Hi !
My name is Martin from St-Etienne-de-Lauzon (near Quebec city, Canada)
I'm looking for my first pin among one of those pins: (In good condition of course!)
-Cirqus Voltaire (CV)
-FunHouse (FH)
-Guns'N'Roses (GnR)
-Medieval madness (MM)
-Monster Bash (MB)
-No Fear (NF)
-No Good Gofers (NGG)
-Space Jam (SJ)
-Tales Of The Arabian Night (ToTAM)
-Theatre Of Magic (TOM)
-Twilight zone (TZ)
-White Water (WW)
If you have another machine like those pins, let me know!  

Thank you!

Quoted from mart875

Hi !
I'm looking for my first pin among one of those pins: (In good condition of course!)

1.  Welcome aboard...

2.  Wow, you don't mess around with your first pin do you .... ?

You've got some pretty expensive choices there !  

I personally don't have any games for sale,
but I've seen many from your list up for sale in this group in the last year or so,
so you should be able to find something pretty easily.

I know ALJO has a Funhouse for sale right now.

Check the Classified section and you should find a few options.

Bonne chance,
Steph

Bonjour Steph!

Merci de m'accueuillir dans votre pin club !!

Since that I am young, I love to play with pinballs.  One of my friends had one and we passed our evenings to play.  As I never had the occasion to get one because my financials, I awaited.  Then as beginning in the wonderful world of pinballs, I want that my first machine be "perfect" and gives me the taste to purchase some others.. I prefer to pay more for more quality and pleasure than to regret a less extravagant purchase.

I'ts sure that I have a cash limit but I do not close the door to all suggestions!!  

ALJO seemed to say that there were imperfections on his playfield, I did not contact it..  

Do you know other website for ads?

thank you!

-Martin

A correction... the abbreviation for White Water is 'WH20'. 'WW' usually refers to Whirlwind.

thank you (sorry!) Jonny !

Quoted from mart875

I want that my first machine be "perfect" and gives me the taste to purchase some others.. I prefer to pay more for more quality and pleasure than to regret a less extravagant purchase.

Assuming "perfect" pins  (...which you might have a hard time finding ),
you might want to set a budget for what you can afford.

A "Perfect"  Medieval Madness will cost you $6000+  (easy !),
but "Perfect" Space Jam might only cost you $1500-$1800.

You have a few "high-end" pins (CV, MM, MB) which are pretty expensive.

Then you have "highly-valued" pins (ie. the ones everyone wants)
[ie. TZ, GnR, ] which are also pretty pricy .

I think your best choices (bang-for-the-buck on a starter pin) are
FH, NGG, WH20 and NF.

ToM and ToTAN are in a bit higher bracket,
and Space Jam is probably at the low-end of the price scale  (...for your choices.. )

Quoted from mart875

Do you know other website for ads?

Here is the Classified section for pins on MAACA

http://archive.maaca.org/s107351202.onlinehome.us/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-Pins4sale/


Salut,
Steph

I agree with Steph on this one! FH, Wh20 a great picks for a first pin.
Some tips:
-Buy one that works 100%.....if its a great price but not working, I'd pass. Make your first pin a pleasurable experience.
-And buy one off somebody on MAACA....these are a great bunch of collectors, who really care about their pins and other collectors.  

a cool website with pins for sale

By "perfect", I mean a pin that will attract me as I wish, I know that perfect machine will be more expensive..

To be more realistic, I think that FH, NF, NGG, SJ could be very interessting, I'm ready to get a little bit higer with TOM and ToTAM..

I talked with joce and he said to me that I should look for a pin with many features like pop bumper to increase hazard during play and I agree with that, should I consider other features? I have first chosen NO FEAR but it seem to be a repetitive machine.. FH, NGG, TOM seems to offer more variety of playability, is it true? help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and I want to buy from a MAACA members, everyone I spoke were helpful and gentle..

Tales Of The Arabian Night (ToTAN) if you have the cash!!!!!! Wow...imagine that as a first pin...
Mine was Laserball

Dont leave out a great pin like Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Great pin with a long play life...IMO

Quoted from rockinganker

Dont leave out a great pin like Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Great pin with a long play life...IMO

Overrated IMO