My wife feels the same way about Rudy. Freaks her out.

One day I will own it though. Then Rudy and I will be best friends. You wait and see.

*cue freaky horror movie music*

So weird, my wife is also creeped out by Rudy. I think it has something to do with that Child's Play movie.

LOL - that's funny. I had the same problem when trying to talk the wife and kids into getting a LOTR. ...they say it's "too creepy".

LOL! I've heard this about FH a few times before. My sister inlaw can't even look at the game because Rudy creeps her out so much. My wife wasn't too thrilled about Rudy either...until she achieved Grand Champion status on it that is.. Now she loves Funhouse

My wife was sort of creeped out by Rudy in the beginning but now she is used to him. She laughs at the silly nicknames he gives you and I think that got her over it.

"Get yourself a hawtdog."

Love the voice calls.

same thing here with the wife. I'm still buying one.

I had to sell my Roadshow I owned for a short time because of the same reason - two heads. But Funhouse will be in my collection someday. I know what you mean by addicting, I played that game every day in between classes at DePaul downtown campus. It was the only thing that calmed my nerves before tests - I would escape into the Funhouse and emerge relaxed and ace my tests. Rudy and I had many a tussle. 14 pins later - I still haven't added it to my collection.

I love the game but I'm fearful that my fond memory has romanticized the pin so much I will be disappointed. Plus, the wife and kids now a bit older to deal with - but my wife knows the affinity I have for that game. Came close a few times, see that one on CL in Chicago as well but looks beat up. If I splurge it will be for a cherry one. Someday Rudy, we will meet again.

I think many of us have been there. It's so hard to leave your game in the middle when your kids want to go.

lol...

I'm not "allowed" to buy two pinball machines. The GF is creeped out by Rudy something fierce.

Taxi is the other one, but I agree since the machine screaming out "TAXI, TAXI, TAXI" drives me nuts too.

I've never played Funhouse. I'd like to check one out. My wife is pretty low key about pins and themes, but she didn't really like BOP. Maybe Rudy would pass muster. However the comments so far make me think it might be high on the creepy factor.

I feel your pain! My wife won't approve on any pin with a devil or sexy bikini girls. A few machines I wanted were Playboy and Medusa. I play Funhouse all the time on PS3 and it freaks out our dog. But I am looking for Rudy anyway.

One of the best pins of all time. I want one myself but I've been holding out for a very nice one. All the ones I've came across so far had a lot of cosmetic issues, especially insert problems.

I MAY have played this once when it first came out. I would LOVE to play one now

lucky for you there are repro pfs now so no excuse to not buy one

"I'm like, he's just a mechanical doll head, he's not going to get out and kill you or anything."

Any reference to murder and pinball is not a great argument I think...

Just bought this game about an hour ago. Playfield is in very good shape. The steps ramp has some broken spots, and the trapdoor needs a new hinge, but other than that it's in good condition. Cabinet has very little fade. A few off color touchups, but I'll get the correct paint and take care of that. Happy birthday to me!

If you think Child's Play is freaky, you should check out a movie called Magic from 1978 starring Anthony Hopkins. Trust me, you will never look at ventriloquist dummies the same way again.

+1

I feel your pain! My wife won't approve on any pin with a devil or sexy bikini girls.

I hear ya. When I brought WCS94 home, the first thing my wife commented on was the female referee with the huge breasts and super tight shorts.

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(Photo courtesy of HEP)

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Yup... my wife noticed her cheeks falling out of her shorts instantly. Something I had never noticed before.

They should give it a chance, that was my son and wife's favorite pin for awhile.

Tell her that there were over ten thousand Funhouses made over twenty years ago and none of them have had Rudy sprouting arms or legs yet.

lol

"Yet" is the key word there, his wife won't agree if there's still the possibility in her mind.

my fiancee doesn't think rudy is creepy but the women head from that one construction game is creepy. I agree.

Wow! I have to say I couldn’t pull myself away from it and it was the end of the night

Funhouse is such a classic with a very well laid out playfield not hard for me to see why you liked it so much.

the first thing my wife commented on was the female referee with the huge breasts and super tight shorts.

Hahaa, those are some short shorts. Another shot I don't mind is Kidman on the Batman Forever pin well played by the artist IMO.

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If you want to buy a Funhouse, buy it when your wife isn't here, and also before having childrens Then later the childs will love it, and maybe your wife also.
Let your wife playing it a lot, and she'll be used to play it.

That's why I did

Even if the playfield is very worn (like mine, worn at wood), if the other parts are OK or perfect like the ramps, you'll love it to shop and play it.
It's strange but I'm not bored by this game after 11 month of playing.

It's worth 500 €.

My theory is if we boneheaded men can convince women to have kids with them; we also have the powers to convince them that a funhouse machine is a required part of a healthy, long lasting relationship.

My theory is unproven on both fronts, but I've been working on the first thing, so I'm almost halfway there. Wish me luck!

Considering that us boneheaded men resurrect year old threads to give advice to people, Im often surprised that we can do anything other than drool on ourselves and fart.

While you were typing that, I farted 11 times.