At $1500 I thought it was a great price. I guess the one thing (apart from my niece annoying me) that stopped me was the weird scoring wouldnt be popular with most of my pinball friends (but i could see it being fun for a casual user).
Machines also appear to go a bit higher in sydney on the second hand market as we dont have as many good dealers like in Melb or Brisbane.
I rekon even if you parted it out you'd get a good price for the stepper motor driver board as only NBA and IJ have that board and they appear as rare as hens teeth.
andrew