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Importing from the US
- Thread starter knowtim
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Sea £400-700 plus vat (shipping and machine value)
Air £600-1300 plus vat (shipping and machine value)
Only some pins can be converted to work here. What are you looking at importing?
Air £600-1300 plus vat (shipping and machine value)
Only some pins can be converted to work here. What are you looking at importing?
Thanks for that info - any particular companies you recommend? What does the “shipping and machine value” comment mean?
I’m looking at one of the modern Stern machines - Godzilla, Avengers, or something similar. What’s the conversion required - I thought they all worked anywhere?
Thanks
Modern Stern’s don’t work in the UK - they detect the voltage is incorrect, display a message stating as much and won’t boot up. I believe there is a board you can buy as a workaround though.
Once you’ve taken into account shipping and VAT along with the above it really doesn’t make sense to import from the States. Much better to buy from @philpalmer at Pinball Heaven if going NIB, or waiting for the game to come up for sale on here if you want one on the secondary market.
I think it’s actually the frequency the hardware detects and locks out UK frequency on US machines.
Agree with the above just buy a UK machine.
Sorry, you’re right - it’s 50Hz vs 60Hz.
Thanks both of you, very helpful. I’ll pay a visit to Pinball Heaven and see what’s on offer, cheers
No worries, I think importing machines is something we’ve all looked into at one point or another but there’s a reason we all keep going back to Phil. The two year warranty he offers is a bonus too.