Value of a 1989 TMNT Arcade Machine

[Archon_Turtle]

Originally Posted by Ninja Turtles 25 Years

Where did you guys who brought it for like $200 - $700 buy it;

Normally ebay is the WORST possible place to buy arcade games due to obscene markups and shipping costs.

Buying locally is the only way to go. Resources like craigslist, local resellers, and live auctions are the best.

[Ninja Turtles 25 Years]

Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

Normally ebay is the WORST possible place to buy arcade games due to obscene markups and shipping costs.

Buying locally is the only way to go. Resources like craigslist, local resellers, and live auctions are the best.

No shipping here. It's a local pick up. This nasty $2,500+ price isn't just Ninja Turtles Arcade; Terminator, RoboCop, Super Mario Brothers. It can't believe that anyone would buy a single video game at that price-- cabinet or not. Suckers are born every minute. But if Craigslist and live auction is the place to go, then it sounds better than eBay. The only reseller who sold only pinballs and arcades went out of business 3 years ago. They even had arcades that looked like it was the first one ever made.

[jasonorme666]

Its not just one game, you can swap the PCB's inside to play other games.

[Ninja Turtles 25 Years]

Originally Posted by jasonorme666

Its not just one game, you can swap the PCB's inside to play other games.

What's the difference? $2,500 is still a lot of money for a single purchase.

[Archon_Turtle]

Originally Posted by Ninja Turtles 25 Years

What's the difference? $2,500 is still a lot of money for a single purchase.

but that's what I'm saying. Intelligent collectors would never pay that much for a game; unless it was something exceptionally rare. Just because someone is selling something for $2500, doesn't mean anyone is buying it.

[Ninja Turtles 25 Years]

Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

but that's what I'm saying. Intelligent collectors would never pay that much for a game; unless it was something exceptionally rare. Just because someone is selling something for $2500, doesn't mean anyone is buying it.

Probably. There's a suck born every minute.

[jasonorme666]

To be fair its one of the better condition US cabinets i've seen.
I still think the price is abit much.

I got my mint condition 4 player Hero Cabinet for £450 ($730), that was about 10 years ago.