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what on do you think looks better? I'm liking the warm.

Quoted from SMP14:

I've joined the club....is this a playfield where I should put a hardtop down? Wear around almost every insert, some minor planking....what do you think? Thanks
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Quoted from LeMansFan:Joined the club yesterday! Or should I say I kinda did because technically it was my wife who did...
This past weekend was the Golden State Pinball Festival. Great festival run by even greater people.
Friday I spent almost the whole day playing in the match play tournament. Saturday my wife came later in the day and she brought a friend with her and they played while I volunteered some for the festival and played in the main tournament. Saturday night once we were home she's telling me about this game she had played that she really enjoyed called Pharaoh. I'd never heard of it before but in my defense I feel like I'm still kinda new to the hobby (got my first game in 2005, but went both feet into the hobby during covid like many others). She's telling me about how she liked it so much because of the artwork and the upper playfield.
So yesterday we're back at the festival and I ask her again about Pharaoh and where the game is. We look over and there it is turned off, not working, looking sad. So I don't even bother to check it out much. Short while later we're in another building of the festival and she mentions that there's another Pharaoh against the back wall, so we go over to check it out. This one is turned on, plays well, and looks to be in good condition. So we play a couple games and then notice that it's tagged as being for sale. I take a picture of the phone number just in case she is interested that we buy it. So then I ask a couple friends if they're familiar with the game and if it's suitable maintenance wise for a relative noob like myself. In mentioning it they say, you know our mutual friend has one for sale right??? Turns out the one we saw for sale was in fact being sold by a friend of ours and we hadn't realized he was selling one. It seemed meant to be so we shook hands and now it's sitting in the garage waiting to be moved upstairs next weekend. Best part is she insisted that she wants this to be her game that she paid for with her money. So now I can consider myself one of those lucky guys who's wife buys pinball machines as well!!!
Will post some photos once we get her up and running.