So after reading about and drooling over so many different pins and getting to enjoy everybody else's reviews I got to make it over to Pinballz arcade in Austin today......I'm not sure I'm even coherent right now due to the info overload of all the machines I played.....the first thing that I will acknowledge is that I didn't get to play all of them multiple times because I was trying to get to as many as possible so without being able to dive too deep into any of them here are my impressions...Funny thing is they had the MM right at the front door and it didn't much play except for me....

WH20 - I played the most on this game, love the ramps etc., this is one I'd like to own for about 6 months and play the heck out of it until I got tired of it. A ton of fun, but I can see how it might get repetitive....the lock shot is too easy....

CV - Probably the game I was expecting the least from and was surprised the most by. I absolutely love it after 3 or 4 plays. What a unique game, beautiful layout....some that own say it's get old, I would love to own it.....

Junkyard - I thought it was a cool layout. Would like to play it more....

BDK - Another great surprise for me! Really like this one too, a new Stern to put on the must own list........

Fish Tales - Another cool layout, would like to spend more time with that one....

MM - A great game, would not pay the price! Too many other great games out there.....

AFM - No thanks, no desire to play that one again....

MB - Started to grow on me after a couple of plays, cool modes but.....sorry, not for the price....

TSPP - Played it before, loved it again, on the buy list....

CFTBL - It was ok, didn't love it, need more time on it.....

SS - See above, sorry Elvira, maybe she'd grow on me.....

IJ - One of the coolest games there in my opinion, very tough, especially with weak flippers, but just a great play field and cool layout....I'd love to own it just to look at it!

TOTAN - It was being worked on, really wanted to play that one....

Safecracker - Well, it was a unique game, fun and one I'd go back to play....

Dirty Harry - Glad I passed on that one....

Tron Pro - Sorry NP, the most disappointing game there for me, but then it was a Pro, a waste of .75 cents...

IM - Better than Tron but didn't like it much......

TAF - Played for the second time and liked it a little better, would never buy it though....

TZ - One of my favorites, like everyone else!

TFM - Didn't play it again and nobody else was either...

SM - I will own this one soon enough! The most fun of any machine there for me, along with LOTR...

Played a bunch of the others too and what I came away with is a new BUY LIST!!!

So with LOTR LE, WOZ and SM (soon..) my next top four to own are,

WH20, CV, TSPP and BDK

Well it was a whirlwind tour....damn it , forgot to play whirlwind

Forgot to say AFM was my most overpriced and overrated game by far! Cool modes and theme but not so much on the play field and play imho.....

What's up way2wyrd, can't believe you can walk in there and play just about any pinball game you can imagine! I was blown away, and they maintain those pins in phenomenal shape...just not enough time to play everything I wanted to play!

I know! That's what everyone says, just not enough time to get into to it for me.....

NP, make sure you put this place on the list when you visit, although my alma mater of UT has so much more to offer (6th street, Hula Hut, great golf courses etc.) you can't beat playing any pin you ever dreamed of!

My reviews are just like the first impression rose on the bachelor, she looks good up front like Salma, but does she play well for the long run!

Great minds think alike! After today, seeing and playing all those great pins, there isn't one I could live without, except for maybe SM.....

I'm going back to the Future! WOZ and whatever else JJP and Stern can come up with, NIB's galore, the oldies aren't that great, just saying

Amen to that, couldn't see what I was doing on some of those pins upstairs! Needed my reader glasses there, that's why I went back down and didn't spend as much time upstairs....maybe that's why they put Elvira up there, she looks better in the dark?

Hahaha...well if you come to the great state of Texas NP you might never go back to Cali!

My reviews are nothing short of a Jordan slam dunk.....

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Well I live in SA, but yes we like to "keep Austin weird"..........

Since I have lived in Cali and many other places i can honestly say south Texas is hard to beat! Especially when you "have friends in low places"........

I was in the OC last year at the Anaheim convention center for a VBall tourney....don't they have all those airports around there so people can get out of Cali fast! haha jk

The traffic in Austin is terrible (not Cali bad) BUT....no state income tax in Texas, even better

Let's see....as he asks wife again...

lower taxes...
housing value times 4.....(more pins for u)
less traffic......
beaches only 3 hrs away (warmer water!)...
many lakes.....
real mexican food....(not fake Chipolte style)
and yes, Austin always has been "hipper/younger" no doubt!...just a country twist to it

John Wayne was really pretty easy on SW to get to Anaheim, if only I could have gone a little further to Diego then I might have stayed...

Ian, you can surf in the gulf and do like me in the winter, hop a plane to Breckenridge! See list above.....

Not a chance! I eat serranos, habanero and/or jalapeño as part of my daily diet! If I find the toilet it won't be because of the mexican food....it might be the tequila though, agave just goes down so smooth..

Wait a minute, speaking on tequila, I'm staying on 4th street and it's time to head out to 6th street!

Now that you can't do in Cali....take care guys!

Survived 6th street last night albeit with a mild hangover, I don't know, tequila (only 100% agave) and beer seem to mix well with me.....maybe it was the nacho and jalapeño base layer? Had to semi behave myself with high school kid responsibility....

It's hard to get a great appreciation for any game after a few plays, these were just my first thoughts and with so many options, for the money, I would go CV versus AFM, just me, but getting to play them all back to back was pretty cool...

Ok NP, Mrs. Renfro is calling me! and yes, the Ghost pepper is hottest of them all!

Try the serrano, habanero and jalapeño combo though....it's awesome

I'm looking forward to 2012...WOZ!! and let's see what Stern does to raise the bar, gonna be great....

What's up BallsofSteel, well I only had one play on DH, it didn't look that great to me compared to all the other ones and maybe because I drained balls too fast!....but the price is right!

That's what I'm saying, just a first impression and I really liked CV but a lot of people seem to get tired of it after a while.....

I'm with you Doc, plus a little country music to boot