In 2006 I was visiting an operator who was close up operations / selling his route. I had already bought about 60 project vids from the warehouses he was clearing out over the last year and was looking for a few more. This visit was a little different then the others; it was probably going to be my last look at what he had left before the sale and my wife decided to come along. Well after looking through what was left, I decided I just didn't have the room to take any of the project cabs he had left so, we walked out to say goodbye.

The op was in the process of loading a couple of pinball machines in the back of his truck. My wife turns to me and says what about those? The op responds before I could and say any “he is my video guy, he is not interested in pinballs”. Few hours later, I drove away with a Big Hurt and a Hook.

I've since sold both machines, I don’t miss Hook; I wouldn't mind playing Big Hurt again.