Have had it less than two weeks and finally managed to roll the score reels and light the 100,000 light. Great feeling. Cashed in on several three in a row frying pans for 4,000 plus an extra ball which helped quite a bit.

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It's true, there is a big luck factor, but there seems to be a fair amount of skill as well. The plunge seems to matter more than most on this game, if you're trying to hit certain rollovers to line up symbols on the reel. The plunge can be tricky. I find myself paying more attention to how I plunge the ball on this game than any other I have. I'm having quite a bit of fun with it.

What I haven't figured out is if there is a reliable way to get the balls into the eject holes in the upper play field to light the pops. There seems to be a lot of luck involved there. No clean shot through the pops to the eject holes.

It is interesting that there have been a few threads about Klondike recently. I'd been looking for one for a while when I ran across the one Ken sold me. Couldn't resist, since we had the 4 player version of this game in my house growing up. (Goldrush) Of course at the time, I was a kid and knew nothing about how to play pinball. Just banged on the flippers hoping to keep it in play. I'm pretty sure I never cracked 100,000 as a kid.

Interesting. I didn't know you could back flip the ball up there. I'll have to give it a shot. I do have a hard time catching the ball for a backhand shot, since the flippers don't really tilt up at end of stroke, so the ball doesn't always stay on when you try to catch.