This made me laugh as I actually have a small collection of barbed wire. I walk a lot of property lines in the woods and it's kind of interesting to see the different types. I only collect the real unusual stuff. It's similar to collecting cars in that both items have different manufacturers and they are both made of metal. You also usually find cars and barbed wire rusty. Also, both seem to....

I had a Barb Wire pinball for a little while, I brought it home in a car too...so there's that. Also, a lot of car lots are surrounded by barbed wire....

I've wondered this myself. I assume it has something to do with pinballs always needing some form of attention. It's one thing to have a sticky switch giving you free points towards a high score or free game but you change points to money and its a whole different concern. Also, how do you deal with an angry customer who gets a stuck ball or hits a switch that doesn't register or has a two flipper reset just as they are about to hit a payout of some sort. Seems to me that pinball is too mechanical to be a reliable device to gamble money on.

True. I was thinking more as is with currently released machines. I'm sure if pins became more of a gambling device manufacturers could beef up systems and such and make things even more reliable. Plus when payout money is on the line operators will be more motivated to keep a machine in good working order.

I think it's a great idea and I would love to be able to win some money playing pinball on location. Or perhaps get some kind of redemption payout. Maybe have the backbox be a sort of prize hub payout machine that dispenses an Ipod or some other high dollar prize for achieving Grand Champ. What a motivator to play to see the reward staring you in the face from behind the backglass! Kids would certainly be interested in playing pinball if it gave you a prize like a Stacker or Key game.

I think you just did. Now I want to see em!