I was at the Westward Ho on Thursday morning and saw the techs change two of the three machines from the wrestlers to the new Patriotic series. Didn't get a chance to play for them because when I had to go (Linda was ready to kill me for wasting two and a half hours). But I did try to buy from the cage, unsuccessfully. The very nice people said that they would trade and the new strikes were available in the cage. So, I rounded up some wrestlers from that machine, swapped them out for three sets of very nice new strikes and drove home to California through a fire scorched Cajon Pass. I assume the machines are up and running with new strikes. If not, I have a couple of spare sets of some rare strikes.

I learned once again to never assume anything. I could have been out of there two hours earlier if I'd just asked the right question.