Parting it out!!!

[kawikid]

i have a complete flash gordon everything works, name a part and a price and its yours!

[klassic]

i have a complete flash gordon everything works, name a part and a price and its yours!

the whole pin, $100.00!

i'm just kidding. sit on it til late november, you'll have a good chance of moving it for your asking amount as you get close to the holidays. that's what i'm doing with the multicade i'm converting currently.

[TheBatman]

PM sent

[pinballcorpse]

i have a complete flash gordon everything works, name a part and a price and its yours!

Seems a shame to part out a working game even if cosmetically flawed.

Jeff

[mrpinball]

allways sad when a pin get's parted out due to greed and lack of skill to restore it

[Sid]

allways sad when a pin get's parted out due to greed and lack of skill to restore it

Well maybe you should buy this and save it from such an awful fate, put all your skill's and cash to use?

[kawikid]

there isnt a lack of restoring it here, i have just lost the passion ot work on it or look at it lol im getting into newer machines and have limited space so its gotta go.

[klassic]

allways sad when a pin get's parted out due to greed and lack of skill to restore it

i'll have to stand by kawi on this one. there's no greed involved, just space. theres no "lack of skill" either. he's posted the entire pin at a beyond fair price, and if it sells better for parts, which will just go to restore multiple other pins, then no harm/no foul.   then he can sell flash with no boards and other sold off parts, for even less than advertised now to another collector, who had the parts but a lousy cabinet...

lack of space is the pin collector's worst enemy. well, that and dealers.

[Baiter]

Either way you look at it, there will be one less pin in the world.

[beachcomber]

I understand the reasoning on this one; however, I agree, it is sad for a working game parted out.  With that said, I am guilty of buying parts from parted out machines, and don't know if they were working prior to being parted or not. 
Good luck with changing out your collection.

[Ron Donohue]

No one likes seeing working games parted, but everyone likes being able to find the restoration parts they need.  I am not much for parting, and have never parted a game except for one termite ridden specimen (playfield, cabinet).  I do know that if I did not already have a Flash Gordon, I would buy this one, despite the cosmetic issues.

I do not think Eric has a bunch of choices.  He no longer wants the game (I suspect that he regrets buying it).  He offered it up for $275 for the whole working game, and nobody wants it.  So, he can either keep a game for which he no longer has any interest or space, or try to recover some money off of it and theoretically help out some folks who want to save other games.  Hard choice, and I am not sure what decision I would make.  But, taking all of that into consideration, I am reluctant to find fault with the decision he has made.

Anyone with the urge to save the game can do so.  If $275 is too much, offer him less.  But questioning his commitment/skill does not seem fair to me.  FWIW,

Ron

[kawikid]

thank you Ron. and yes if this really upsets alot people on the board i have no problem putting this thing in my garage till maybe i grow more love for the game or the parts needed to bring it back.

[Greywolf]

If I remember correctly, 2 other members passed on the game when it was on CL. If you didn't want to save it then, or now for that matter, then don't cast judgment. It's not like he didn't give the opportunity at a decent price for a working game. Carry on without guilt, young Jedi.

[imjay]

Back in the day Cat and I LOVED the Flash Gordon.  This thread caused me to pull out the movie and watch favorite parts.

Older game value in this economy - specially with a lot of wear - makes selling as parts better than selling as a game which is a shame.

Truth is, some games are past a condition that will allow restoration and it ain't a matter of time or skill while some games even if, somehow, the near impossible is done and it is restored it won't have a market value worth all the time, trouble and expense of the restoration.

I recently sold our last two SS 80s Bally games - EBD and Centaur - to same person for like $1200 and was damn glad to get that much.

Okay - I'll offer $ 200 - don't have room for it but IF as described it fully boots and everything works so I don't gotta try to frix stuff so Cat and I can play a few games, revisit our past - hear the game say 'Ming Awaits'.  I'll put it in the garage with our Cougar Dart game.

If $200 works then tell me where you are and we can work out transport and those that don't want to see a working game parted out can go back to sleep!!
Let me Know!

[TheBatman]

Imjay and kawi,

I PM'd Kawikid/ Eric a few days ago with interest in some parts, pending a more complete list.  What I mainly was after is the strobe unit, and also need a few drop targets (no big deal on those).  The strobe may be harder for me to find, but I'll live if you want to just sell the complete game to Imjay and keep it together and save the game, and to keep Howard "The Parting Out Police" happy!   Relax Howard, you can't save them all unless you're prepared to BUY them all!

Eric LMK whatever you decide, no prob if you want to sell game as whole, or if still decide to part it I'm still interested in those items, maybe a few more, maybe boards also.