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The fact that you posted that at 4:00 a.m. your time is a little disturbing.
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Quoted from gouveia:The fact that you posted that at 4:00 a.m. your time is a little disturbing.
The fact that you find the time and not the content of the post disturbing is disturbing in itself! 
This reminded me that years ago I got asked to help out at this Hollywood celebrity/memorabilia thing. Lots of people were there like Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Sid and Marty Krofft, etc. Well, I was told to go help out with “Tarzan”. Not really interested at all, because there have been a lot of Tarzans over the years, I sat in this booth waiting for whoever it was to show up. But then I turned around and saw on the poster behind me that it was going to be Ron Ely. Ron Ely was MY Tarzan! I watched him all the time on TV when I was a kid. So when he finally showed up and sat next to me, I told him I had a big man crush on him because he was my Tarzan. Ron was really smart and funny and we made each other laugh all weekend. When it was almost over, I told him I wanted a headshot with “Me Tarzan, You Steve” on it. So he picked this one and signed it for me. We became good friends after that.
So go ahead and name your monkey Steve. Whatever your particular monkey happens to be.
IMG_1074 (resized).jpgQuoted from gouveia:This reminded me that years ago I got asked to help out at this Hollywood celebrity/memorabilia thing. Lots of people were there like Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Sid and Marty Krofft, etc. Well, I was told to go help out with “Tarzan”. Not really interested at all, because there have been a lot of Tarzans over the years, I sat in this booth waiting for whoever it was to show up. But then I turned around and saw on the poster behind me that it was going to be Ron Ely. Ron Ely was MY Tarzan! I watched him all the time on TV when I was a kid. So when he finally showed up and sat next to me, I told him I had a big man crush on him because he was my Tarzan. Ron was really smart and funny and we made each other laugh all weekend. When it was almost over, I told him I wanted a headshot with “Me Tarzan, You Steve” on it. So he picked this one and signed it for me. We became good friends after that.
So go ahead and name your monkey Steve. Whatever your particular monkey happens to be.
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That is awesome! 
Honestly, not really that cool to me. Lots of people have already attached fans and smoke machines and all that to pinball machines already. Maybe you could buy a Whirlwind fan assembly on Marco or somewhere and just go for it. I'm not sure. Or check out this thread:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/wizard-of-oz-fans
It's just not something I'm that interested in.
Quoted from RedLineMania:Bummer, not for WOZ. Wouldn't it be cool when the house is spinning a fan would switch on w/ it....
Or a kick ass topper..... 
Quoted from gouveia:Nine days left...
I thought the day thing today. Just a bad as waiting for a New console preorder . I’ll be bummed if I don’t snag one. The stock monkey is borrrrrring
Quoted from gouveia:Seven days left...
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Going to be a long week
Quoted from gouveia:Tell me about it. I mean, is the Starman on the Collector’s Edition? Which artwork will I like better? Which songs are on it? Is it going to be fun? Can I finally start talking about it already?!?!
Steve like you I love the fact RUSH is getting a machine but with STERN I’m worried in the sense that out of 6 games they release 1 is a winner. The fact Godzilla was just released, I’m hopping RUSH isn’t another Ded Zeplin!!!
Quoted from gouveia:Normally I would agree 100% with you. But I know who's involved and I can't help but think it's gonna be REALLY good.
That’s good news then. Hoping Stern makes RUSH another great game!
Quoted from meSz:Steve like you I love the fact RUSH is getting a machine but with STERN I’m worried in the sense that out of 6 games they release 1 is a winner. The fact Godzilla was just released, I’m hopping RUSH isn’t another Ded Zeplin!!!
Still wrong about that...Zep is a really fun game. (The premium/LE, that is...)
I haven't played Zeppelin yet so I really can't comment on that part. My biggest issue with it is there's nothing in it. A spinner is not innovative or a toy no matter how you spin it (See what I did there?). And the artwork is completely uninspired. You can't look at Godzilla for example, and think those two games are on the same level in terms of creativity or bang for your buck. After all these years you'd think innovation would be off the charts on every game.
Quoted from gouveia:I haven't played Zeppelin yet so I really can't comment on that part. My biggest issue with it is there's nothing in it. A spinner is not innovative or a toy no matter how you spin it (See what I did there?). And the artwork is completely uninspired. You can't look at Godzilla for example, and think those two games are on the same level in terms of creativity or bang for your buck. After all these years you'd think innovation would be off the charts on every game.
Don't judge it on looks. My friend played it once and bought an LE. And the spinner is REALLY fun. Yes...on paper it should suck, but somehow it doesn't.
Quoted from MrMikeman:The BOM is affected by how much the licensing costs.
Most expensive licenses end up pretty bare. LZ, SW, Beatles.
I think Rush will be better than LZ but certainly not as good or packed as Godzilla.
Not sure how stern is losing any money on these games with their price increase, and not to mention only running pros and LE's.
Quoted from MrMikeman:The BOM is affected by how much the licensing costs.
Most expensive licenses end up pretty bare. LZ, SW, Beatles.
I think Rush will be better than LZ but certainly not as good or packed as Godzilla.
Oh I’m aware of all that. But I also think that if you can’t make it well then why do it? Plenty of other themes out there. But then again, I don’t run a pinball company.
I do know that RUSH is getting plenty of assets which is awesome. Big difference.
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‘Comfortably Numb’.
Quoted from avspin:Here you go.
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avspin for the win.
Quoted from Jenkins:The anticipation is killing me, Jerry! Killing me! I need a WoZ monkey!
In other Monkey news. My favorite Monkee died today. RIP Michael Nesmith.
This was his little corner of the internet for his golden years. Pretty neat stuff if you dig around:
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