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Aussie Pinball Forums => Pinball Trader => Parts wanted => Topic started by: beaky on October 31, 2009, 06:21:39 PM
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Hi guys
i have sourced a new back glass for the bk2000 i am buying.
unfortunatly its overseas.
it will cost me $135 US for shipping including insurance.
the back glass is a repro and will cost me $235 US.
has any one here ever imported a back glass before?
if so did it turn up in 1 piece?
also would any one now where to get a bk2000 back glass in Aus?
thanks guys
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Bought several glasses without incident. Mainly from Canada (Classic Playfield Reproductions) - Cost me US$145 via UPS - arrives in 5 working days.
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The one on yours is pretty good?
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here it is
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Yep. Thats it.
When it was in the game, you couldn't see it....First appearances the BG looked v.good.
Should be an easy fix.
Is the one you're looking at o/s NOS or repo?
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it sticks out like dogs balls, left bottom corner
I am not complaining about the condition that i am recieving back glass in its. just this pin is going to be given a major rebuild and will look like new when it is finished.
it will be given a full respray and decals on the cabinet plus new what ever needs. &&
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Yep. Thats it.
When it was in the game, you couldn't see it....First appearances the BG looked v.good.
Should be an easy fix.
Is the one you're looking at o/s NOS or repo?
re pro
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I've seen decals for them but you can get the stencil kits as well?
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I've seen decals for them but you can get the stencil kits as well?
I can only find stencils and decals for the original bk not the bk 2000
if any one knows where you can get bk2000 decals or stencils let me know please (not Black Knight but Black Knight 2000)
this is what the decals look like.
If I cant buy them I can get them custom made.(I am pretty shore it needs decals as the colours fade in and out of each other. the transformation from black to red are not a solid colour change if you know what I mean)
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Mate, paying close to $400 US dollars for a backglass incl shipping seems too bloody expensive for my taste, on principal alone.
I am sure there is a translite repro like all the new translites out there for around $100 US plus perhaps $35 shipping.
* I shall try n pull a rabbit outta my hat and speak to two people i know, One in the USA i met on a forum who sourced my Viper Glow balls and another guy I know in Europe. $400 is too much Beaky.lets see what the other guys come up with.I shall look for a rabbit and a hat to help out too.
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Mate, paying close to $400 US dollars for a backglass incl shipping seems too bloody expensive for my taste, on principal alone.
I am sure there is a translite repro like all the new translites out there for around $100 US plus perhaps $35 shipping.
* I shall try n pull a rabbit outta my hat and speak to two people i know, One in the USA i met on a forum who sourced my Viper Glow balls and another guy I know in Europe. $400 is too much Beaky.lets see what the other guys come up with.I shall look for a rabbit and a hat to help out too.
When it comes to this pin mate nothing is to much.
I am toying with the idea of a bk2000 gold.
I will photo shop the gold side rails and lock down bar and legs and will see what it looks like.
as you know this is my holy grail of pins.
I know it might sound mad but when you love a pin as i love this one then nothing is going to far. :D :D :D
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What other backglasses does this supplier have. Maybe others can join in and split the freight costs???
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What other backglasses does this supplier have. Maybe others can join in and split the freight costs???
you would have to ask them as they do not list them. its a "ask us if we have it" type of site
http://www.gamedoc.com/ (http://www.gamedoc.com/)
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$400 US is too rich for my blood, most circa 1980's pinballs are not perfect...
Is anyone going to pay an extra $500 ++ upon re-sale for a pin with a new backglass?? overcapitalising in my opinion, spend $500 on another machine.
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wont be reselling this pin.
also the price i am paying for the pin including the back glass is cheaper than i have seen them sell before.
buying one will be a last option. i have seen the repro back glasses that one of the fellows on this forum makes and there is a thread with how to make them. and i have the contacts with the printing hear to make one so i will follow that option first. cant see it costing me more than $200 Au tops if i get one made.
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Viewing pins as an investment probably isn't such a good idea.
I have several machines in my collection that I couldn't recoup my investment in, but when they are favorites, having that new backglass may make sense in your heart, but not on paper.
I personally love BK2K and hope to have a really nice one someday. I'd pay the $$ for the glass!
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I am not buying this pin as investment. I want this pin to look 100% because I love this pin.
If I had bought a different bk2000 it would have cost me more.
I look at it this way if I can make a pin a 9.5 to 10 out of 10 for a cheaper price or the same price that i can buy an 8 to 8.5 out of 10 then I am in front.
I collect & restore pins as a hobbie. hobbies cost money.
if i was interested in remote control cars as a hobbie or marine fish tanks as a hobbie (like a lot of people) I could spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars on that hobbie. all it would take is one crash (with cars) or a 24 hour power outage (with a fish tank) then my money is gone so i then have to go and spend all that money again to enjoy my hobbie again. with the same risks as i had.
in most cases if i restore a pin and sell i make a profit or break even. again it does not worry me as i have had fun with my hobbie.
if for some emergency i need money i can always sell a pin and get some or most of my money back
long live the hobbie of pinball ^^^
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good call beaky ^^^ that's the way i see it too,half of my pin's have payed for them selves, eg amount of games played(at $1 a game) and i still have a pin to sell at the end of the day,i had gas powered r/c trucks and that was an expensive hobbie fuel/time/parts ect fuel was $25 ltr= half an hour running time, :D
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$400 for a reproduction backglass including shipping to Australia is a great price....once the glass is landed and in your game I'm sure you be happy with your purchase.
I have had 5 reproduction glasses shipped in from the US and stoked with everyone *%*
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Go for it and buy it-you won't regret it once it's installed, I know from experience.
Peter
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If this machine is your "Holy Grail", then money is no object. $400 landed is peanuts compared to the US$600 I was quoted for importing a GTB Spirit backglass.
If it is a keeper - or Holy Grail Pinball - you gotta do what you've gotta do !
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Another thing is once all those glasses for BK2000 are sold there will be a slim chance that they will do another run in the near future
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Mate, paying close to $400 US dollars for a backglass incl shipping seems too bloody expensive for my taste, on principal alone.
I am sure there is a translite repro like all the new translites out there for around $100 US plus perhaps $35 shipping.
* I shall try n pull a rabbit outta my hat and speak to two people i know, One in the USA i met on a forum who sourced my Viper Glow balls and another guy I know in Europe. $400 is too much Beaky.lets see what the other guys come up with.I shall look for a rabbit and a hat to help out too.
Dude, it's a mirrored backglass, not a crappy translite. $400 shipped is pretty good actually.
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thanks for the support guys.
I will buy it within the next 2 months.
I will post pics of the new back glass when i get it.
and a restore thread on the whole pin.
but i won't restore the pin for a few months, i have 2 in line before it + i wont want to stop playing it.
I will be paying for the pin tomorrow so it will then go on my owners list.
as i have said in another pist i have been wanting one of these for 20 years but the last 2 months has felt like forever (its been 2 months since mark.c said i have one coming in my next container and no one else has claimed it.)
Then I will have to wait 3 or 4 days fo it to get to brisbane (which will feel like 3 to 4 weeks).
I don't even know if it powers up but if it doesn't I have a spare set of System 11b boards which i can use to get it running while i repair the boards that came with it.
I bought it as an "as is" pin
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cool beaky,
all good things come to those who wait #*#
Let me know when I can come over and test it out :lol
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Good work Beaky well worth every cent for your holy grail pin ive already spent more money on new parts for strikes and spares than its worth but its a keeper so its worth it