Thinking of buying a pinball machine for my dad

[THK]

Hey all, I've been in a situation where I had to move in with my dad for a bit due to personal circumstances and I don't have to pay rent. Now I don't have a lot of spare money and'll probably have to sink most in stuff for a new place if I find one. But if I can save some together if I can't find a place soon I was thinking of buying my dad a pinball machine as a thank you gift. He does like pinball a lot, but has mostly stuck with playing awful pinball games on his pc. I installed The Pinball Arcade on his laptop, but he only plays Attack From Mars but that game is of course waaaaay out of my budget if I ever get a budget together to buy a real one anyway (not a too old one). But at least I know he likes the real thing.

Now I've been looking around a bit and found a couple of pins that I might be able to afford. And I'd like to know what you guys think would be a smart bet. (of course they will probably be gone by the time I can buy them, but still)

- Strange Science €650

- F14 Tom Cat €700

- Game Show €750

- Dr Dude €750

- Radical €750

- Jokerz €800

- Robocop €850

- Maverick €850

- Royal Rumble €850

- Fishtales €850 (colors are faded, no topper)

- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles €850 (not really what I would pick for my dad)

- Revenge from Mars for €950, which would come closer to AFM, but less of an actual hardcore pin (which I guess he isn't anyway), but the monitor often doesn't start and I have no clue if this easily (and/or inexpensively) fixed.

Of course the cheaper the pin, the better for me

[maxxsinner]

F-14 Tomcat is one of the greats and Fishtales is another great pinball.

One good spot for ratings on pinballs is http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl

On there, fishtales rated #34 in the top 300 and F-14 rated #112.

Hope that helps you decide.

[THK]

Thanks, I thinks it'll be the F14 one if time & money allows. Too bad Attack from Mars is a multitude of these prices.