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Pinball Machines: - For Sale - |
What we sell: As seasoned professionals in the pinball industry, we deal mainly in fully reconditioned pinball machines, restored to our own high standards of quality. We also deal in brand new machines. Old or new, most machines we sell are backed by our own exclusive warranty, which beats the factory warranty. We sell to customers who want a game that requires no immediate work, repair, parts, cleaning, or other attention- basically "plug and play" games for the discriminating collector, and family home game room enthusiasts alike.
Prices on games in this condition are naturally at the higher end of the price range due to their higher quality.
We sell no cheap "junk" or worn-out games like you will commonly find from average "internet" or "eBay" dealers.
Games for sale are listed below. For more details on the work we do, please see our Pinball Restoration page, and our Pinball Buyer's Guide.
We offer more than any other pinball dealer!
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Additional services available: |
Our Own Exclusive Warranty: (We beat the factory warranty!)
- 30 days comprehensive
- 90 days on electronic circuit boards
- 12 months on dot matrix score displays
Pre-inspection at our shop before delivery to ensure 100% assembly, quality, and operation. Why?
Instruction/operation manual and schematics.
"About Your Game" operation and care instructions.
Fully functional coin door with all parts present/working.
New leg protector pads
New chrome steel pin balls
Playfield cleaner & polish
Spare parts & supplies:
- Light bulb assortment
- Fuse assortment
- Rubber ring & bumper assortment
As long as you own the game:
- FREE phone or e-mail support
- Discounted service rates for your game.
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Local Customers: What is local?
Free delivery within our local area on warranted games.
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Out-of-Town Customers: What is out-of-town?
Professional game packaging service for shipping. (Details)
Discounted shipping rates- you pay what we pay! (Details)
Dockside, curbside, or in-home delivery service. (Details)
Free Game Assembly & Setup Guide included.
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- For details on packing & shipping, click here.
- For details on game warranty, click here.
- For details on game service & repair, click here.
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Used / Reconditioned Games:
ALL PINBALL AND VIDEO GAME SALES ARE FINAL. Prices shown below are in US funds. Utah residents add Utah State Sales Tax.
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Attack From Mars
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| Price: | $6,995.00 |
| Condition: | Collector Condition |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Mfr: | Bally |
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Legendary Classic! We're proud to offer another collectible Attack From Mars pinball. One of our most frequently-requested games, and one of the most popular, collectible games ever made! Created by designer Brian Eddy, famous for other pinball creations such as Medieval Madness, Funhouse, Indiana Jones, The Shadow, Black Rose, and more. Meticulously reconditioned and fully rebuilt from top to bottom. Overhauled with an emphasis on great looks, playability, and reliability. Features a Diamondplate™ clearcoated playfield, original cabinet finish with NO fading of colorful artwork, custom home-version ROM chips with extra features, full Cliffy stainless steel protector set, dozens of new parts throughout the playfield, and much more- all in addition to our high-end full restoration work! Here's a rare chance to add a marquis piece to your home pinball collection or gameroom lineup!
Features:
- World class collector-condition restoration!
- Over $1,100.00 in new parts installed!
- Full reconditioning with over 60 hours invested.
- Diamondplate™ clearcoated playfield.
- Brand new dot-matrix score display installed.
- Brand new stainless steel side-rails installed.
- Brand new 'Cliffy' stainless steel protector set installed.
- Custom 1.13B game and 1.1 sound ROMs installed.
- All mechanical assemblies rebuilt throughout.
- Dozens of brand new playfield parts.
... and much more!
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Back to the Future
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| Price: | $2,695.00 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Mfr: | Data East |
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Based on the motion picture trilogy! Great game with a popular theme, fast play, and lots of fun. Features 3-ball Multiball play, lots of ramps, pop bumpers, drop targets, and more. Great musical score and voice clips from the movie. Fully reconditioned including cabinet paint work, upgraded electronics, rebuilt and upgraded flippers, and much more. Playfield has factory-original Mylar covering which has helped to preserve the original artwork finish. Overall excellent condition with everything rebuilt- works and plays great!
Features:
- Full reconditioning with over 60 hours invested.
- Over $650.00 in new parts installed.
- Repainted cabinet and backbox.
- Factory-original Mylar-covered playfield.
- Brand new score displays installed.
- Upgraded electronics.
- All mechanical assemblies rebuilt.
- Dozens of new playfield parts.
... and much more!
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Congo
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| Price: | $2,795.00 - SOLD - |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Mfr: | Williams |
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A Jungle of Fun! Based on the motion picture, this game is extremely well-designed in layout and ruleset, with a fantastic musical score and sound/speech effects. Great late-model 1990's Williams game at a mid-range price- ideal as a starter game for novice players, or always a good challenge for "pinball wizards" alike! Features some great playfield gadgets including an erupting volcano that shoots out balls, three flippers, several multiball modes (play up to 4 BALLS at the same time!), lots of great ramp shots, and a mini-playfield under the main playfield with a mechanical gorilla that hits the ball! Low-mileage game in overall superb condition. Over $400 in new parts installed! Features attractive colors, great lighting effects, and fun, fast-play. Features our full reconditioning from top to bottom to ensure "like new" play and operation, and high reliability for years to come.
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Firepower
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| Price: | $4,495.00 |
| Condition: | Collector Condition |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Mfr: | Williams |
Signature Series Restoration
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Just for collectors! Rare Signature Series Restoration!
Landmark classic pinball from Williams featuring world-class restoration, including full cabinet repaint, reconditioned playfield, brand new backglass, new full score display system, upgraded electronics, and much, much more. The first solid-state (electronic) Multiball™ pinball machine, with ahead-of-its-time play, sound effects, and speech! And one of all-time legendary designer Steve Ritchie's landmark creations. Not for everyone's budget- this game has been restored with the discriminating pinball collector/enthusiast in mind. A world-class quality restoration that will outshine anything else in your lineup!
This game's top features:
- World class restoration with over 100 hours invested.
- Over $1,200.00 in new parts installed.
- Full cabinet repaint from top to bottom.
- Fully reconditioned playfield.
- New reproduction backglass.
- New PinScore score display system.
- Upgraded modern flipper mechanisms.
- Upgraded electronics.
- ... and much more!
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| Price: | $3,995.00 |
| Condition: | Collector Condition |
| Year: | 1975 |
| Mfr: | Bally |
Signature Series Restoration
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Collectible Vintage Classic!
Classic Bally pinball from the golden era of the mid 1970's! Created by legendary pinball designer Jim Patla, who also designed Centaur, Space Invaders, KISS, Playboy, Rolling Stones and other classics. Features fully repainted cabinet and backbox, gorgeous low-mileage playfield, mint backglass, all on top of our full restoration from top to bottom for maximum playability, looks, and reliability. Dedicated to the classic era of flim-making, the backglass and playfield on this game feature the likenesses of such movie stars as Laurel and Hardy, Humphrey Bogart, W.C. Fields, Mae West, Roy Rogers, and dozens more! A rare offering from our restoration shop, and a great addition to any classic pinball collector's lineup! Don't let this gorgeous classic vintage Bally pinball pass you by!
Restoration in progress- more info available soon! |
Indiana Jones The Pinball Adventure
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| Price: | $7,995.00 - SOLD - |
| Condition: | Collector Condition |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Mfr: | Williams |
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The Original Indy!
One of our top 3 most-requested games ever, and an all-time best-seller! This is the original classic Indiana Jones pinball produced by Williams, featuring the extra wide-body playfield, and jam-packed with lots of great playfield gadgets and toys, including 6-BALL Multiball play, tilting Path of Adventure mini playfield, wild ramps, captive ball, drop targets, rotating Idol head, airplanes, TWELVE game modes and THREE video modes! Features sounds, speech, and music from all of the first three Indiana Jones movies. This game has been restored to our discriminating Collector Condition rating and features full inside-and-out restoration and over $1,900 in new parts installed! Includes brand new cabinet decals, replated gold legs, new gold leg bolts, new display and driver, new speaker/display panel plastic, new NOS coin door assembly, re-plated gold ball ramps and ball-shooter gun handle, and several custom modifications for added performance, reliability, and protection. No stone left unturned on this restoration. This game won't disappoint! Nor will it last long- add it to your collection before it's gone!
Features:
- World class restoration with over 60 hours invested.
- Over $1,900.00 in new parts installed.
- Brand new cabinet decals installed.
- Diamondplate clearcoated playfield.
- Brand new backglass translite installed.
- Custom re-plated chrome gun shooter handle.
- Custom re-plated gold wireform ball ramps.
- Custom re-plated gold legs.
- New dot-matrix score display.
- New score display driver board.
- New speaker panel plastic.
- NOS coin door assembly.
- Dozens of new playfield parts.
... and much more!
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Lethal Weapon 3
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| Price: | $2,695.00 - SOLD - |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Mfr: | Data East |
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Based on all three hit movies!
The boys are back in action with this fast-playing, action-packed pinball. Enjoy features from all 3 motion pictures combined into this one game, with lots of great gadgets like a pistol-grip ball shooter, wild ramps, drop targets, spinners, 3-ball multiball, and fast-paced "on your toes" play! Great rock-and-roll musical score featuring 3 different background tunes that you get to choose from each time you play- including tunes by ZZ Top and C&C Music Factory. Voice clips and sound effects from original film actors Mel Gibson and Joe Pesci. This game won't disappoint! This particular game has been extremely well-preserved with very little previous use, and still retains that "like new" look to it- inside and out. Outstanding condition with gorgeous cabinet and playfield, and one of the best values in our showroom!
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Medusa
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| Price: | $5,195.00 - SOLD - |
| Condition: | Collector Condition |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Mfr: | Bally |
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First Medusa Made! Serial # 1001. Unique prototype game!
This is the first Medusa pinball to roll off the Bally assembly line in 1981. Unique first-model 'prototype' game with some interesting minor changes and differences from regular production models. Full Signature Series Restoration performed including NOS clearcoated playfield, NOS backglass, full cabinet repaint, and much more, with over $2,600.00 in new parts installed! Fun, fast-playing game that plays as good as it looks. Features FOUR flippers, FOUR pop bumpers, ELEVEN drop targets, light bar across top of playfield, kick-out saucer, in-playfield score display unit, spinner and standup targets, and much more. This is the only solid-state Bally game made that features the old-school Zipper Flippers (for the upper flippers). Also features unique red translucent "see-through" flippers at the bottom of the playfield, which are illuminated by lights from under the playfield. Awesome sounds and speech from fully reconditioned Squawk & Talk sound board. Features circuit board upgrades, modifications, and a brand new modern Alltek MPU board for added reliability. Fine-tuned and dialed-in for fantastic playability. Make this Medusa the marquis game of your collection or home pinball lineup!
Features:
- 150-200 hour restoration.
- Over $2,600 in new parts installed.
- NOS playfield clearcoated and installed.
- NOS backglass.
- Full professional cabinet repaint in original colors & artwork.
- New Alltek MPU board.
- New drop targets, bumper caps, NOS red flippers, and more!
- New licensed reproduction plastics set.
... and much more!
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Monster Bash
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| Price: | $8,495.00 - SOLD - |
| Condition: | Collector Condition |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Mfr: | Williams |
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Featuring the Universal Movie Monsters!
Extremely low-use example of this classic and collectible game. Home use only for the majority of it's life. Hardly any signs of use inside or out. We've never had one this clean before! Monster Bash is one of the last great blockbuster hits from Williams. This game features all the fun, excitement, and humor found in other collectible hits such as Medieval Madness, Attack From Mars, Cactus Canyon and others! Featuring all six of the famous Universal movie monsters, including Frankenstein, Dracula, Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Werewolf, and the Mummy! Complete all the monsters' modes to join them together in the final Monster Bash wizard mode! This game features lots of great toys and gadgets that late-model Bally and Williams games were famous for, including a real working Frankenstein that you have to make come alive, Dracula that comes flying out of his coffin to block balls you shoot from the flippers, a Phantom-Flip feature that actually flips the ball for you, and much more! This low-mileage game has been well preserved and meticulously restored to new condition and features dozens of new parts, upgrades, custom mods and add-ons, and even brand new high-quality cabinet decals to truly bring it back to the condition it was in when it left the Williams assembly line! No collector will be disappointed with this legendary classic- make it your's before it's spooked away!
Features:
- World class restoration with over 60 hours invested.
- Nearly $900.00 in brand new parts installed.
- Brand new cabinet decals installed.
- Diamondplate clearcoated playfield.
- Stainless steel 'Cliffy' protector for kickout hole.
- 'Drac Trac' upgrade bracket installed.
- New dot-matrix score display.
- Heavy-duty leg bolt mounting plates installed.
- New legs, leg bolts, levelers, protector pads.
- Dozens of new playfield parts.
... and much more!
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Space Shuttle
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| Price: | $1,795.00 - SOLD - |
| Condition: | Very Good |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Mfr: | Williams |
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Pinball fun that's out of this world! Space Shuttle was a landmark game when it was released by Williams and is commonly known in the industry as the game that "revived pinball" after it's slump in the early 1980's. This was one of the first games to feature multiple ramps on the playfield, and to re-introduce 3-ball Multiball play as the industry standard. Backed by a popular/historic theme, great artwork/colors, and exciting sounds, speech, and lighting effects, this game really blasts off with exciting play! Overall great shape inside and out, and features our full reconditioning from top to bottom to ensure "like new" play and operation, and high reliability for years to come.
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Strikes and Spares
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| Price: | $1,495.00 - SOLD - |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Mfr: | Bally |
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Classic Arcade Pinball! Vintage Bally classic pinball in great shape inside and out. Classic style playfield layout and play, featuring electronic scoring and classic "old school" scoring chimes! Get today's reliability with yesterday's sounds and feel! Collectible classic game in great shape. Near-mint condition backglass, very good condition playfield and cabinet. Fully overhauled from top to bottom to provide fun and reliability for years to come.
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Twilight Zone
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| Price: | $6,995.00 - SOLD - |
| Condition: | Excellent to Collector |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Mfr: | Bally |
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Our #1 most requested game of all time!
Very low-mileage. Very well-preserved! We're proud to offer another classic, collectible Twilight Zone game. Our most frequently-requested game of all-time, and one of the most popular, collectible games ever made! Voted the #1 best game by players on the Internet Pinball Database. This game has been meticulously reconditioned and fully rebuilt from top to bottom. Overhauled with an emphasis on great looks, playability, and reliability. Packed with fun, this game features FOUR flippers, SIX BALL multiball, TWO playfield levels, WIDEBODY playfield design, and more. Also features a brand new clock housing, brand new aftermarket upgraded clock PC board unit with LED backlighting, reinforced Slot Machine scoop, NOS Power Ball, new dot-matrix score display, new display driver board, home version 9.4CH game and L-2 sound software installed, and scores of new parts throughout the playfield. Here's a rare chance to add a marquis piece to your home pinball collection or gameroom lineup!
Features:
- World class restoration with over 60 hours invested.
- Nearly $1,300.00 in brand new parts installed.
- Diamondplate clearcoated playfield.
- Brand new upgraded clock PC board with LED backlighting!
- Slot Machine scoop reinforced and upgraded!
- Brand new NOS original Powerball!
- Brand new dot-matrix score display
- Brand new score display driver board
- Home version 9.4CH game and L-2 sound software installed!
...and much more!
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More games coming soon!
Games are always coming and going, so our inventory changes frequently. If you don't see a game you're looking for, be sure to check back periodically!
Ready to buy a game? See our Pinball Buyer's Guide, and our Game Sales Info page, or you can always e-mail us!
Click here to browse a listing of games that we have SOLD in recent months...
New Games:
NOTE: Due to multiple factory price increases on new pinball machines over the last few years, new games listed below will now be available only by special order. If you are interested in purchasing a new game, please contact us for more info. Want to see/try/play a new game before buying? Check out our Pinball in Salt Lake City page for locations where you can find and play pinball.
Prices shown are in US funds. Utah residents add state sales tax. Info on this page is subject to change without notice and may not be current.
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24
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| Price: | $4,795.00 |
| Condition: | Brand NEW |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Mfr: | Stern |
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Based on the hit TV series! Jack Bauer is back, but this time in Stern Pinball's new 24™ pinball machine. Designed by Steve Ritchie and Stern's engineering team, Stern Pinball takes FOX's hit television show and turns it into one fast-paced pinball machine that will excite both operators and homeowners. The 24™ pinball machine incorporates both action and storyline elements from the 24™ television show, which is now in its 7th season. This game contains original speech by Mary Lynn Rajskub, who plays Chloe on the television show. The pinball also offers speech from the television show, as spoken by Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) and Chloe. Features include: 1. a Suitcase that holds and releases pinballs for multi-ball play; 2. a Sniper House that opens to reveal a bullet-spraying terrorist; 3. an exploding Safe House that one can shoot the pinball into; 4. several single Sniper Drop Targets that can both obscure and free up playfield shots; 5. and lots of multi-ball action.
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Big Buck Hunter Pro
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| Price: | $4,795.00 |
| Condition: | Brand NEW |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Mfr: | Stern |
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Brand new release! Based on the hit video game of the same name, Big Buck Hunter Pro pinball brings you all the excitement of the hunt! Collect your trophies and go after all sorts of game from deer to birds. Collect birds and play bird multiball by shooting the target at the top of the center lane. Shoot the Ram Kicker to see the ball fly back at the flippers and get a timed period of double scoring! Watch out for the Big Buck that travels across the playfield from right to left- how many shots can you get at him from the flippers before he makes it across? Complete all the modes to play Open Season wizard mode! Loaded with toys and gadgets, and backed by fresh colorful artwork and great audio, this game is sure to please! Get your's before they're gone!
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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| Price: | $4,795.00 |
| Condition: | Brand NEW |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Mfr: | Stern |
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Based on the hit TV drama, and designed by legendary pinball designer Pat Lawlor, this game is packed with excitement and gadgets to entertain and amaze! Load balls into the mechanical Skull and watch it raise up out of the playfield to release them for Multi-ball play! Watch the Microscope capture the ball on a magnet for examination and release into Microscope Multi-ball. The Bullet scoop and Centrifuge Spinning Disc catch balls and propel them back into play. This game boasts three flippers, multiple ramps, drop targets, spinners, and several multi-ball modes of play! Gameplay is narrated by voices from the CSI actors, and features background music taken from the television show as well. Officially licensed product from CBS Consumer Products. Make CSI a part of your pinball collection!
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Special Limited Edition
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| Price: | $5,195.00 - SOLD - |
| Condition: | Brand NEW |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Mfr: | Stern |
Limited Edition
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Limited Collector's Edition! The Dale Earnhardt Jr. pinball is a special limited collector's edition pinball from Stern Pinball. This game features the layout of the popular NASCAR pinball released last year, but with all new artwork and colors, and custom "Dale" backglass and cabinet artwork. A tribute to this legendary race car driver, this game packs a punch in fast-paced play, great sounds and music, and looks! This game features a special "limited edition" engraved brass plaque just above the score display, chrome trim on the cabinet (legs, rails, front bar, backbox hinges & edges) and all the new custom Dale Jr. artwork. Available only in very limited quantities- get your's before they speed away!
We beat the manufacturer's and distributor's warranty! Our own comprehensive and extended warranties included.
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NBA
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| Price: | $4,795.00 SOLD OUT |
| Condition: | Brand NEW |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Mfr: | Stern |
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Celebrating the 2009 playoffs!
NBA from Stern Pinball features 20 NBA teams and players and several popular pinball mechanical features, including a basketball backboard with a magnet in its center. When the player shoots a basket, the magnet holds the ball momentarily and then drops it toward the basket, assisting the player. NBA has three spectacular basketball shots. There is a ramp shot off the flippers aimed at the basket. There is also a jump shot, made when the ball goes up a plastic ramp and circles just below the basket. And there is a free throw shot, where the ball is thrown 12 inches through the air to the basket. This exciting new game also includes a spinning disk in the playfield center, a captive ball, drop targets, ramps, a diverter, and much more.
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More games coming soon!
Games are always coming and going, so our inventory changes frequently. If you don't see a game you're looking for, be sure to check back periodically!
Ready to buy a game? See our Pinball Buyer's Guide, and our Game Sales Info page, or you can always e-mail us!
Click here to browse a listing of games that we have SOLD in recent months...
Game Condition Ratings:
Below is a brief description of how we rate and list the condition of the games we have for sale. We try to be relatively conservative in our ratings in order to most accurately represent condition. We try to avoid rating a game's characteristics on a "1 to 10" scale like many sellers use, because many times one person's "10" is another person's "7", etc. Instead, we give a descriptive rating of conditions below, with a definition of how we determine each rating.
As always, rating of condition is a matter of opinion- one person's "mint" is sometimes another person's "junk", so no matter who you buy your game from, don't go by the seller's rating alone- be sure to ask questions, see pictures, and get a description of the game you are interested in, in order to most accurately determine the seller's interpretation of condition, and to judge for yourself the actual condition of the game.
On the same note, games of same condition can vary slightly- that is, one "Excellent" game may not be exactly the same condition as another "Excellent" game. Ratings are generallized, and may possibly span two different ratings sometimes such as, "Very Good to Excellent Condition".
For more information on rating condition and buying "sight unseen", see our Game Sales Information page
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| Brand New |
Highest rating. It doesn't get any better than this- this is basically a brand new game that has never been owned or operated. Fresh from the factory! Games in this condition are considered "mint condition", which means they are basically in the condition they were in when shipped from the "mint", or "factory". |
| Collector Condition |
As good as you can usually get without the game being "new in box". This is the condition that most of our collector or hard-core enthusiast customers wait for. Games of this rating are in superb condition with very few and/or tiny imperfections (if any). These can be games that have been commercially operated (used) but very lightly used and/or maintained superbly so as to appear very close to new condition. Or games in this condition can also be what many call "home use only", which is basically a game that was purchased brand new from factory, and used only in a home (non-commercial) environment with little use and good upkeep so as to appear very close to new condition. Backglass usually flawless, but may have one or two minor imperfections. |
| Excellent |
A used game still in great condition showing few and/or small signs of normal or average use. Maybe a few average type nicks and scratches on cabinet- some/all being touched up and not very noticeable. And maybe some minor signs of normal use on playfield and it's components. Overall great shape- much higher than average condition for a restored game. Backglass may show some slight imperfections and/or wear/age. |
| Very Good |
A used game in average to slightly-above-average condition, restored. Shows some signs of normal or average use and/or "wear and tear". Most likely some average type signs of wear on cabinet- scratches, scuffs, nicks- some/all being touched up in order to be less noticeable. Some signs of use on playfield and it's components, including possibly some slight wear spots on playfield- some/all being touched up in order to be less noticeable. Backglass may show some signs of light wear/age. |
| Good |
A used game in average to slightly-below-average condition, as restored as practically possible. Shows more obvious signs of average use and/or "wear and tear". More obvious average type wear on cabinet- scratches, scuffs, nicks- some/all being touched up in order to be less noticeable. More obvious signs of use on playfield and it's components, including some wear spots on playfield- some/all being touched up in order to be less noticeable. Backglass may show some signs of wear/age. |
| Fair |
Rarely do we have anything in this condition, and if so, restoration work is minimal on a game of this condition due to overall condition/value of the game. This condition would be a used game in below-average condition. Shows obvious signs of use and/or "wear and tear"- maybe moderate to heavy use. Maybe some damage that may or may not be practically repairable. Obvious wear on cabinet- scratches, scuffs, nicks, and possibly other damage- some/all of which may or may not have been repaired or touched up. Obvious signs of use/wear on playfield and it's components, including wear on playfield surface which may or may not have been touched up. Backglass possibly in good to fair condition- may show signs of wear/age.
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| Poor |
We generally don't deal in any games of Fair or Poor condition due to the fact that most cannot be practically salvaged or restored to any considerably good condition, and standard restoration work put into such a game would more than likely exceed the game's value, based on it's finished condition. Games in the Fair and Poor category may often be games that would be sold as-is, or unrestored, but again- we generally don't deal in such games at all. |
New Game Pre-Inspection:
On all new games we sell, we do something that no other dealer we know of does: as part of the extra features and items that we include with each game that we sell, we do a pre-inspection of each game before shipping out from our shop to our customers. We remove the game from the factory shipping carton here at our shop, and thoroughly inspect it inside and out for any previous shipping damage, problems with the game that were missed at the factory or arose during testing at the factory or shipping to our shop, and to ensure 100% correct operation before the game goes out.
We also add some extra additional packaging to the game when we box it back up to ship to our customers, to help protect it even further during shipping on it's way to our customers.
No other dealer we know of does this.
In fact, most other dealers that sell brand new games "on the internet" never actually have the games in their inventory or even see or touch them before they go out to their customers- it's a fact. These outfits simply take your money and have the game drop-shipped from the factory, direct to you, "as is".
We refuse to lower our standards to working this way- every game we sell is part of our in-house inventory and we want to know the exact quality of every game that our customers are going to receive, before being shipped out to them, so that we can be sure they will receive exactly what they're paying for, and get a game that is 100% trouble-free as soon as it arrives. Would you buy a car from a dealer that never saw or actually had it in their inventory?
"Is pre-inspection important?" We'll let you decide:
Typically 1 out of 3 "brand new" games that we receive from the factory has some minor (or major) issue either with quality (condition) of the game, or an operational issue that needs to be corrected before the game can be operated.
Here are some of the problems that we have found during pre-inspection on some of the brand new games that we have received direct and unopened from the factory:
- Wires/cables run through, or too close to, moving devices like coils- bumpers, kickers, etc. This is very common, and causes damage to the wiring each time the device operates, eventually causing shorts and causing electrical failures.
- Ground braid run right through flipper switch. This locks on the flipper and blows the fuse.
- Backbox flourescent starter loose and lodged in ball trough.
- Wires "chopped" off by devices, due to routing problems (related to above).
- Poorly installed connector pins in main wiring harness causing loss of power to game (dead in the water).
- Blemishes in the finish on chrome plated or other metal trim parts on some games.
- Occasional loose playfield parts and hardware.
- "Shrek" score card holder (apron) mistakenly installed on an "Indiana Jones" game.
Most games that leave the factory do go out in full working order, but we occasionally see problems like those listed above that can cause a game to be completely inoperational once it reaches the customer. That makes for an unhappy customer, a broken game that usually has to be packaged back up and shipped back to the seller, extra handling and service time to repair and re-ship once the issues are resolved, and no one ends up very happy. Not good.
Our pre-inspection service avoids these issues and helps ensure a 100% trouble-free transaction between us and our customers and ensures a quality product is delivered. Pre-inspection, along with all of the extra warranty, parts, supplies, and services that we provide in addition to "just the game" add to the value of the game, but ensure the best product and service for our customers.
You may pay a bit more (or even less) when buying a brand new game from Action Pinball, but you will always get what you pay for. We appreciate customers that consider these important details when purchasing a game, and we thank you for your business!
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