[WA] Found, project pin

[Bennyfactor]

Hi all,
I've been into arcades for a long time and just getting into pinnys
Big thanks to Joe Tripoli for having me down there a few times to really let the pinball bug take root
and to Maxwiz for taking me under his wing  

What I'm after right now is a cheap local project pin to get me started
Something that is working or close to it would be preferable
I don't want something completely trashed and I don't want to be spending lots of time and $$ trying to track down hard or impossible to find parts

I'm open to EM, SS, whatever as more than likely I'll fix up this first one and move it on to get something better once my financials are looking healthier
just want something to get me started at this point

In the mean time I'll be scouring the quokka every week

Cheers,
Ben

[wonder]

You cant go wrong with a pinball,it just knowing when to stop.

I still have my first project i brought and it still a project(playmatic= Loss of hair). Keep looking in the quokka as you find one sooner or later.

Will kept a eye out as well.

Craig

[RatBag]

You cant go wrong with a pinball,it just knowing when to stop.

I still have my first project i brought and it still a project(playmatic= Loss of hair). Keep looking in the quokka as you find one sooner or later.

Will kept a eye out as well.

Craig

Cmon you could always sell him one of yours ,you have plenty

[wonder]

Cmon you could always sell him one of yours ,you have plenty

your been doing good lately

and

sorry no

[Bennyfactor]

gee, i thought that there'd be more response
surely someone has a project pin that's been on the backburner for too long?

no one get the quokka next week, ok?  I want first dibs
lol

[elkor-alish]

gee, i thought that there'd be more response
surely someone has a project pin that's been on the backburner for too long?

no one get the quokka next week, ok?  I want first dibs
lol

You probably didn't get the response you were after 'cause we want our projects for ourselves 
Something will come up.
Wasn't there a Silverball pin on ebay?

[Bennyfactor]

that's what i figured 
i tried to get that silverball, but gibo beat me to it
gotta be quicker next week =)

[Bennyfactor]

sigh... nothing decent in today's quokka
I did put in a want ad though, so hopefully something comes up 

[cardwhiz]

i tell ya mate,i scoured all over the west,keep getting told the command big dollars here

[chris288]

Have not been many bargains in Quokka for ages and when they do turn up they go super quick.
You really have to have the quokka at about 6am on a Thursday for any decent chance of getting one and even then I 've had times when I've been the first to ring only to have the seller call me back and say he's been offered more.

You may need to keep an eye on what comes up in Vic or NSW and ship it over .

Mark C is very reasonable with shipping costs - roughly $300 from Melb to Perth and also he knows how to wrap it properley so it arrives in 1 piece ( or many pieces if its a project game ).

Bikecity Warehouse have also had a few projects lately and they will be similar price for shipping.

My suggestion is give both guys a call and ask if there is anything coming up shortly.

[cardwhiz]

i got a surf champ off mark c ,a while back,still cost over 700 delivered,to nsw
playfield badly worn,no flippers,few other bits missing,and not working,
but i knew what i was buying,so wasnt worried
seems these machines dont come cheap

[Bennyfactor]

Thanks for the advice Chris,
I'm going to be patient for a few more weeks looking for something local, but if I don't find anything I'll try your suggestion
Pins in the eastern states seem to be a fair bit more reasonably priced too... might work out about about the same cost getting one shipped in the end...  

[cardwhiz]

hey mate,you see the project nugent on ebay,starting bid.999,no head box though
or a very nice looking king pin,

[Bennyfactor]

I really like the look of that king pin ;)
I'm going to give it a few more weeks of looking locally before I jump into something from over east though

Thanks for the heads up

[cardwhiz]

see the high hand on gumtree,got told one of these sold for 4500 in perth a while ago,
or was that porky pies