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Can we get some applause for Pecos here? 1840 posts by Pecos alone over a year's time, favorited by 154 pinsiders, and providing a ton of good info.
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Welcome jeffc! 
I'm not good at accepting criticism or praise, but your comments do mean a lot to me. Thank you!
Quoted from robotron911:How many games is Pecos responsible for getting saved? Many owe him a debt of gratitude.
Thanks robotron911. I can only hope that the teenagers of today get as much pleasure playing these old pins as I did when I was that age. Earlier this year I was being questioned as a possible juror for a jury trial. When listing what I have done and what I was doing I concluded by stating that I currently restore pinball machines and match project pinball machines with people who want them. I got a lot of curious stares after that statement. 
Quoted from bingopodcast:Absolutely! This is the thread I most consistently check on Pinside, and it is one of the most consistently updated, too! Thanks Pecos!
You are welcome Nick and Thank You for letting me know how much you visit the thread. I had no idea that we were so honored by your silent presence! Since I am in the story telling mood I will give you the reasons 'Why' I started this thread. I didn't have a lot of money to spend on pinball machines so I began searching locally for any bargain pins I could find. After a few months, I realized that I enjoyed the hunt and that I was getting pretty good at finding affordable pins although they were almost always Project Pins. It seemed only natural to broaden my search and share the joys of finding a bargain Project Pin with other Pinsiders.
DirtFlipper found my first Project Pin this year, a $200 'The Amazing Spiderman' on the 'Some nice looking EM classics just came up on CL' thread before I started this thread. So I just picked up the torch and carried it - payback of the good kind. Since then I have found and hauled home 18 other bargain pins. I was so thankful to DirtFlipper and given my experience hunting down Project Pins it seemed only natural that I should start my own thread for the EM pinballs that weren't quite so nice. It was a post on the 'Some nice looking EM classics just came up on CL' thread though that complained that posts on Pinside kept him from getting a pinball that he wanted that was the final bit of encouragement that I needed. It was only then that I became determined to start and commit my time to a new thread.
Quoted from Captive_Ball:Pecos IS the MAN
And I guess that makes you my 'Mini Me'. Ha ha! 
Not in stature or the number of posts, of course.
Quoted from too-many-pins:I have mixed feeling about this thread but I to want to say thanks for starting it. I check it all the time and it has been a lot of fun to watch.
What I love about the thread is it lets me know if there is something for sale fairly local I might have missed when looking for machines and I have found a few machines as a result. For that I say a big THANK YOU!
I am always glad to hear that a Pinsider has found a pin on this thread. Thank you for sharing!
Quoted from too-many-pins:What I don't like about the thread is very often it has let others know about a machine I though I would be able to grab and someone else has gotten to it first or offered more.
Well, you can't land them all! Look on the bright side. If you have too many pins, perhaps it is a blessing that you missed a few! Sorry too-many-pins, I just couldn't refuse the temptation. 
Quoted from Colsond3:Definitely. Great job Pecos. Always finds good deals, and absolutely the most updated thread. CaptiveBall contributes a ton, and also deserves a round.
Thank you! Absolutely, Captive_Ball deserves a ton of credit for keeping this thread up-to-date and active. Thank you Captive_Ball for all of your help! But he is not the only one. At the risk of missing someone, as I'm sure that I will, there are so many others who contribute. ForceFlow recently posted a rare find in Ohio and a Pinsider, nikpinball, grabbed it. RyanClaytor has chipped in with ads from 'Mr. P'. Zacaj seems to have an uncanny knack for finding those super bargains that get snapped up in hours and not days. Matesamo has recently joined us and has posted many ads he has found in the northeast. And there are many others: RCA1, Philk, Radius118, Isochronic_Frost, rkahr, Wickerman2, NicoVolta, meSz, YeOldPinPlayer, and hoov. Those are just the Pinsiders who have posted Project Pins in the past month. As you can see, I get lots of help. I thank each and every one of you.
Golly Gee Whiz Guys and Gals, all of this praise has me... 
...ing.
Cypress, TX
I speak up when I see a particularly good flipperless deal or to put out info on parts availability or playability of these projects. 
Ottawa, ON
