I have a couple of really nice games and I have some that have really lived and were driven hard. I like the player condition pins more. Sure, I clean them up and replace parts where I can and might even put things in place to prevent future damage: But I like a game that shows a history and has paid its debt in the form of paint and wear for the enjoyment of the people who have dropped their money into the slot.

How about you?

I think having games that aren't museum pieces also allow me to chill out a bit when other people are playing them. Nudge them, slap them, push them as hard as you want... the game will tell you when it's too much. I don't care. Your kids can double flip endlessly and over and over - I'm cool with that as long as they're having fun....

Oh yea.. I want the fully working and to be great players too.... That's a given. They have to work as intended.

I only notice paint missing from the playfield of my pinbot when I'm not playing it. When I'm playing, I've got other things to worry about.

That's cool. I have a story about that which isn't really totally germane to this topic. But, I'll tell it anyway....

I bought out the local arcade when I bought my house. Picked up all their games at once. In the haul was a Mrs. Pacman.... that I had vandalized when I was a kid.

Now, here I was, all these years later, having to fix it..