They all arrived here in a container at one stage. 

Plenty of decent container stock still available overseas but a lot of the barrel scraper importers are trying to cash in by running the old line that Euro stocks have run out and are raising their asking prices on what is essentially the stock that all the other John West importers have rejected.

I had a very nice condition CFTBL in my last container a few months ago with fully working original holo and a standard shop out done, sold to a first time pinball owner for $3000AU.

swinks is pretty much spot on for a restored one though, since labour adds a large costing for a properly restored unit (100s of hours) plus new parts at retail.

I remember all that wrangling you had to go through with BAA to get that IPB playfield, swinks so I'm glad it worked out for you in the end.