Well I dove in! Yesterday I picked up a Phantom of the Opera pin and conned some family into helping me get it upstairs and set up. I will slowly begin upgrading it over the next few months starting with powdercoating the armor (I have my own gun and homemade extra large oven), LEDs and ultimately sending the playfield for some light touch-up and clearcoating. For now it plays great and the wife loves it. Huge thanks to pinsider ItsCosmic for the sell and help loading.