Muther F'in bassstrds.......Thieves need to be executed, start cutting limbs off and they will stop.

I remember someone stole a soda vending machine from a gas station i worked for years back, the crazy SOB even cut the cord with power going through it.
Too bad he did not get electrocuted

It would be cool if you could bolt a lock down device to the floor with a key but i dont think anyone would like holes in their floors.

Another option would be a lojack device like they put in cars if they ever get stolen then trace them to where they are let the police arrest them.

Bummer to hear about this theft, but thanks for letting us be aware of stuff like this.

Crazy stuff, an alarm and cameras are my friend, that's all I gotta say. Who would want a felony for a pinball machine, such a small group, they will eventually be found.

You'd think that there are easier things to steal....I guess to each his own....

I have my games on the second floor of my house....the only way people are walking away with them is by taking the head off....

Thread could soon turn political .

Actually, that's how some ATMs are secured. They can be bolted into the concrete floor. They also make them ridiculously heavy so you can't haul them off easily. There was an ATM I worked with once that had a base that was separate from the rest of the unit in the sense that it strictly served as a weight.

People ask me if I worry about my games being stolen. I just say "if someone wants them bad enough to break in - I have sirens, cameras, attack dogs (see picture) - and then wants to carry 250 pound things through a weird hallway and load them in a truck... well then I guess they really wanted them."

There would be more money in stealing cars. However, cars must be registered and have VINs on most parts.

I have heard the stories of people walking into bars with a clipboard and saying they were there to pickup the pinball machine(s) for servicing. It makes sense because most pinball machines in bars really need servicing and the poor people that work there probably hear (it took my money, blah doesn't work, etc) all the time.

GPS device mounted inside the machine is a great idea.

Back a tow truck up through the store front, wrap a chain around it. Off you go with $3K in cash.

Check YouTube or Live Leaks to see how it's done. Happens a lot.

LTG : )

Maybe catch a few dumb ones.

People who do this for a living already thought of it before you did.

LTG : )

The ones in high traffic bank branch loCatiONs have 2-300k in cash at the beginning of holiday weekends. Most are wall mounted but a few of the giant drive-up ones have been known to get pulled off of foundations by a large truck with a chain wrapped around the machine.

Well, if you can hide it in a inconspicuous place, like maybe hollow out a small part of the frame of the backbox, and place it in there. Who knows, most criminals are dumb, anyway.

This is what they do for a living. If you thought of it, they already have.

Same with hiding valuables around your house. If you thought of the perfect place, they already have too.

Most criminals aren't dumb. The ones in jail are. The ones never caught are the smart ones. And the average person will never be one step ahead of them. Their only chance is to make themselves a little bit harder to get, than the person next door.

LTG : )

I think he's talking about the ones you see on the stupid criminal programs

Most likely.

You don't see the smart ones.

LTG : )

Might be a good reason to install the TV mod to a TAF or TZ....to hide the GPS beacon in there. Actually, now that I think about it, there are a lot of good places to hide a GPS beacon in a lot of pinball machines. They are pretty small nowadays. Hell, if they can fit one on a dog collar, it can fit in the open space under the plastics of a LOT of areas on a lot of pins.