Have to say because I can't hold my tongue no more and I am too excited.
We have a bunch of money in the account that we were holding for a new bathroom. Then Michelle got pregnant with our firstborn which came a month premature. Bless him.
I said to her it's probably best to hold off on the bathroom as we won't know our Arse from our elbow when the baby's born and hold on to the money for a year and revisit which she thought was a good idea and we are now glad we did.
I said to Michelle years ago that if they ever made a gremlins, goonies, beastie boys or ghostbusters pin, I'd work at McDonalds, clean gary glitters, sell a lung or kidney (not that they'd be any use for medicinal purposes) to get one
GB gets announced and I said to her "gutted, Ghostbusters is getting made."
She said "fuck yeah, we can afford it. Let's get one. You said that was one of the pins you would get NIB." (Mish mush is a good player. Not Danni Peck good but no one likes playing Michelle in the local comps).
I was the one going back and forth about the cash and usually that's her job because as most of us boys will know, the wife is smarter with finances. This time she took it out my hands.
I said to her "Pro, Premium or LE?"
She said:
"What's the difference between the three?"
So I explained. I said "if this is our first NIB, let's go for the premium."
So we're in for a premium to sit next to JP, the 2100 in 1, the driver and point blank. I could have got a couple of decent pins for the money but Ghostbusters resonates with Michelle and I so much, going to see it at the local fleapit in the uk that had stalls and circle seating with my auntie and brother, selling quarter pound of cola bottles. We still have a massive buffer so it hasn't crippled us after the purchase, and if the roof caved in? Fuck it, that's what I pay my insurance for. And if we needed it that bad? We can flip it. The game is in want. I believe it's the first Stern that's really hit home since ACDC.
First NIB and I can't wait for it to get here and filming the unboxing for the Pinball in New Zealand Facebook page, as you don't see many unboxing vids down here.
Speaking of which; go like the page. Wellington Pinball Spots, IFPA in New Zealand and Cantabury Pinball Page are great pages to see what's happening down in middle earth with the raging pinball scene too.
TILT told me that the smell of an NIB is better than a new car smell
Can't wait. To be honest I was a little worried about the magnaslings but from what I've seen, my personal issues with GB has been put to rest.
I'll be taking the day off, grabbing a box of beers and trying to learn this sucker bad. Might make it a long weekend with Pauloz getting our heads around it
I went for a premium purely because I love the marshmallow man. If I loved slimer more, I would have paid for the LE; but for my personal take, it's just a green paint job and a badge with a number. It's not my thing
I only wish I had got Michelle into devils rejects and house of 1000 corpses sooner and that could've been coming too ?
Oh well, here's hoping on beastie boys with sabotage multi-ball
Take care fellahs
Rook