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Been lurking for a couple of weeks here... Play a lot of pinball but
it's always so frutrating when you find one of your favorite pins, and
lights are burned out, the flippers don't work well, etc. This leads
me to want to buy one for home.
I love the newer (relatively speaking) games such as Addams Family,
Twilight Zone.... Checked e-bay and they seem to go for around 3 grand
for a rebuilt/cleaned one. Is this the route you guys recommend, or
can you get a better deal by buying a semi piece of junk and bringing
it back to life?
I'm very well mechanically inclined, can read schematics, etc. so I
know I COULD rebuild one, but is it worth it for a single machine? I'm
sure you guys that do this for resale already have cash put into
generic parts, so you can get your replacement parts for cheaper than a
single hobbiest.
So, what do you recommend?
Been lurking for a couple of weeks here... Play a lot of pinball but
it's always so frutrating when you find one of your favorite pins, and
lights are burned out, the flippers don't work well, etc. This leads
me to want to buy one for home.
I love the newer (relatively speaking) games such as Addams Family,
Twilight Zone.... Checked e-bay and they seem to go for around 3 grand
for a rebuilt/cleaned one. Is this the route you guys recommend, or
can you get a better deal by buying a semi piece of junk and bringing
it back to life?
I'm very well mechanically inclined, can read schematics, etc. so I
know I COULD rebuild one, but is it worth it for a single machine? I'm
sure you guys that do this for resale already have cash put into
generic parts, so you can get your replacement parts for cheaper than a
single hobbiest.
So, what do you recommend?