I would give your wife a Thumbs Up. Do not show off what could be or is in your home. It is like putting out the garbage after Christmas, and it has a large TV box in the recycle bin.
A horror themed pin might get some play, most kids run between houses, Just an opinion.

that's pretty awesome.. If it weren't such a chore, I'd haul my EATPM up to the garage and do the same

I agree. I wouldn't do that.

Good idea but I have never had a person show up in the 8 years we lived here.

I'm with Bakushan. Who cares if they know what you have. Are they going to haul it out? And if so, that's what house insurance is for. I am biased though as these three watch my home and family.

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I used to have a crane and filled it with Halloween plush. I would put the crane at the end of the garage and curtain off the rest of the garage that only had a car in it. My son would permit two plays per person and they got to keep any prize they captured. There was a line of maybe 20 kids and you could get back in line after your two trys. I did this for 6 years in a suburban neighborhood filled with kids.

Yeah, I could put out WOZ for play but what if a would be thief does a quick ebay search then decides to come back later with a few of his friends and a truck.

ebay.com link: EMERALD CITY LE WIZARD OF OZ Pinball 2 SHIP 2DAY ASK IF FREE SHIP APPLIES NEW

Put it in your neighbor's driveway.

Bought my third pin, and had them in the garage. Shopped them out, and had my brother over to play. It was night time and for the ffirst time had the garage door open while playing. Light show as you can imagine, had a few passing cars slow Down, and one even stopped to look at what was going on. 2 weeks later I had a break in, and over $10k stolen from us. Thank god none off us were home. Sharing your hobby with others is great, but you may be setting your self up for some crazy shit.

The kids in my neighborhood might cart it away.

I like this. Screw it, we're all gonna die anyway!

Wouldn't do it since I rarely get trick or treaters, but that always means more candy for me!!

Sounds good

Not so much stolen but round here 'tis more likely to be broken, gutted, legs used as play swords, cab as a cement sled, wires as whips and glass as 'fun smash times'

Consider yourself lucky if otherwise!

We put Wii bowling in the garage one year for the trick or treaters......was a big hit.

Someone should make leg levelers that screw and lock into the floor...

If it's dark he won't be able to see it cause the GI is too dim.

Sorry .... Couldn't resist.

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Well he might have trouble tracking the ball or seeing all the playfield artwork clearly but in the dark of night WOZ can be seen for miles. In fact I heard that along with the standard FCC certification that all pins and arcade games have to pass to prove their operation doesn't interfere with television or radio signals, WOZ had to get an FAA cert to show its insert lighting would not hinder visibility of commercial aircraft flying overhead. LOL

Yeah true!!

If it's in "GI mode" ... Safe as houses. Nobody will see it.

If it's all lit up with the feature lights going, people may fear it's an alien attack ....!!

Ooooppps. Now I have to go and hide from Alex ....

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Yes, I would like to see you pull this off this Halloween. Let's just say, I'll be sitting at the end of your drive way waiting on the deer to see which ones shows up to play. That would be a treat to see and I'll have my bow for the trick I'll put off. Plus, there is one other problem. I feel sorry for the kid or person who takes a wrong turn out by your house and ends up on someones else property. I like PinballKen idea of what guards his home, but around minnesota13 house this is what guards most homes, driveways, property, creek beds and anything else within sight.
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Here is what most people's basement looks like around his home.

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I would tread lightly before knock on any door out his way.

Mixed opinions on this, and I'm not sure which way I'd go on it.

I've thought about pulling a pin or two out into our carport, but since they can't get out the back door it's really not practical.

That is awesome! I'm going to steal that idea some day

Great idea and all the smiles on people's faces will make it worth it ! We need more people like you in this world . Life's to short to be worried about bad things. Keep up the good work !

I think it's great what you're doing. It's like pinball street preaching. It would only be worrisome when you're on vacation, but then it would probably just be random chance that a thief would happen by and take that chance. And he'd need a pretty big panel van.

i would not be worried about theft - my neighborhood's way nice, i've got a security system, i've got insurance, and i really don't think any burglars are interested in moving a 300 pound object. in my experience it's usually teenagers interested in booze and easily-hockable stuff like electronics, musical instruments, and jewelry anyway.

i would be worried about condensation on the components though. it sure gets chilly around here in late october at night. wouldn't they get soaking wet inside and out once i brought them back inside and they warmed back up?

I want to take one out on Thursday but everyone in my family thinks I am crazy to do so...I would love to share with the Trick o' Treaters and their parents and I think it would be fun...I think it all depends on the weather if I put one out on the sidewalk and play and hand out candy...AM I CRAZY?

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We got a whopping 8 kids at our house last year, which was our first year in this house. I'm fully in the "I don't want my neighbors to know what I have" category, but that's probably because my neighbor has a literal mental patient boarding with her to get state money to pay her bills, and he's already stalking me. I can't stop to get the mail, walk in my front yard, or even be seen from my front windows without him running over shirtless and telling me stories about how he tried to kill a man in prison, then trying to hug me and tell me he loves me. There's no way in heck I'm giving him an excuse to ask to come inside my house to play my games.

Now, when I was little and lived in a brand new neighborhood with lots of kids, we did make a haunted house in the garage with peeled grapes, spaghetti, etc that the kids had to put their hands in to get candy. I say if you're in a safe neighborhood and the people already know you have pins, that's one thing. Otherwise, I agree with the wife about keeping mum about the contents of your house.

That's why I always get Reeses. If I end up with half a bag of candy left over, it might as well be that.

man we get like 100 kids a year. huge, newish suburban neighborhood.

Yeah, let me tell you how much fun Halloween is when you kid has peanut allergy..... AND your favorite candy is Reeses...

I thought about this, but I too, am afraid some meth head will come and try to steal my stuff. It is a great idea if you can do it with out any trouble coming your way. My hat is off to everyone who can get this done. It will make your place the coolest house on the kids Halloween candy route! Enjoy!!!!

This is amazing!

If I did this in NJ, even where I live with one of the lowest crime rates in the state, the machine would either be picked up by a truck or would be smashed to bits by kids within a matter of hours, and anything remaining would be stolen out of it.

I own a firearm as well. Unfortunately, the state of NJ believes that you deserve to go to jail if you uphold the constitution and defend yourself and/or your personal property.

if upper management (girlfriend) will let me I will totally do this!

I've been doing this for the past couple of years, and hope to continue doing it for as long as I can haul the games up, and coerce friends to help me.

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I'm in an established older neighborhood, and while there are kids around, the name of the area I live in is called Big Ridge. From my house to the front of the neighborhood is a 120 foot elevation difference, and while my 2 acres is mostly flat, there's 2 huge hills to get to it that they would have to walk back up when leaving. And we're at the end of the cul-de-sac where the neighbors are elderly and turn off their lights. I think it's too much work to have to walk to my house. lol

And yes, we buy the good stuff so that we have dessert for lunches for awhile, just in case.

I started this last year. We had about 150 kids total come through. Some of the kids didn't understand how exactly to start a game, and a few didn't know that these were games and actually had buttons on the side. Fun time, doing it again this year with a different setup of games (Spy Hunter and Tron, i think)

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Then you can't go wrong with those small Heath bars.

cool blinds!

I really think I need to emigrate
I'm totally for it if you live in a nice area and reading all your guys posts after my previous reply, I'm getting jealous!

I wouldnt do it. It's an advertisement of wealth, which tells crooks there's likely a lot more good stuff in the house. It's not the pins that would be stolen. I have dogs and guns too, but break-ins are still dangerous and bad guys pack heat sometimes too. Not worth the risk to my family. And fancy neighborhoods have break-ins too. You're probably okay to do this, but there is an element of risk.

weird that it's all the people who brag about their guns who are afraid of getting stolen from. wonder what the correlation is there.

There are some real whack jobs out there. You never know what you could be getting yourself into. People have been killed over ipad/tennis shoes or just for no reason. I am with NorCalRealtor on this one. My family is for more important. I do not worry about the gun toters that have a license to do so. I worry about the one who say's "Who needs a licenses?" As the Sharks would say "And for that reason I AM OUT!"