Congo
Williams, 1995Well, all of my items on my checklist for issues and adjustments are marked off. She is in as good of shape as she will ever be probably..haha. Nothing more to do than put her in the pinball armor and load her up for TPF! Might as well get a few more glamor shots in while I am at it. :p
Quoted from Gov:The ones in the pops I mean Eh, I have already taken that ramp off about a dozen times this week, what is one more?
Oh suuuuuure. 
Quoted from Gov:Well, all of my items on my checklist for issues and adjustments are marked off. She is in as good of shape as she will ever be probably..haha. Nothing more to do than put her in the pinball armor and load her up for TPF! Might as well get a few more glamor shots in while I am at it. :p
Don't forget about my mod.
Looks awesome, gov. I used sunlight in my gi and love it. I tried doing a few different things on the lower playfield and settle on yellow frosted bulbs plus two purple bendies pointed at the guerilla. I put some green bulbs under the congo letters but doesn't seem to light them up well.
Success! Thanks to all that stopped by to chat and to the kind words about the pin. Definitely made all of the work worth it. Congo was a trooper all weekend at TPF. Only one minor issue with some loose screws. I forgot to check the audits for plays before we left but I don't think there was a time that I was in the area that the game was not being played.
Huge thanks to my dad for all of the help on the pin. It would not have looked half as good without his help.
So glad to have this project finished up! Now onto Revenge form Mars!
My pleasure. I am happy so many people enjoyed it. I forgot to see if anybody put up a new GC on it. I actually can't wait to get it back home tonight and play it as I haven't had but 10 or so games on it since I got it back together 
Quoted from jawjaw:Nice! I was at TPF last year and there was some really nice 90s games. Getting the best trophy is saying something. Congrats. Being able to play a nice Congo must of been a treat for a lot of people. Cool of you to bring it.
Thanks, it was very humbling as there was some incredible games on display. I personally thought there were at least 4-5 90's games that were just as nice or nicer than Congo. Judging is a subjective thing though. I personally thought Marty's Fish Tales was the nicest machine at the show with my brother's Twilight Zone right behind it.
This is a really beautiful restoration (and more)! It would easily have beaten a freshly unboxed Congo too! Did anyone try to buy it from you at TPF?
Had the opportunity to play this one at TPF. Great looking setup on it. It was one of my favorites and made my wife start wanting a Congo for our collection.
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