Yes…same Molly. Here's a fun video:

snaroff - thank for posting the youtube video. good stuff.

yea but can you get her as a naked?

this one is pretty nice. I see she has some sort of tattoo, but can't seem to grasp what it is. But I do see some blur of color off to the right of the image.

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Nice. I'm dying to get down there and check it out.

Not all pins are in noisy bars. And not all bars are noisy. If you go to my only bar location around when they open, you can hear and see the games just fine. The crowds and the louder music don't show up for at least a couple of hours.

I don't play much in bars and I rarely have trouble with lighting or volume levels. If things need to be adjusted and the games are good, I'll talk to the business owner or operator to see if they'll make minor adjustments (turn the volume up a little, point a light in a different direction, etc.). This has worked for me.

I can't think of a better feeling in this hobby than getting your initials up on a location game. Can't get that feeling playing at home. Have you got your initials up on a location game lately?

Molly raised the volume on Metallica for me, but I still couldn't hear it with all the music and crowd noise. She also tweaked the EOS flipper switch that was malfunctioning. She's a great owner/operator.

I understand that not all public places have noise issues, but the successful locations usually do. In the mid/late 70's I worked @ an arcade (Nathan's in NY) and it was almost always noisy.

I did get my name on the TRON @ 82…just missed GC by 10-20M IIRC. For some odd reason, I don't get that excited by putting my name up (I realize I'm in the minority). I get more excited by winning free games

Bingo. Playing on location was a lot different before audio became so important to the pinball experience. When I play a beat up DMD and can't hear a thing on location I'm not really enjoying the pinball the way I can when I can play and hear my nice machines in my home. Keep well maintained EMs - or even early SS - on location and I'll hang out!

I do like when OPs put those headphone jacks in especially for machines like Metallica. I know all WOZs have that too...

If you ask nicely she'll scream the songs into your ear as you play.

Yup done with playing games in the wild. Love walking down stairs and pouring myself a drink and playing. For social times I prefer to choose who I hang and drink with. get togethers at our homes is much more social and enjoyable.

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And cheaper. Save that money for more pins

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Touche' ... Very well put. I enjoy playing at home as well after a long day at work. I am thinking of getting ceiling mounted camera's that point down at the playfields and display across a variety of monitors that can quickly switch (picture in picture) between sports and the game that's actually being played so that the 'Crowd' in the room can enjoy the gameplay........

The 'crowd' will consist of me and the wife,,,,, hmmm... and our dog. (that we don't have)... but we will soon get one so that it will be properly called a crowd... and we shall name that dog... hmmmm.... "TOTO"... yep, that's it, we will name the dog toto.

Did you meet any pinhead friends there? Or was Molly the only one you knew? Playing alone at a new location shouldn't necessarily be 'fun'. More of a scouting mission for later excursions. Especially at a big place like 82.

You've mentioned 82 and Nathan's. The vast majority of the locations out there aren't that big and aren't as loud as those places. Let's try to keep some perspective. What town do you live in?

Do you enjoy winning free games more on location, or by playing at home? That's what I thought. d

I contacted a couple Pinsiders but they weren't up for the trip downtown. Tried taking my 19 year old son who was turned away because of their liquor license. Kind of odd, since I take my son to concerts around town that serve alcohol (and he just doesn't drink). Mostly played alone, but did introduce myself to a few hipsters and played a couple games of Metallica and TRON with them. They weren't very pin savvy, so they liked hearing some of the tricks/rules.

I live in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (a suburb of the West Palm Beach area). Pinball on location stinks here. Fortunately, we have an amazing group of collectors that belong to the FLiPs pinball league. We host monthly events and often have adhoc get togethers to play. Pretty competitive group.

Here in Md I have not found many places with pins. Over the weekend I was at Terrace Lanes for Rock N Roll Bowl on Saturday night and they did have a Tron. Not in great shape.....I prefer to just go downstairs and play and listen to the jukebox. Plus, like other noted you can drink any alcoholic beverage you choose and the best part not have to drive.....I make it a point when drinking I am either doing it at my home so I can just crash or at the club where I keep my boat so all I have to worry about is staggering down the pier which still beats having to worry about being pulled over with all the possible ramifications....no thanks !!!

My take on prices: If there are a steady stream of really great pins coming out that are $5k NIB, only a handful of A-listers will ever surpass that price.
As many A-listers have crested towards that price, the B and C pins eek up too as people want some value pins. Locally I see prices on fun solid state games gaining a bit of momentum right now, as well Sega and DE DMDs.

I love a game like Addams Family or Twilight Zone, but if I had to choose between one of those, or a brand new Star Trek, I'd be hard pressed to shy away from the ST since it's new, solid, has tonnes of spare parts available, under warranty, etc.

Amen! Brother! F-that dwi shit

The debate never ends