Hi all my name is Mick and I am a total noob to pinball.I live near Rotherham and have a budget of around £1500 for a pin.I have been offerd a road show for this money in what I have been told is in mint condition any advice would be great thanks for reading .
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Noob advice on first pinball
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Roadshow is a good game but condition is going to have to be amazing for it to be 1500.
I guess the question is, how technical are you? Just incase things break, you'll need to be able to fix a few them..
I guess the question is, how technical are you? Just incase things break, you'll need to be able to fix a few them..
Road Show is ace, love it! £1500 is at the upper end of their value so it'll need to be as mint as they claim. Is it on eBay?
Am sure other RS owners can chip in on what to check for on them.
Am sure other RS owners can chip in on what to check for on them.
Welcome Mick.
I've love a Road Show. Nice game and if it's in decent nick then certainly worth the £1500 asking price, but as always a value of the machine will always depend on how desirable it is to you. If you can trust the person selling it and it's a really nice example then i'd say go for it, but beware of people selling Pins on eBay as often they'll say they're 'mint' when in fact they're anything but. Also be wary of people saying 'it might just be a fuse'.
Other than that - go nuts and ask questions on here. People are amazingly helpful and there isn't much you can't fix so long as you're willing to get your hands dirty. And when stuff really goes south you can always pay for some assistance by one of the many professionals on here.
I've been a member of this forum 2 years now and i've been blown away by the amount of help given by the folks on here and the general support by all involved. It's a great place. I think I might have some dust in my eye...... ;-)
I've love a Road Show. Nice game and if it's in decent nick then certainly worth the £1500 asking price, but as always a value of the machine will always depend on how desirable it is to you. If you can trust the person selling it and it's a really nice example then i'd say go for it, but beware of people selling Pins on eBay as often they'll say they're 'mint' when in fact they're anything but. Also be wary of people saying 'it might just be a fuse'.
Other than that - go nuts and ask questions on here. People are amazingly helpful and there isn't much you can't fix so long as you're willing to get your hands dirty. And when stuff really goes south you can always pay for some assistance by one of the many professionals on here.
I've been a member of this forum 2 years now and i've been blown away by the amount of help given by the folks on here and the general support by all involved. It's a great place. I think I might have some dust in my eye...... ;-)
Roadshow
You may love it (others may hate it). Pins all come down to personal taste. For me the plastic heads wind me up too much. Felt similar about Terminator 3.
It's easy to pay over the odds on your first machine. If you're not familiar with the game try to find one to check out first to see if it's for you. There's lots of good folk on this forum that live near you who I'm certain would let you play their games to see what you like.
Roadshow isn't a rare game. If this one slips though your fingers there will be others that come along.
Worst case scenario, you buy a game and don't like it then they are relatively easy to sell on provided you haven't paid through the nose for it,
£1500 would allow you to buy a lot of good tables.
You may love it (others may hate it). Pins all come down to personal taste. For me the plastic heads wind me up too much. Felt similar about Terminator 3.
It's easy to pay over the odds on your first machine. If you're not familiar with the game try to find one to check out first to see if it's for you. There's lots of good folk on this forum that live near you who I'm certain would let you play their games to see what you like.
Roadshow isn't a rare game. If this one slips though your fingers there will be others that come along.
Worst case scenario, you buy a game and don't like it then they are relatively easy to sell on provided you haven't paid through the nose for it,
£1500 would allow you to buy a lot of good tables.
Might be worth downloading the Pinball Arcade on your iPad/PC/Android (or whatever) as there's a few [virtual] games on that to whet your appetite a little.
impossible - you'll want another immediately after the 1st.
No harm in getting it wrong, easy to find people to swap/trade with.
Here's a link to Roadshow related chat on Pinside: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/road-show-club-hard-hats-required-on-site
Will it be worth posting a wanted ad or just keep checking pins for sale until I found this site been checking eBay every day and my heads melted.I have made up my mind I would much rather buy one off here as for some of the posts I have read people do not suffer fools gladly lol
Yep, it's always worth putting a wanted ad up and seeing if something comes from there.
There's plenty of good titles available for the £1500 region. Biased I know but I would recommend Carl Spibys Shadow in that price range which is up for sale on the forum currently. Obviously depends on if you like the game or not.
There's plenty of good titles available for the £1500 region. Biased I know but I would recommend Carl Spibys Shadow in that price range which is up for sale on the forum currently. Obviously depends on if you like the game or not.
maybe worth seeing what game you want, or creating a shortlist, then posting a wanted ad - no harm in doing that.
sounds to me like you have £1500 and someone has a Roadshow available for that amount - does that mean you want Roadshow, or is it currently the only option available? Fishtails, Congo, Judge Dread, Shadow all on or under that amount.
sounds to me like you have £1500 and someone has a Roadshow available for that amount - does that mean you want Roadshow, or is it currently the only option available? Fishtails, Congo, Judge Dread, Shadow all on or under that amount.
i reckon for your money you could do a lot worse than the Shadow currently on sale here
Not set on road show was going off the reviews for each pinball I have seen for sale the only pinball I have ever played is iron man and leathal weapon oh and by the way I suck but hopefully will improve with my own machine
Iron Man? Geez talk about a tough start to playing pinball!
You can't not get better once you have your own, I know I have (others opinions may vary)
You can't not get better once you have your own, I know I have (others opinions may vary)
Play a game a few times before committing to it if you can. I'm sure we've all bought games that we regretted. Pinball pricing never ceases to confuse me, I would have thought that a mint Roadshow was easily worth £1500. Is it so much worse than something like Indy?
Maybe try and get over to the Northern League meets http://www.ukpinballleague.co.uk/schedule.php.
I went along last year and it was great - everyone's friendly and you get to play loads of games for about £5... that was until our first baby came along and immediately stopped any kind of fun... maybe next year
I went along last year and it was great - everyone's friendly and you get to play loads of games for about £5... that was until our first baby came along and immediately stopped any kind of fun... maybe next year
Home brew pin I think for Jaws so a one off. Don't think there's many Elvis's around
This is the only Jaws pin I could find on ipdb: http://ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=5080&picno=27780
Lethal Weapon 3 is common as muck, you should be able to get 2 for your budget unless something has gone very wrong with pinball pricing (and it probably has)
Lethal Weapon 3 is common as muck, you should be able to get 2 for your budget unless something has gone very wrong with pinball pricing (and it probably has)
LW3 is easily a sub 1k game. £900 would be a top price to pay for one. They tend to come up a lot. DE games can tend to feel a bit "clunky" compared to WMS games
Elvis maybe around 2k
Sopranos is a good game but quite hard to source
Elvis maybe around 2k
Sopranos is a good game but quite hard to source
