Denver, CO
My uncle had a Chicago Coins "Casino". I played it my whole childhood and loved that machine. He eventually gifted it to me when I went to college and we played the score-reels off of that machine but never beat his high score (240someK). When I graduated and moved to Colorado (from MI.) I handed it on to my cousin who never got it set up right again. It should go without mention that I never have heard the end of this from my uncle.
Fast forward 12 years. I finally got a place with enough room for a pin and I start looking. I find a Williams "Fun-Fest" for little to no money but it needs some love. I give it said love, filed points, checked connections, reset relays, learned to read schematics gave it the business. I got it working, changed the rubbers, rebuilt the flippers and a couple other things and now it works awesome. Just the other day I bought my first SS, a Bally "Nitro Ground-Shaker". Since then I've sold NGS to a hot-rod buddy to picked up and mechanically restored a "Taxi" and "The Adams Family" and I'm currently half-way through fixing a "High Speed".
So 4 pins in my stable currently with a Twilight Zone on loan from my pin-mentor. Each fall, I host a scooter (Vespa/Lambretta) ride and pinball tournament here at my house and at least one other venue. I'm waiting for that perfect deal to come through (I'm in Sales) where I can afford one of my dream machines: Theatre of Majic, Medival Madness, Creature, Adams Family, Arabian Nights, Attack From Mars, Scared Stiff... etc. Till then I'll be playing mine and chasing the greats in Denver's growing number of pin-friendly bars and arcades.
Cheers,
Scott
