Congo.
 
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Martin to come to collect Judge Dredd and Teed Off so can collect this at the same time. Just had a go and it is such a cool came for the money. In very nice original condition all round except dent in side rail, few small marks on cabinet, abit faded. Volcano top damaged as they all are but to be fair you can’t tell.
 
It’s worth keeping For the fantastic gameplay alone, a true underrated classic as far as I’m concerned. Oh and the brilliantly manic midnight madness mode!
 
****!!! Can't believe I missed out, have been looking for one of these for 5 YEARS! Posted about it here under timothyeraw. Just my luck...
 
Close to crying, looking at these pics. My third near miss with this, but at least not so bad as time when a restorer online found one through a contact, deals were made, i asked for specifics with the restoration, then the guy decided to keep it. Still have never owned a pin, but it's this first or none at all.
 
It’s worth sticking round and checking back regularly as machines seem to be getting moved on quite quickly at the moment.
You never know, you may get lucky!
 
I don’t think it’s sold. Message the seller.
And set up an alert each time
A machine is listed for sale you’ll be immediately notified
 
BogusJourney said:
Close to crying, looking at these pics. My third near miss with this, but at least not so bad as time when a restorer online found one through a contact, deals were made, i asked for specifics with the restoration, then the guy decided to keep it. Still have never owned a pin, but it's this first or none at all.
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Still for sale. I can't get the money to him in time. Needs it in today by 1pm. Good luck
 
This is still for sale. Need money transfer by 5pm today or will keep it as it is a very nice clean pin.
 
Only just seen this! Started a conversation with you BigBear 77, is that the same as a PM? Sorry, bit manic trying to sort this from work.
 
Thanks everyone for above messages. To anyone familiar with this machine, a few questions as BigBear77 is busy at work right now and unable to respond. This will help me in deciding on plonking down the most cash I've ever spent on a luxury purchase. Gonna hopefully rustle up the £200 I need in the next hour, so right down to the wire.

1. Is the volcano broken? Doesn't look it, but Dave who had this before said it is and Big Bear tells me he hasn't done anything to it.
2. And those extra bits in the bag in the picture with the manual -- what are they and are they easy to attach (why aren't they already attached?). Asking because I have really bad fine motor skills in my fingers due to cerebral palsy and would struggle to do so myself and am not sure where they go (or is that fairly obvious?)
3. Trying to find measurements for this machine to make absolutely sure it fits in the intended space (had them before but email was trashed)
4. I see a picture of the circuit board has been included. No idea what I'm looking at, but I presume you pinheads on the forum do. Is this to show anything specific or just that it's in clean, good condition?
5. Is there a specialist company I can call for any electrical faults or problems if something on the board goes and it stops playing as it should one day?
 
BogusJourney said:
Thanks everyone for above messages. To anyone familiar with this machine, a few questions as BigBear77 is busy at work right now and unable to respond. This will help me in deciding on plonking down the most cash I've ever spent on a luxury purchase. Gonna hopefully rustle up the £200 I need in the next hour, so right down to the wire.

1. Is the volcano broken? Doesn't look it, but Dave who had this before said it is and Big Bear tells me he hasn't done anything to it.
2. And those extra bits in the bag in the picture with the manual -- what are they and are they easy to attach (why aren't they already attached?). Asking because I have really bad fine motor skills in my fingers due to cerebral palsy and would struggle to do so myself and am not sure where they go (or is that fairly obvious?)
3. Trying to find measurements for this machine to make absolutely sure it fits in the intended space (had them before but email was trashed)
4. I see a picture of the circuit board has been included. No idea what I'm looking at, but I presume you pinheads on the forum do. Is this to show anything specific or just that it's in clean, good condition?
5. Is there a specialist company I can call for any electrical faults or problems if something on the board goes and it stops playing as it should one day?
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1. Yes, but in the same place most Congo volcanos get broken - at the back of the crater rim, most likely because the VUK lip weld has gone or went sometime in the past. Very common. New volcanos are like unicorn poo. New reinforced VUKs are available.
2. Looks like a few spare plastics to me.
3. It’s a standard Bally Williams size.
4. Probably to show no corrosion from leaking memory batteries. Or crappy hacks.
5. Pinball heaven, Pinball mania, or ask for tips on here - it’s a forum! It’s not if, but when - all games will have issues, even brand new.

In all honesty I’m amazed this hasn’t sold already. The cabinet art looks a little bit better than my Congo too! They don’t come up that often.
 
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Will attempt to answer!

Volcanoes on this game usually have cracked bits - just have to live with it if it's a game you want.

Bag just looks like spares so all good.

Don't worry about boards. WPC 95 games can always be fixed and should run for decades, compared to the latest games being made now.

The fact it's working now, means any problems would be small and any local pinhead should give you a hand - hopefully!
 
And cabinet looks pretty good so selling the spare decals would get you a bit of cash back.....
 
Thanks, for the advice.

6th picture down showing grey gorilla is that a decal or are those just the cartoon illustrations running down the side of the machine?

There's a bit of damage just below the grey gorilla (looks liked chipped wood), I'm guessing a bit of black paint will do the job?

Making deals of this much money, how is it usually done on here, half now, half on delivery? And/or is it better to go through paypal as that offers you protection instead of paying direct from your online bank account. Forking out this much cash, just wanna be sure I'm going about it the right way. Thanks in advance.

Gonna message big bear in 10 mins or so.
 
You should just buy it. If you don't like it, just stick it up for sale again. You've been waiting '5 years' for this.
Take the plunge
 
Also bigbear is a respectable forum member. Many will vouch for him. You will get the machine. I understand it can be quite daunting when it's your first machine.
Most members on here have passed around these machines many times. It's a good community we have here.
 
BogusJourney said:
Thanks, for the advice.

6th picture down showing grey gorilla is that a decal or are those just the cartoon illustrations running down the side of the machine?

There's a bit of damage just below the grey gorilla (looks liked chipped wood), I'm guessing a bit of black paint will do the job?

Making deals of this much money, how is it usually done on here, half now, half on delivery? And/or is it better to go through paypal as that offers you protection instead of paying direct from your online bank account. Forking out this much cash, just wanna be sure I'm going about it the right way. Thanks in advance.

Gonna message big bear in 10 mins or so.
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I was set to buy but couldn't get the money together. I my opinion you will have no trouble and BigBear77 is a great forum member. Just go for it. I started with one machine ended up with 12 machines at one point now down to seven.
 
Thanks David.

Waiting for a response from BigBear. He has told me a guy named Martin would be delivering. I'm not sure how many bits the pin will come in, but especially because of my cerebral palsy, and also being a pinball newbie, am hoping Martin could help me set it up and get it switched on. Be good to have someone who knows what they're doing get me started. I'm on the third floor but there's a lift.
 
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