Personally I think Tommy is a terrible game. The sound bites get incredibly annoying. I had one for awhile and wouldn't want another. Yuck!

IJ and ToM are probably your best bet if you are an average player. ToM has wonderful eye candy with the magic trunk, some fun modes, great artwork, nice light show, and fun mulitball. Very disappointing wizard mode, though. IJ has a great theme and some fun modes. Best video modes in pinball. All three are alot of fun. The game does play slow, though, no matter how much it is shopped.

RBIoN is a fantastic game with an impossible to achieve wizard mode. I found the game fun and enjoyed it immensely when I had one in my house. I'd grab another in a heart beat. Music is so so and unfortunately it is a repetitive with many of the modes requiring a ramp shot. Still, it seems to hold up well and is a blast to play. Ripley's is a harder game with lower scores. Makes for more challenge.

If I had my choice of the 4, I'd grab RBIoN and IJ. Both similar adventure themes as well.

Cheers,
Duane

Quoted from shoeguy

IJ I owned for a while previously,and I'll patiently wait for Bish to sell it back to me.

  don't think it will end up leaving peterborough for a long time.  bish is very happy with it and i will take it off him if he needs it gone.  i am only a few minutes away and he can still come play it all the time.  HEAR THAT BISH!  same goes with your addams family

Quoted from gorydeath

  don't think it will end up leaving peterborough for a long time.  bish is very happy with it and i will take it off him if he needs it gone.  i am only a few minutes away and he can still come play it all the time.  HEAR THAT BISH!  same goes with your addams family

Anyone wanna buy a nice house in Kanata??  I've been hearing great things about Peterborough lately and figure I should move there!  They wear shoes there too right???  

Quoted from shoeguy

Anyone wanna buy a nice house in Kanata??  I've been hearing great things about Peterborough lately and figure I should move there!  They wear shoes there too right???  

Nope no shoes, but I hear they buy lots of banjos.

I kid!!

Quoted from shoeguy

Precisely why I got out of the buying and selling.

It has nothing to do with buying and selling and more to do with morals and ethics.  Fact that you decided not to flip pins anymore doesn't make up for the deals you've screwed some people over.  

here we go again...

Quoted from pinsRfun

It has nothing to do with buying and selling and more to do with morals and ethics.  Fact that you decided not to flip pins anymore doesn't make up for the deals you've screwed some people over.  

I'm going to stick my nose into this, although I know it really doesn't have anything to do with me.  I may have a different perspective, that I'd like to share.

I keep hearing this type of thing over and over...but I bought 2 pins from Jim...Space Invaders was exactly as described.   IJ was loaded with "extras" and far nicer than described.  In both cases, Jim was very easy to work with.

I doubt I won a lottery, where my name was accidentally pulled out of a hat and just managed not to get screwed both times.  So, did Jim purposely try and screw other people.  I'd guess not.

Quoted from pinsRfun

It has nothing to do with buying and selling and more to do with morals and ethics.  Fact that you decided not to flip pins anymore doesn't make up for the deals you've screwed some people over.  

If Jim had half the class that he really has and if you knew half of what he went through, your comment would not be the same.

Please let us leave this old debate dead and buried.

WTF
Jesus he asking a question for him self not to resell.
Also he was not a tech he purchased lots of pins and people knew he purchased them on ebay.
So this was always buyers be aware and I tried to fix them so did Mikeman but in the end we where not looking at them he was clearing out what he had and was always easy to deal with.

On another note I thought you hated Ij Jim?
I remember you telling me on numerous times saying it not growing on you.

Quoted from pinsRfun

It has nothing to do with buying and selling and more to do with morals and ethics.  Fact that you decided not to flip pins anymore doesn't make up for the deals you've screwed some people over.  

RBION is fantastic, lots of great shots, high difficulty, great Multiball modes and you can mod it all over the place. My favorite Pin!

I'm going to stick my nose in too. I have bought 5 pins from Jim and never felt like I got screwed. I paid pretty much top dollar for them (didn't bother me one bit as I did my research and new the price/condition range). I always felt that I knew what I was getting - never got sold a pin that had any issues that were hidden from me. Every pin has minor issues that present themselves and sometimes they can turn into major issues.

This is why I only buy pins and never sell em. Not quite as bad as MedVet though.

Hope everyone had a great summer - I am looking forward to actively MAACA-ing again.

Quoted from tom_454

This is why I only buy pins and never sell em. Not quite as bad as MedVet though.

Hey, hey, hey.............. Contrary to popular belief I actually do sell some occasionally. As to being a buyer of Jim's games....... let's just say more than 20 and less than 40, give or take a few . And the only time I've had a bad buying experience was thru a reputable RGP collector, never thru Jim.

By the way, I think it's time to clean house again abit. Time for another FS thread  

ME