Bought my 1st pinball at Ca Extreme

[jsoper]

Well, after messing around with consoles for years, I slipped over to the Dark Side at Ca Extreme last weekend. Spent the last couple months building up a gameroom (pool table, air hockey, all that stuff) and started reading about much fun a home pinball adds.

 

Attended Pin-a-go-go in Dixon last May, which taught me things and got me all revved up to buy a system at CaX (since I'm local). They had three Twilight Zones for sale there ranging from a decent one with a screwed up clock and weak flipper for $2k, a nice $3.5k one, and a really sweet one with lighting and gumball mods for $3.75k.

 

The seller of the cheapest one was talking the system up to me while he was fixing something (and also fixed the flipper while he was in there), so I had to bite. Showed up the next morning with twenty Franklins in an envelope, a rented Uhaul, and a motorcycle jack with attachment. He was standing outside helping a few other guys load 4-5 arcade games into a pickup:

 

1st guy: "No that doesn't work, we have to take this one all the way out"

2nd guy: "Yeah it will, turn that one around"

Seller: "Oh, hi John. They're playing Tetris over here. Come on, let's go get your pin."

 

Got that sucker home in one piece, and fired it up. Last couple days, I've been playing and learning my way around the menu system. The clock hands will turn in test mode, I think only the optical detectors and lamps need replacing (with white LEDs of course). So I'm very happy right now, it should hold it's value in years to come. The wife and son like it too, so no battles on that front

picture before show

[USSEnterprise]

welcome to the club. I currently have four machines, and possibly more on the way. Great hobby, be it expensive.

[jsoper]

welcome to the club. I currently have four machines, and possibly more on the way. Great hobby, be it expensive.

Thanks, I've seen dozens of posts that all say the same thing: you can't stop with just one. Guess it's like eating potato chips

[keilbaca]

welcome to the club. I currently have four machines, and possibly more on the way. Great hobby, be it expensive.

Thanks, I've seen dozens of posts that all say the same thing: you can't stop with just one. Guess it's like eating potato chips

 

Exactly