I was at Epthegeek's last night, he was saying that place in Lombard, Enchanted Castle had solid machines.

Yes, Bally/williams/gottlieb/sega/capcom/data east have never needed 1 repair ever in the history of pinball.

Check my collection, I love them all, I dont own any gottlieb/data's/sega's but Id never blast them ever! Check every post Ive ever made.

This is a pinball Lovin site, right?

Yes, STERN!, The only company you can call up any distributor and get a NIB in your house 2-3days later.......THANK YOU STERN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This TAF Hilton just hooked me up with, is a slight project, within a few hours of monkeying with it, is a way better play than the TAF at Fox Lanes in Waukesha.

Operators for random locations need to step big time, this is what really hurts the pin hobby.

I know a few location operators on here are awesome(doughslingers for example) but he's in the minority.

I should ad LTG in there also, Ive never been by his place, but I assume everything is quite pristine.

Well, in my experience...since Ive owned them

LOTR=0 issues
Xmen=1 broken nylon tip of a plunger assembly
Avenger=0 issues, although my Topper was shorting out and blowing fuses, non Stern related
Tron=0 issues

The B/W games Ive owned need much more attention, but they were much older as well...

Yes,avoid Fox Lanes! Jukebox Larry does not keep his games up.