So after about a year my kids started asking me about getting a pool table, and after some trips to the local bowling alley I decided to pick one up. I am a sucker for arcade stuff, so I snagged a coin op Valley Bar Pool table off of someone local who delivered (thanks @guidotorpedo). I would like to state for the record that this thing was heavy. I ended up offering a discount on the ping pong table to the guy who picked it up in exchange for helping move it. In the end, I sold the ping pong table for exactly what I paid for it, and the kids and I had a blast on it this past year.

I'm really looking forward to trying out the pool table. It didn't include balls but they show up via amazon tomorrow.

When I was a kid, my parents had a pool table just like this one in the arcade they ran, so this is exactly what I was looking for. I will probably get it refelted as this one has seen some love. I was surprised to see 58,348 plays on the counter.

I highly recommend ping pong tables to anyone as a garage occupant over the summer. Buy one, play it for a year, then sell it for what you paid for it so long as you stay used. I could have gotten a pool table for free, but by the time I paid for moving help it was cheaper to get this one. I'm all in $700 delivered to my basement... plus a set of amazon pool balls.

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So the guy who sold me the pin made sure I set it up so the balls came out near where you have the rack marked so we are good!

Will Get it refelted after I've played a bit, done some research and know more about what I am doing. Thanks!

Got the pool table refelted and upgraded to nicer balls and cues. I have been astonished that my wife has decided this is fun and we've played it almost every day. Youngest likes it too.Could not be happier. This coin op valley dynamo plays exactly like the ones I grew up playing in bowling alleys and arcades.

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Wife picked it out... if it makes her want to hang out in the arcade I would have done pink!

Thanks but no thanks. Be glad you were not involved in moving that table in. I used to think moving pinball machines was bad. Still waiting on Weird Al and I'll let you know when it's here... but expecting October earliest.

Actually been on the lookout for decent yard sale stools the last few weekends. The good stool just broke. That's what happens when you use them for pinball leg installer saw horses. Gave in and bought a saw horse.

I've never seen a lit bumper pool table like that... neat!