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M4carp said:
I nearly bought a HUO one years ago on EBay, was in Knightsbridge London for about £2k which wasn’t cheap then. Can’t be many of those about, should have bought it.
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I also regret not buying the HUO Cactus Canyon and Diner than came up on ebay years back (Think CC was about £4-5k and Diner was £2-3k) but can't buy everything unfortunately 🤣

It's quite amazing to see that an occasional 90's Williams HUO still show up from time to time
 
M4carp said:
I nearly bought a HUO one years ago on EBay, was in Knightsbridge London for about £2k which wasn’t cheap then. Can’t be many of those about, should have bought it.
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In my opinion the game is a bit of a one off and if you like it as i do it is well worth owning. I went through a least three back when you could buy and sell them for £900 to £1200 and in mint condition. Only one i have played fairly recently was the one that regualrly turned up at the Scottish Play Expo which was a very tired example. It makes the world of a difference to assessing if a game is any good or not. Another cracking game i played in Glasgow that was so puffed out was a Lord of the Rings in `Geek a Boo` , Queen St. and i believe anyone played that would have walked away thing what a load of rubbish ! Condition makes so much difference.
 
Chris P said:
Sea witch has come up on FB, looks very original and just needs a bit of TLC, not bad price either for £1500

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Well, the "cheap" Seawitch didn't turn out so cheap. I didn't pay much attention to it when picking it up, as I had already committed to buying it after driving near 300 miles to get there, other than it smelling absolutely horrible.....

Fast forward to now when I started working on restoring it. Turns out it needs a playfield (this one is too damaged and has glue patches on it as well). a backglass (have a better one I got used) , a plastic set (one plastic missing and the rest are faded quite badly) The centre drop target bank is missing and some random unknown manufacturer drop bank that is completely wrong has been bodged in. It needs all the usual basic resto stuff (rubbers, all star posts, drop targets and 4 flipper rebuilds) and all boards have faults + the rectifier board is very burnt and bodged up.

So I am looking at about £2000+ (excluding any pcb work) in parts and that doesn't address the fact that every inch of the cab is covered in layers of nicotine inside and out, even the wiring loom is covered in nicotine brown sludge

Considering I picked it up in person, this is probably my dumbest purchase I have ever made to date, as I just thought "OMG seawitch, I need one of those" and didn't consider the cost/time of actually making it into something that plays ok. Even after I have spent all the time and money on it, it is still going to smell absolutely awful, to the point where I am now considering that I probably need to replace the entire cabinet as well, so basically almost nothing from the £1500 pile of parts is actually useable and I could have just built a Seawitch from scratch, without spending the £1500 (plus 600 miles of fuel + 2 toll roads + ulez) to make my games room smell like sh*t.

So lesson learned, don't loose your mind when something rare comes up for sale, it might not be all it seems.
 
My imported seawitch , as seen at Pinfest , stands me just south of 3k. Should have kept the one l bought off Ray Foster in 1992 for £150
 
lukewells said:
Well, the "cheap" Seawitch didn't turn out so cheap. I didn't pay much attention to it when picking it up, as I had already committed to buying it after driving near 300 miles to get there, other than it smelling absolutely horrible.....

Fast forward to now when I started working on restoring it. Turns out it needs a playfield (this one is too damaged and has glue patches on it as well). a backglass (have a better one I got used) , a plastic set (one plastic missing and the rest are faded quite badly) The centre drop target bank is missing and some random unknown manufacturer drop bank that is completely wrong has been bodged in. It needs all the usual basic resto stuff (rubbers, all star posts, drop targets and 4 flipper rebuilds) and all boards have faults + the rectifier board is very burnt and bodged up.

So I am looking at about £2000+ (excluding any pcb work) in parts and that doesn't address the fact that every inch of the cab is covered in layers of nicotine inside and out, even the wiring loom is covered in nicotine brown sludge

Considering I picked it up in person, this is probably my dumbest purchase I have ever made to date, as I just thought "OMG seawitch, I need one of those" and didn't consider the cost/time of actually making it into something that plays ok. Even after I have spent all the time and money on it, it is still going to smell absolutely awful, to the point where I am now considering that I probably need to replace the entire cabinet as well, so basically almost nothing from the £1500 pile of parts is actually useable and I could have just built a Seawitch from scratch, without spending the £1500 (plus 600 miles of fuel + 2 toll roads + ulez) to make my games room smell like sh*t.

So lesson learned, don't loose your mind when something rare comes up for sale, it might not be all it seems.
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So were there no positives from this Luke? I'll get my coat:popcorn:
 
If you ever fancy a go on a seawitch (possibly one of the best classics ever) My restored seawitch is currently housed at SWL Salisbury. For all to enjoy.
Well worth a visit to play that alone in my humble opinion……
Here she is…..next to the good Dr. 👊🏼
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lukewells said:
Well I guess I got 3 pop bumpers, 2 slingshots, 2 out of the 3 drop target banks and a power transformer, that I can use on my scratch build Seawitch now 🙄
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Try not to beat yourself up about it, I think most of us have done something like this. I’m sure you will be very happy with it once it’s bleed you dry and you have lost all your hair😂
But seriously I think you will be very happy once it’s all finished, good luck🤞
 
lukewells said:
Well, the "cheap" Seawitch didn't turn out so cheap. I didn't pay much attention to it when picking it up, as I had already committed to buying it after driving near 300 miles to get there, other than it smelling absolutely horrible.....

Fast forward to now when I started working on restoring it. Turns out it needs a playfield (this one is too damaged and has glue patches on it as well). a backglass (have a better one I got used) , a plastic set (one plastic missing and the rest are faded quite badly) The centre drop target bank is missing and some random unknown manufacturer drop bank that is completely wrong has been bodged in. It needs all the usual basic resto stuff (rubbers, all star posts, drop targets and 4 flipper rebuilds) and all boards have faults + the rectifier board is very burnt and bodged up.

So I am looking at about £2000+ (excluding any pcb work) in parts and that doesn't address the fact that every inch of the cab is covered in layers of nicotine inside and out, even the wiring loom is covered in nicotine brown sludge

Considering I picked it up in person, this is probably my dumbest purchase I have ever made to date, as I just thought "OMG seawitch, I need one of those" and didn't consider the cost/time of actually making it into something that plays ok. Even after I have spent all the time and money on it, it is still going to smell absolutely awful, to the point where I am now considering that I probably need to replace the entire cabinet as well, so basically almost nothing from the £1500 pile of parts is actually useable and I could have just built a Seawitch from scratch, without spending the £1500 (plus 600 miles of fuel + 2 toll roads + ulez) to make my games room smell like sh*t.

So lesson learned, don't loose your mind when something rare comes up for sale, it might not be all it seems.
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Damn sorry to read this dude :(

I know the feeling of wanting to jump on an old stern! Not many of these beauties left in the UK
 
Tilt_Birmingham said:
Damn sorry to read this dude :(

I know the feeling of wanting to jump on an old stern! Not many of these beauties left in the UK
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And yet in 2014 I had no takers in the UK for my fully working decent Seawitch - listed here and Ebay - and it ended up going to Denmark. So 1 less in the country sadly.
 
Sgt GrizZ said:
And yet in 2014 I had no takers in the UK for my fully working decent Seawitch - listed here and Ebay - and it ended up going to Denmark. So 1 less in the country sadly.
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Oh FFS!

I have no memory of this what-so-ever, but I apparently even replied to your for sale thread after Replica's told me to buy it, saying I had enough pinball machine and didn't have space.

Do I have split personalities and not even realise it?

I think I am broken
 
Sgt GrizZ said:
And yet in 2014 I had no takers in the UK for my fully working decent Seawitch - listed here and Ebay - and it ended up going to Denmark. So 1 less in the country sadly.
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I think people back then had lost taste for the classics, wasn't until they started popping up in comps a lot more people including myself wanted them again.

I've imported majority of mine.... Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy and Spain up to now lol

Really need @lukewells to sell me his Cheetah and @Big Phil his Orbitor 1 lol
 
lukewells said:
Oh FFS!

I have no memory of this what-so-ever, but I apparently even replied to your for sale thread after Replica's told me to buy it, saying I had enough pinball machine and didn't have space.

Do I have split personalities and not even realise it?

I think I am broken
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Of course I now wish I had of been able to keep it but that applies to most of them 😅
 
Elvis 'Gold Edition' (me neither) on the bay in auction format, currently around £1K.
Fun game, i really enjoyed mine: £1900 in 2014 from Eddie Mole (remember him?), sold for £2400 in 2016 to a Christian McFarquhar

www.ebay.co.uk

Ultra-Rare Stern ELVIS GOLD Limited Edition Pinball Machine: Lovely Collectible | eBay

Stern's Elvis pinball machine was released in 2004. Very occasionally a limited edition version was produced to celebrate a special machine. Bally/Williams did it with 1000 Addams Family Gold machines, and Stern produced a small run of Monopoly Platinum machines.
www.ebay.co.uk
 
cooldan said:
Elvis 'Gold Edition' (me neither) on the bay in auction format, currently around £1K.
Fun game, i really enjoyed mine: £1900 in 2014 from Eddie Mole (remember him?), sold for £2400 in 2016 to a Christian McFarquhar

www.ebay.co.uk

Ultra-Rare Stern ELVIS GOLD Limited Edition Pinball Machine: Lovely Collectible | eBay

Stern's Elvis pinball machine was released in 2004. Very occasionally a limited edition version was produced to celebrate a special machine. Bally/Williams did it with 1000 Addams Family Gold machines, and Stern produced a small run of Monopoly Platinum machines.
www.ebay.co.uk
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Is the seller on this forum ? His pins always look decent examples.
 
cooldan said:
Elvis 'Gold Edition' (me neither) on the bay in auction format, currently around £1K.
Fun game, i really enjoyed mine: £1900 in 2014 from Eddie Mole (remember him?), sold for £2400 in 2016 to a Christian McFarquhar

www.ebay.co.uk

Ultra-Rare Stern ELVIS GOLD Limited Edition Pinball Machine: Lovely Collectible | eBay

Stern's Elvis pinball machine was released in 2004. Very occasionally a limited edition version was produced to celebrate a special machine. Bally/Williams did it with 1000 Addams Family Gold machines, and Stern produced a small run of Monopoly Platinum machines.
www.ebay.co.uk
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I don't even like Elvis, but it's such a good game. Classic Steve Ritchie layout, very well finished code and a good set of objectives.
They hold their value well too, so ideal for someone who might want to play one for a few months and move it on.

Mine was first used in the Norther pinball league season 7, so looks like I have had it at least 11 years now
 
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