Good news, BDK is here

[thaiisl...@yahoo.com]

The last two weeks has been real tough watching my Mom's declining
health in a nursing home, so it was a welcome relief to see the
delivery truck pull up this afternoon with my brand new BDK. I've had
several friends purchase new Stern machines, but I haven't yet had
this pleasure of opening a brand new boxed pinball machine. I must
say, it's a pretty damn cool experience. All I can say is WOW, this
new Batman is a drop dead gorgeous machine. I really love the
different shades of blue on the cabinet and the pf. I immediately
installed a new Cliffy protector for the scoop, and added some dark
blue Cliffy colored posts to replace the fugly black ones. Here's some
pics I took.

http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/album1114?page=1

So far so good, really enjoy playing it and hopefully the big software
update is just around the corner. Anyway thanks for letting me share
this very cool experience. Without pinball I'd probably be in a
straight jacket by now.
Randy

[turbo20lbs]

Good for you Randy and congrats. I'm sure it's a great experience, I
haven't experienced it yet though. Did you pick this up in one of
those holiday Sears.com specials? Those blue posts look pretty nice
there. Thanks for sharing the pics.

Dave

[Bingovit]

Those blue posts look nice!
I've placed red flipper rubbers on mine too, looks way better I think!
It's a really fun pin that will only get better once the software is
finished :))

--Evert
http://www.bingovit.be

[JimB]

Sweet! Congrats. I love the brown towels as your pinball covers!

[Max Badazz]

>>but I haven't yet had this pleasure of opening a brand new boxed pinball machine.

Good for you to experience this. I think every pin collector should
be able to do it at least once. While the value of the pin drops as
soon as the box is opened, it is well worth it. Almost feels like
Xmas morning at the age of 6. :)

However any NIB after the first, it loses its major excitement.
Although I loved setting up another brand new pin (they look and smell
so good), it just wasn't the same.

Chris (in NH)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/maxbadazz

[thaiisl...@yahoo.com]

Yes, this BDK was a Sears holiday special. It got here surprisingly
fast after they initally gave me a Jan. 15 delivery date. The blue
colored post sleeves are definitely a big improvement over the stock
black ones. I was thinking of ordering some dark blue flipper rubber
for it. My gameroom is in my garage (thank God I don't live in the
midwest right now), and I got tired of dusting my machines all the
time, thus the towels over the machines. It probably doesn't make
sense economically to buy a NIB machine, but I wanted to have that
experience just once in my life. Probably be the first and last time.
Randy

[Kwisatz]

Congrats Randy! I did the NIB one time in my life with LOTR. Pretty
special experience. When is your next party? You must have knocked my
initials (SDA)off of your TSPP by now from last summers show.

Steve in Seattle

[MHS]

I have blue flipper rubbers and purple bats on mine. The blue flipper
rubbers really make the game lively along with white rubbers. Made it
a more challenging game, which I recommend at least trying.

[Rare Hero]

On Jan 7, 8:21 am, thaiisland2...@yahoo.com wrote:
> It probably doesn't make sense economically to buy a NIB machine, but I wanted to have that
> experience just once in my life. Probably be the first and last time.
> Randy

Hey, you didn't spend $4500 on it like most people, so it's all good.
Yeah, opening a game is really fun...I got to do it w/ my STTNG and
bought the Canadian cheapie WOF so I could have the experience of
opening a Stern. :) I SHOULD have opened my FGY, but it was
delivered already opened (grrrr)

Greg

[thaiisl...@yahoo.com]

Raymond has GC now on my TSPP, he obliterated any previous scores. I'm
hosting a Seattle pinball league tournament in April I believe, so
that's the next gathering.
Randy

[mnpinball]

I have NEVER spent over $4k on a new pin ever. ;)