Remakes of Classics - Would you buy one ?

[oldskool1969]

they have another in the pipeline FYI

[pinoffski]

I have one of those junk fathoms as you know Neno  (was good to meet you)
payed absolute stupid stupid money for it .
was not happy to pay that but i have a real fathom
spent heaps on a lot of new parts also had to make some bits for target mechs that were unavailable
 + some bling stainless steel bits

I like new machines but ...

So without going into detail, could you tell us how much you currently have in your original and how much you still have to do to bring it up to 'restored/collectors' quality?

It has been 4 years since this project started collecting parts ect (i am a parts hoarder lol )
It will be $10k finished' restored/collectors' quality+
I went over the top with approximately 90%new parts on new playfield (payed to have playfield swap)
Cabinet re stenciled and painted
new lamp sockets, flipper mechs ,pop bumper parts , leaf switches + bling stainless parts
That includes all costs including fuel ,shipping etc  i have a data base to collect pinball parts and costs
+ spare plastic set and backglass and some spares

Sorry for the detail @punkin

and apologies to Nino as i spelt your name wrong in the first post ...my bad 

[punkin]

Thanks mate. As i thought, even with a reasonable base machine price it is getting up there. With my base machine price and my unwillingness to diy it would be a couple k more for my Bally i think.


That may not stop someone down the road who can do the work themselves and i hope it does eventually find the right person.




If you are going to tie a few hundred thousand dollars up in a new venture, you definitely should have a plan to make a profit, otherwise you won't find investors.
This is a lot different to my business where i started by importing a couple of boxes full of stuff and organically grew. It's one big step and then another.

[punkin]

Also wanted to say that in the end it's only a couple hundred machines world wide.


I really hope they grab hold of the code for the 2.0 and make it truly modern. Roving shots, timed modes, modern music, build excitement etc

[pinball god]

Nope from me. These games had their time and it's no longer there for me. I've now moved on to modern games for various reasons.

[punkin]

That's a shame, my collection is slanted heavily to the Bally/Williams era. 8 moderns, 2 remakes including Fathom when it comes, 2 Gottliebs, 2 hankins and 11 Bally/Williams survivors.


IU do like the modern machines a lot, but i like Sorcerer and Orbit 1 a lot too.