The Aussie Pinball Arcade
Aussie Pinball Forums => Pinball Trader => Pinballs wanted => Topic started by: skywalker on June 07, 2013, 02:18:00 PM
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$!& All,
looking for a Black knight in very good-excellent condition,
prefer melb metro area,
will consider interstate also, #*#
lukedinardo50@hotmail.com
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Topic set sticky, good luck with the search.
PS - love your signature!! :lol
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luv this place $#$
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There is one up on e-Bay,
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Black-Knight-Pinball-machine-/151058194346?pt=AU_CoinOp&hash=item232bc51faa
Here is a pick of mine,,
Good luck with you're search...
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any thoughts on that one? must have some major problems if the dealer doesn't want to fix it or am I wrong in my thinking?
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Yes, I'm sure you are right. He never lets a chance go by to sell for bid dollars. You can rest assured this will be a PROJECT machine.
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any thoughts on that one? must have some major problems if the dealer doesn't want to fix it or am I wrong in my thinking?
Too much work.
The playfield has a lot of wear and would be unsuitable to recondition. Would be a good machine if you have a spare playfield,
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Gosh this project went for $1009. I must be missing something here. Maybe thats why i dont have many projects in my collection. I must be looking at too low a dollar.
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$1009 best of luck to the new owner &^&
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Gosh this project went for $1009. I must be missing something here. Maybe thats why i dont have many projects in my collection. I must be looking at too low a dollar.
Id say your head is where it should be. $1000+ is too much for this project
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Jeez that surprises me. I wouldn't have thought it would make those sort of dollars. I'd bid on the Roller Disco but didn't end up with it. It went for $764.89 which was a bit higher than I was willing to go on it sight unseen and without boards and displays. But who knows the playfield looked ok. Actually if you compared it to the BK playfield then it looked great in the pics. Anyone here pick it up?
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I think a lot of bidders get caught up in the "heat of battle" with those 1cent auctions without approaching it objectively as to actual worth or considering the financial outlay they are in for.
Plus labour costs are grossly undervalued in pinball restoration.
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I think a lot of bidders get caught up in the "heat of battle" with those 1cent auctions without approaching it objectively as to actual worth or considering the financial outlay they are in for.
Plus labour costs are grossly undervalued in pinball restoration.
Then the issue will be the amount of $$ than needs to be spent to restore the machine. Unless they are "Holy Grails", then it is best to stay out of the bidding wars.
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What's a ball park cost to restore that pin to former glory (((
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What's a ball park cost to restore that pin to former glory (((
About 100hrs plus parts %$%
That was one over priced pin #@#
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What's a ball park cost to restore that pin to former glory (((
I get these questions all the time from impulse buyers that think they scored a bargain *%*
Repro Playfield (if you can still source) - $900 + Shipping to Australia $200 = $1100
Labor charge to swap over playfield - $1200 ish for a SYS6 or SYS7 game = $1200
NOS Backglass - $400 + Shipping $250 = $650
Plastics set, New legs, flipper kits and other parts - $500 ish
Restoration time excluding playfield - 30 hours @ $55 ph
Boards refurbished - unknown until on test bench.
Project machines are sold by all dealers because they are cost prohibitive to restore and they don't have the skills or time to restore these games. It is a good business decision to sell as projects. Start them at $1 and hopefully the bidding will be fair and honest.
This game would be lucky to be worth $500 tops. For a $1000, there's no way it can be restored to make a profit. So I assume it went to an owner that has this title as a "Holy Grail", and money is no object.
A standard Black Knight value would be $2200.
A Restored BK could fetch up to $3500 ish
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thanks Champ ()
I'm going back to ((( now,
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Found one, thanks all, ()
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/IMG_20130707_113053_082_zps07a2db37.jpg)
$#$
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Great pick up, more pics please. *%*. The front of the cabinet looks in nice nick.
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will more pics up, not the best Qty pics !@)
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these are the best pics i have,
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/IMG_20130707_113845_512_zps4dbcbd60.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/IMG_20130707_113549_7891_zps5f6fe71b.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/IMG_20130707_113534_454_zpsa6a7d827.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/IMG_20130707_113407_693_zps65746c0c.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/IMG_20130707_113349_631_zpsb88a39af.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/IMG_20130707_113011_220_zps3dabfa6f.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/IMG_20130707_113118_023bkkkk_zps6ea69290.jpg)
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Terrific game and yours looks great! I'm jealous. *%*
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Nice find,, well done.
Makes my Black Knight look sad :-/
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Nice pin, congrats $#$
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slightly tempted in buying a project !@# i knew it was going to blow out $$ #@# as per Strangeways ball park $$ break down + probably would have needed more $$ for Cabinet work Etc etc, (((
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Great looking example there
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Looks like a respray to me.. was it sold as such?
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Looks like a respray to me.. was it sold as such?
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Nice machine. You should be very pleased with the condition. the internals of the front door, cash box and the boards look very nice !
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Looks like a respray to me.. was it sold as such?
Bought it sight unseen, not 100% on those details, did notice the serial # on the front, means jack anyway, repaint who knows, as long as it's done ok
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Nice machine. You should be very pleased with the condition. the internals of the front door, cash box and the boards look very nice !
so far so good wait & see
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well draggin this old thread up, its been a long journey since july 2013 finally its here to be picked up, have had a lot of issues along the way, It crossed my mind to dump the pin there & count my losses pretty much over it, buying OS site unseen is a nerve racking experience, imported a few cars before & never been 100% with the description stated but lucky enoff to be reasonable cars, for me this is my grail pin & hoping it turns out ok, will post up some pics TMO wait & see #@#
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Wow, bit of a wait to get it over here. It'll all be forgotten about once you land it in your house though. Have fun! ^^^
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Did it go around the world twice :-)
But it's here enjoy a great pin look forward to photos.
Peter
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funny thing is the boat ride was the quick part ^^^
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went down this morning in the truck, all good journey is finally over #*#
sorry for the crappy pics, seems to be all working feeding those cables are a pain, will be getting a full check up & service ^^^
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/DSC02825_zps81a430d0.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/DSC02830_zpsf4b3575a.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/DSC02827_zps0546427b.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/DSC02829_zps9b0ec190.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/DSC02835_zps3835a76a.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/DSC02832_zpsb174500e.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/DSC02826_zpsee35bb6b.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/DSC02836_zpsb33fd59c.jpg)
(http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/earlymodelkits/DSC02828_zps0ad1c703.jpg)
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Looks good mate ! Definitely a title worth the wait.
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A nice example of a classic. Black Knight was released when video games were starting to take over in arcades and it certainly gave pinball a new lease of life. Many first-on-a-pinball features make BK a collector's keeper. Well worth the wait.
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Wow wee. That looks like a very nice example you got yourself. Just like a car, having the paperwork included in good condition is a sign of a cared for machine.
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Well, had APR do some minor work on the BK, chucked in some Leds in the inserts & some GI, looks & plays great ()
http://youtu.be/wrBBXAqYICw
(http://youtu.be/wrBBXAqYICw)
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Decals on the drop targets will make it look awesome.
Here are the decals I got done for my BK, bit different to the originals but I think these are better.
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those ones look great, haven't seen them around, removed all my ones & fitted these already, they come up ok,
http://www.classic-arcades.com/STORE/index1.html?c10.html&1
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Yes remember some fond games on this title. Well done mate and enjoy
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Wow cheers for the video the game looks awesome I used to love playing this title many many years ago :-)
Peter
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Looks Great Luke, well done on the purchase and work done! ^^^
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Easily the best original BK I've come across. Completely original other than the cabinet repaint, that was very well done.
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thanks all ^^^
the road was long & bumpy got there in the end &^&
now for the next project (pinfixation) &&