I've been busting at the seams about this for the last two months - so glad I don't have to keep it a secret anymore!

Janet and I are beyond excited to have this opportunity, and very grateful that we were able to trick Art into entrusting his pinball legacy to us! It's been a joy working with him over the last two months, and our goal is to get out of his hair as quick as possible so he can spend more time relaxing at the beach, returning to health, and playing pinball.

We've got the right combination of skills to pick up where he left off, with Janet doing the business, e-commerce, and marketing stuff, while I focus on the product, customer service, and technology side of things. And of course, blinging out my games a little bit! Most of them are already out on location in Boulder, CO so keep an eye out for their transformation.

We're packing everything into a U-Haul right now, and road-tripping back to Colorado to set up shop. Orders won't start shipping again until Monday, July 11th, but we've spent a fair amount of time in Florida training so we can hit the ground running when we return. Then, from the customer standpoint, it should be business as usual.

In the last few years, pinball has taken over completely to become the most exciting, fun, and rewarding part of my life. It's really all I think about: playing, operating, fixing, competing, organizing, growing the community, and the list goes on. Taking over Comet is either insane, or just the next logical step. And as thrilling as this is, I think Janet is even more excited than I am!

Art left some big shoes to fill, but he's confident that we can do as good of a job as he did. We're looking forward to continuing to provide great stuff to the pinball community for years to come!

You can thank Janet for that one.

This. Is. Amazing.

We were just talking about a new logo...

Art didn't last long as the president of the condo association down there...

This will be so fun, counting the inventory...WHY MUST YOU PEOPLE ORDER SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF BULBS?!?

I'm worried about my dreams tonight.

Strangely, Colorado is considered to be in "the west"...and all those places that I'd call the mideast (which no one ever says), are actually the midwest. Maybe the name stuck way back before we expanded to California?

That said, Comet is now 1500 miles closer to you! Hopefully it makes a difference.

Have we met already? I don't always know usernames...

So do we - can't wait to see your next mods!

Keep your eyes open for LED2k...it's lighting that hangs in a hood above the playfield and you only see the reflections.

To be determined. We've talked to Art about this quite a bit...having around 1000 different products (when you factor in lens, color, and base) makes it very difficult. We only have one show that is within driving distance, and the rest are plane flights.

But, of course, I've got a better excuse now to travel to shows now. Is there a good middle ground you'd like to see between us not attending, and bringing every product we carry? I'd be curious...

Incredibly, "take down the site completely for up to two business days" is standard operating procedure when transferring between owners for the e-commerce platform that hosts the store.

Not good for your search engine rankings either...

We really did consider switching, but we went with the "don't rock the boat" option. Since that took down the site anyway - it looks like we got the worst of both worlds!

I'm a web developer...there is nothing more frustrating than being told to "wait for propagation" while you sit around twiddling your thumbs. (Technically I'm petting a dog, but you get the point).

If I say "yes", is it binding? I assume that's an easy thing to add. Will figure it out this weekend - would love to have you order!

Just swing by Colorado...you'll already be over halfway there...

That's the cheaper, but less adventurous option.

On my last call with the e-commerce host, they had me change the DNS settings on Go Daddy to something wrong, and then change them back to the correct servers. Within 5 seconds, the site was working.

The best part was that I then got an email from support asking that I "allow up to 6 days to propagate".

Sorry, just saw this. They're in stock! I'm definitely faster in responding to PMs.