Author Topic: Anyone here buy the Stern Magic on ebay?  (Read 288 times)

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Re: Anyone here buy the Stern Magic on ebay?
« on: October 05, 2009, 10:56:52 AM »
The one that went for $356?
I got it and went and picked it up yesterday.

Despite him saying there was no paint missing from the playfield, he must've been drunk or looking with the lights out because it's knackered  ::)
Paint missing everywhere due to moisture ingress form the broken glass. Most of the metal parts on the top of the playfield are rusty too.
...Oh and did I mention it was FILTHY  :D

Apart from that the backglass has a little peeling and the head box is slightly swollen  (why did they make the headboxes MDF when the cab is ply?) but the cabinet and artwork are still in really good nick.

Inside the cab is very clean and even came with an envelope with the schematics and brand new score cards etc.

I gave it a once over and bravely plugged it in - got a few playfield lights in the top left of the playfield, and a few flashes on the MPU LED but that's about it.

I hope to give it a more detailed look today.

A lot of work involved but a cool project for my first pin so I'm happy.

I'm just not sure what to do about the playfield as I've had a quick google aorund and getting an overlay or even a new(ish) playfield may prove difficult.

We'll see how we go.

TC