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I was in the King of Prussia, PA area today so I stopped at a place nearby called Arnold's Family Fun Center.  I heard that they had a fair amount of pins so I decided to take a look.  How was it?  Ok but mostly bad.  First, the games take tokens.  How do you get tokens? You got to buy a MINIMUM ten dollar card to swipe.  I just wanted to play a couple pins for about a half hour at most.  Nope.  You gotta play ten dollars worth of games if you don't intend on going back.  Well, that took me over an hour. 

Now, how are the tables?  Every pin there needed a basic shop job.  Not to mention some needed flipper and bumper rebuilds.  Most were "playable" though.  And I got to play Banzai Run and Bad Cats.  Two that I haven't seen in years.  Other than that I played a game on Frankenstein, Goldeneye, Baywatch, WPT, Stern's HD, Who Dunnit? and Laser Cue.  Laser Cue and Who Dunnit's flippers are a joke. Don't even bother.  I got the ball stuck in WPT in the upper back right corner.  Attendant's around?  Nope.  I tilted it and left it there.  Unfortunately, they did not keep all their pins together and I missed TSPP, Elvis, Flintstones and Sopranos.  Fortunately, with the exception of Elvis they looked like they needed a trip to the shop as well so it was less money wasted. 

All in all, Arnold's is just another example of why you don't see pins on location much.  They NEED constant upkeep or THEY'RE JUST NO FUN! 

Oh.  One other thing I came home with one token.  With all the tables being 50 cents how'd that happen?  Anyone who's played a game with a worn coin feeder can tell you.

I want my 10 dollars back.