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I need a few parts quick so I stopped in to a local vendor Friday .... a vendor that resides also in the Seattle area and Mr. Ken Layton has little to no good things to say about them 
They had quite a few pins on hand so on my way out I decided to play a few pins I'd never played before "and a few I have or own".
The first game was High Speed. From a distance it really looked nice. Man o man once I got up close and personal, this playfield was pretty beat up. Regardless I played it. The game played very nice but it's just not got much in the way of any satisfying shots. Geez loueeez was I bored. Price tag of ...... $1599 on it with a craptacular playfield? Nahhhhh.
Next up was Monopoly. The flippers were fairly sluggish, and there was plastic pieces that weren;t properly secured down. The playfield looked pretty dull and partially dirty. Game play ... wow this game is a real stinker. Normally I love me some 3 flipper action but this game is just ridiculously lame to me. The spinning flipper - kind of a neat idea but get's more irritating than enjoyable. $2699 price tag
Next was Lord of the Rings. I already own one but I wanted to see how different mine played VS theirs. Yep, I had me some work to do when I got home because the return ball feeds were different reacting than mine. However their machine was just tired. Weak flips, and using black rubbers didn;t help the action either. I also found the machine was missing audio clips randomely (same firmware package as mine). The playfield was really dull looking and had a handful of bulbs out. And a mere $3200 for that one ... *snicker snicker*
On a side note their machine did show me where I needed to adjust /fix mine and I am grateful for that. Always nice to see where your machine may exceed or fail.
I guess my point here is not to price police but rather discuss my disgust about a retailer selling half assed machines and asking that kind of money. Seriously, I would be embarrased selling merchandise like that if it were my business. I'm not talking about replacing high dollar cracked or missing items. I'm talking about performing a standard run of the mill topside playfield shop job. A retail shop is truly only as good as their staff. This particular shop was/is an epic fail.
They had quite a few pins on hand so on my way out I decided to play a few pins I'd never played before "and a few I have or own".
The first game was High Speed. From a distance it really looked nice. Man o man once I got up close and personal, this playfield was pretty beat up. Regardless I played it. The game played very nice but it's just not got much in the way of any satisfying shots. Geez loueeez was I bored. Price tag of ...... $1599 on it with a craptacular playfield? Nahhhhh.
Next up was Monopoly. The flippers were fairly sluggish, and there was plastic pieces that weren;t properly secured down. The playfield looked pretty dull and partially dirty. Game play ... wow this game is a real stinker. Normally I love me some 3 flipper action but this game is just ridiculously lame to me. The spinning flipper - kind of a neat idea but get's more irritating than enjoyable. $2699 price tag
Next was Lord of the Rings. I already own one but I wanted to see how different mine played VS theirs. Yep, I had me some work to do when I got home because the return ball feeds were different reacting than mine. However their machine was just tired. Weak flips, and using black rubbers didn;t help the action either. I also found the machine was missing audio clips randomely (same firmware package as mine). The playfield was really dull looking and had a handful of bulbs out. And a mere $3200 for that one ... *snicker snicker*
On a side note their machine did show me where I needed to adjust /fix mine and I am grateful for that. Always nice to see where your machine may exceed or fail.
I guess my point here is not to price police but rather discuss my disgust about a retailer selling half assed machines and asking that kind of money. Seriously, I would be embarrased selling merchandise like that if it were my business. I'm not talking about replacing high dollar cracked or missing items. I'm talking about performing a standard run of the mill topside playfield shop job. A retail shop is truly only as good as their staff. This particular shop was/is an epic fail.
