TNT are the best restorer of Pins and Arcades in the Philly/SNJ area, hands down, no one even close; GRC does beautiful work too, but they don't to any arcade machines, and IMO are a little snobby when it comes to pins.

In most cases, TNT repaints the side art of 20-30 year old arcade machines, not just repro side art that 99% of other dealers do...These guys are true artists, and historians of arcades and pins.

Todd is running a business and has a crew of guys working for him, if you do factor in man hours on these machines and quality of the work that they produce, he has fair pricing.

Not everyone is scouring for deals on Craigslist, and wants to go through the hassle of transporting 300 pound arcade cabinets; also, a lot of people don't have the time to spend on fixing up machines, it's a hobby to most here on pinside; but most casual customers who buy games for the home, don't have the time or care to work on machines like most enthusiasts on here do.

Not sure why you are so negative about Todd if you have never bought a pin or arcade game from him, he's the man IMO...After having dealt with him over the past 6 months, I'll never buy again from anyone else.

Then stop trolling in the thread.

Problem with Mike is that he comes off as an elitist pinballer; he operates a small shop in a strip mall and acts like he's running the Nordstrom's of pinball...It was definitely a putoff for me.

All over the classic B/W titles, but rips other ones like D/E's and Sterns...Just that typical type of taste, which is fine for a collector, but for someone running a business; I wasn't too crazy about it. He needs to do more listening to his customers, they definitely do beautiful work, no doubt though.

I've bought 3 machines from him in the last 4 months, 2 arcades and a pin...So not sure what this comment means. I know this is Pinside, but let's not even go into the Arcade side of it, TNT is bar-none the most educated Arcade retailer in the country, no one even close...And not MAME cabs or 60-1's, but all dedicated original cabinets, most from the golden age, just beautiful work, those Asteroids, Tempest, Star Wars Vector cabs are a thing of beauty.

I don't need to do research, I've dealt with Todd first hand, he's a stand up guy...Where is this thread going at this point?