I bought a Avengers AIQ Premium NIB 2 weeks ago. Set it up right away and can’t keep away from it. My wife and I play all night. Already have 500 plays on it. Do we need to slow down for the life of the machine?
No. Make sure the balls are in good shape and wipe it with a microfiber cloth to get rid of dirt if it start accumulating.
Everything that would wear out is replaceable, and most of it easy and/or cheap to replace.
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Quoted from isJ:No. Make sure the balls are in good shape and wipe it with a microfiber cloth to get rid of dirt if it start accumulating.
What he/she said, too. Accumulating dirt makes things worse, wipe it down with Novus 1 or Wizards Mist-n-Shine every 100 games or so.
I would be more worried about injuring your wrists/hands than the game being abused. I guess if your not nudging or slap saving frequently then no risk there but I can't have a decent game on AIQ without doing so.
No, unplug it. Put a blanket over it and don't play for 5 years. Will sell for more money!! Kiddin, enjoy it, thats why you bought it!!
Quoted from ScoobaDoo:I bought a Avengers AIQ Premium NIB 2 weeks ago. Set it up right away and can’t keep away from it. My wife and I play all night. Already have 500 plays on it. Do we need to slow down for the life of the machine?
Hell fucking no.
Quoted from timtim:Wait you guys take your games out the box?
I don't even take delivery. Just flip my spot on Pinside and double my cash. I love pinball!
You will put thousands of plays on it and that will still pale in comparison to well routed game. Keep pf clean, replace balls as needed, and fix anything that breaks and enjoy.
My opinion is that the reason that you purchase a machine is so that you can play it as much as you want for free.
Add to that that fact that you can clean and maintain the machine so that it plays perfectly, instead of getting neglected on a route and abused by customers that have no respect for an expensive pinball machine.
It's your machine and you get to use it anytime you feel like it, for as long as you like.
I have never understood why people will purchase an expensive machine and play it 100 times and sell it.
It's like buying a new car and trading it in when it's time for an oil change.
Quoted from timtim:Wait you guys take your games out the box?
I take it out of the box, throw the game in the trash and keep the pristine box in my pinball box collection. Cardboard boxes are darn great to collect, doesn't weight that much either!
Quoted from manadams:I would be more worried about injuring your wrists/hands than the game being abused. I guess if your not nudging or slap saving frequently then no risk there but I can't have a decent game on AIQ without doing so.
Man this is no joke, I've damn near put my shoulders out from slap saving recently.
I think I torn a ligament in my elbow when I tried to slide save an Alien at a show. That cabinet is a beast!
Quoted from jawjaw:You will put thousands of plays on it and that will still pale in comparison to well routed game. Keep pf clean, replace balls as needed, and fix anything that breaks and enjoy.
For comparison, the operator I work with leaves his games on usually 24/7/365 and has NEVER changed the batteries. The No Fear I was just working on had Duracell’s that were dated 2005 and that’s usually their “10 year guarantee” date.
The game has been on so long those 25 year old batteries were still good and fully charged. It had about 300,000 plays on it. Never been shopped or had anything changed every.
It plays like shit obviously, but the fact that everything but the skull works as it should is a testament to how rock solid Williams games are. Needs a flipper rebuild badly, but it still was hobbling on.
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