What price would a meteor pull restored compared to the re-theme? Or what would it be worth before the restore?

$2200 - $2600 ish. Dealers would ask for upwards of $3000 for a "fully done up" machine with minimal work.

I'm not bagging the quality of work (I don't like the theme), and it is possible that the original game was trashed anyway. But doing multiple games in a "series" at monstrous prices rules out that possibility.