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I was at the VFW last year. Lots of fun and so many pins. I love that Clay limits access so that the space isn't rammed and you're not waiting too long to play anything. The only thing I wasn't thrilled about (which has already been mentioned) is that there isn't much else going on. It's all...

Yeah, I'm also curious; my order on the last shipment went "missing" ;) I'm waiting on two sheets this time around and the sinking dollar isn't gonna make future orders all that attractive so I'm counting on these to finish up my DMD lineup at least.

I put up a pretty decent score on SG a few days ago. I've only had it a week or two, so hopefully I'll do even better soon!

C'mon... Who cares about the dollar? I want to hear more about your unnatural obsession with Evel Knievel :D I've had some luck finding well priced EK on kijiji lately. Closing the deal in time was the challenge. I have a bit of a childhood thing with EK myself. My earliest Halloween memory...

FWIW I just purchased an EK for $1300 and it's in "nice" shape. I also recently missed out on another for $1200 in slightly poorer shape... and I have friends who have looked at a couple that were a bit more "restored" in the $2K range. I'm fairly comfortable using all of those as a fair...

Go tell that to Chris Hutchins! I'm not talking about general maintenance and changing a few bulbs and rubbers. if I haven't done anything significant to a machine I'm generally just trying to get my money out of it... unless of course I bought it in 1995. You can ask around. I have rarely...

Ahhhh. I see the issue. I enjoy playing games to achieve the objective and not score. If you're playing competitively then yes, the WH2O main objective is to hit the triple jackpot during 5x playfield. I suspect a lot of games have one shot or objective that's worth more than the others. My...

Sure... sounds simple enough. But let's take my fictional friend John for example. John decided to buy his first machine and it just had to be his childhood favorite Bally Evel Knieval. He looked everywhere and couldn't find one. Finally he happened to go visit a local coin-op retailer or maybe...

Not sure I'd agree with the "only one thing to soot for part", but I think anyone would greatly enjoy a WH2O and I would've been thrilled to have that as my first pin. The middle shot does dominate the game, but you will need to learn to make all the shots to advance to Wet Willies and to...

I have to say I'm digging the lighting. It would be fun to see what you did with those strip LEDs with the plastics off. Are they stuck on the playfield shooting up or mounted elsewhere? Also, I installed a new set of plastics on mine and the first thing I did was add some of those clear...

The only fly in the ointment is "who decides worth"? Don't get me wrong. I'm not a fan of profiteering or shady practices designed to generate bidding wars... or even this current trend of using the weak loonie to justify stupid local pricing, but I think we all generally know what a game is...

I can't imagine my Meteor playing any faster than it already does. I'd love to clearcoat it but I fear it's just not worth it. Maybe one day I'll find a better playfield or someone will reproduce it.

It's like there isn't any glass in your game at all. Super clear with little to no glare or reflections. it's got a patent on it and can only be made by one manufacturer in Germany AFAIK

I don't know if that it's fair to say Canadian border security treat Canadians less fairly than tourists. I was simply stating that Canada and USA seem to have somewhat different policies or attitudes towards what their citizens bring into their respective countries and how/when they are taxed...

I can't say for certain, but I think it has a lot less to do with where the item was manufactured than it does with their general policy on personal importation and tax. I know several US citizens that have came up to Canada on vacation and purchased several hundred dollars worth of goods only...

Nicely done! It'll feel great to save this one and put it back into good service.

Pinside sort of exploded in late 2012 if I recall correctly. RGP was having a ton of technical issues and a lot of the regulars there made a mass migration to Pinside. I spent about a year on the site before that happened and it was actually really nice with no drama and not a lot of idiots...

This is a VERY key point! A couple of years ago I sold a very mint restored TZ with almost every extra you could imagine; not just LEDs and stickers. It sold for $6700 I think. At the time people were gawking at how much a TZ had sold for... but it was fully restored and tastefully done up and...

Good tip. I missed that point completely. Chris is correct in that we often overlook the obvious. A slightly loose mechanism won't fire exactly the same each time. I had a shooter like this on my Shadow. The ball would rattle in the shooter lane wireform 50% of the time. Upon closer inspection...

Of course :)