I wouldn't like to say if it would be that economical nowadays. The average new pinball say Tron is about £4500 here, dunno what the prices are like in france. Ebay ones are rare and local to me about 6 miles away someone is trying to sell a T2 for £2000 lol, not even shopped, greed pays a large part in this hobby now:(

That sucks for you guys.
Feel free to post an introduction thread here: http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?board=2.0
I'm sure you'll get a warm welcome, it is great to have more international members, and a lot of guys will miss this thread.