Picked up my new Congo on Saturday. Secured this deal a while ago with a fellow Pinsider. Had to drive to Missouri, 11 hours round trip, to get it. First weekend fell thru do to family plans, second weekend fell thru due to a blown water pump, third weekend was the charm.

Finally unwrapped the game tonight and got it set up. When I plugged it in, I had to run and get my wife and kids so they could see it. I haven't seen a machine this shiny and bright since seeing Tony Middendorf's WPT for the first time. It's like looking at diamonds. The game has a cc'd playfield, wireforms plated by Mike Chestnut, mirror blades, full led's, undercabinet led lighting and a Pinball Pro sub system. It is amazing to just look at, let alone play.

Got some games in tonight before the kids went to bed. Cracked off my best score ever at 1.2 billion on my fourth game. That's not a John Jundt or Jim Stoddard score but it sure felt kick ass for me as a newbie.

Photos below were taken by the previous owner. I'll take some new ones when I get a chance.

Congo Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnhotrods/sets/72157632667648536/show/

Looking forward to showing off my games to fellow Pinsiders soon. Woot!!

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Thanks for being awesome to work with Dan. You footing four hours off the roundtrip pickup helped out huge. I am in love with the game. Just flipping the on switch is night and day difference than any Congo I have seen. Millz has a very nice example, but this one just grabs you. It is beautiful to look at and even more fun to play. My favorite callout is "Hippos". You can feel the sub in your hands when that callout kicks in.

I haven't spent a lot of time with it yet. Right now the undercabinet lighting just keeps cycling colors as you play. May have to play with the controls on the remote to fix the color to a solid green?

Question: Does the volcano have Phoebe's light mod under it?

LOL, yes. Happy Dan picked me as the guy to get this machine.