First I must say that I could\'nt upload more than 1 picture, I\'m having problems with my computer, I have 112 close up pics, so if you want more pics please phone me in the evening and I\'ll email them to you, 418-834-3237, ask for Claude..I\'ll add more pics when my computer will cooperate more, hopefully in the next few days.
Here\'s an immaculate condition Joust pinball, you will not find another Joust pinball in this outstanding condition, these were made in a very limited run back in 1983, only 403 were made and who knows how many are left today, I heard from the previous owner that the game had been stored and protected from humidity for many years. playfield is perfect and has been clearcoated, inserts are nice and crisp, drop targets are as new, I\'ve owned 4 Joust pinballs and have seen a few others and this one is by far the most beautiful of them all, these games are often missing the coin box, which is different in size from other games, this Joust has it and it\'s condition is as new, the original playfield support bar is often missing on these Jousts, this Joust has it and it\'s polished to a mirror shine, the playfield apron is also often cracked or broken since operators would lift playfields when servicing from the apron and unlike other pinball machines Joust\'s apron is made of plastic, just like the playfield plastics, so it would crack, this Joust has 2 perfect aprons plus I made a stainless steal bar that is located underneath the apron just in case someone would lift the playfield by mistake from the apron, now it\'s impossible to break the apron this way anymore (see pics), I took this idea from the pinball 2000 aprons, they are also made of plastic and have the metal bar under.......These Joust aprons also very often have dirty or torn off game discription stickers (apron game description cards), both aprons stickers are perfect, not even yellowed by time.All playfield plastics are perfect, no cracks, none are broken, plus I made polycarbonate plastic protectors for them, including for the apron, I\'ve changed all old 44 bulbs for new 47 bulbs, for those who don\'t know, 47 bulbs are brighter and produce less heat which is better for the plastics, they won\'t bend with excessive heat, insert bulbs have also been changed for 47 bulbs, there are also green and blue LED\'s under recpective inserts.The 2 small square bars under the playfield glass and lock down bars are polished to a mirror shine, the stainless steel lock down bars are polished to a mirror chrome like finish, the advantage of polishing them this way instead of having chrome lock down bars is that the polished stainless steel ones are much less easy to scuff with finger prints than chrome, those who have chrome lock down bars know what I\'m talking about.......Every metal part on the cabinet and playfield have been polished, up to the last screw, also the spinner targets have been mylared, To prove how this game is oustanding, there are 2 metal brackets on each end of the playfield to support the 2 playfield ends and on these metal brackets there is a small white factory sticker written on one side;\"lift from this side only\" and the other end \"lift from other side only\", these stickers are usually completely torn off or simply not there anymore, see in the pics how these ones are in like new condition.Cabinet, inside and outside, coin doors (because there are 2....) and legs are like new, all 6 doors have new locks, same key for all doors, 4 key pairs are inside on the 3 key hooks on the coin door and inside cabinet and the 2 other pairs are on the coin doors, all 6 doors have been adjusted and close without constraint and close tight with no loose at all once locked.The cabinet marquees on these games are also very often faded, this Joust\'s marquees have very bright vivid colors with no fading what so ever (again see pics)The game also has all 4 rebuilt flippers and are very strong, Displays are bright. The boards have been partly rebuilt and have the latest ROM\'s.The Joust cabinets that I\'ve seen all had delaminating of the wood on the bottom cabinet, this Joust has no delaminating at all, bottom cabinet is perfect, see the picture that I have of the under cabinet.Also, when lifting the game in servicing position with the playfield bar, the opposit side\'s bracket (the one written \"lift from other side only\") that is lifted has a tendancy to scrape the wood off from the cabinet, so, I added a very thin shiny polished metal protector over that small area so that it stops denting the wood like that when servicing......The only way you could get a Joust as nice as this would be to find one new in box and even then, it would\'nt be as nice as this since the side rails and lock down bars have been polished to a mirror finish on this game..I\'ve listed the game as pick up only but I\'ll gladly ship the game, it was just much easier to list it this way.I would much rather if the buyer would pick up the game and see the condition of the game in person, the game will leave my home in pristine condition but who know what could happen while the game is in the shipping process and this is why I prefer pick up but I will wrap up the game on a pallet and bring the game to the terminal for free to save fees for the buyer if pick up is not possible.
Contact me for shipping costs to your specific location.Thanks for looking.Claude.Happy offerding.
On Sep-16-14 at 04:56:58 PDT, seller added the following information:
The game will leave my home in thepristine condition that it is but nobody know\'s what could happen during shipping, so this is why I prefer pick up but like Isaid, I\'ll gladly pack up the game on a palletand ship it.
Forward Air transport is one of thecheapest shipping options and I personally was neverdissapointed with thembut they are only in Montreal, soif buyer is willing to pick up the game at a terminal I\'ll even bring the gameup to montreal (2 hours and a half from where I live).
