meem

yeah, these things aren't exactly german ;-)

meem

it's certainly a great pin but the theme never resonated with me since i never liked the addams family show.

meem

but it's coming along. one irritation: the water is about twice as hard as boston, which means twice the consumption of cr spotless resin. also, i think the damned landscaping guy is wasting my filtered water on the flowerbed :-(

how are things in boston?

whodkne

Craigslist.. local sellers.

meem

but between then and now i've become a bit more o.c.d. (sigh) so i really needed something with a pedigree this time around. treasure cove has an awesome reputation for pinball restorations, so i went with them even though they're blood money. (truth be told, when i stumbled on the attack from mars, i was actually looking for a shop to restore my other pin to showroom state).

whodkne

It'd be more like artwork and less like a game, so I went the cheap route originally like you did. I had thoughts of tinkering (bought a lot of replacement parts and did a ton of refurb already) but the playfield scares me. I think I could do it with space and time, but I have a lack of both right now. Eventually it might be fun.. the rest of the game (backglass, top glass, cabinet, etc) is in fair to good condition, but the playfield is rutted in many places.

I'll go the same route with the next pin and have matching crappy games that play

alms_TT_ny

Boston is great, I took a personal day and gave the TT a thorough workout on the way to Vermont yesterday, gave her a much needed bath tonight.

You should set up a series of 1/4 turn shutoffs to bypass the water around your filtration unit when you aren't using it.

meem

good idea on the shutoffs, will explore that.