I'm fairly young to be in the pinball hobby (mid 20's).  But I've been fascinated with the subject for many years.   When I couldn't put some quarters in at the local arcade, I spent many hours playing numerous video renditions, sonic spinball, even Galactic Pinbal for the iill fated Virtual Boy. I started collecting arcade cabinets about 6 years ago.  Had a bunch of classics Tempest, Centipede, Outrun etc.. as well as modern 90's stuff like Neo Geo, Capcom CPS2 etc...  Sold all my classic cabs about 2 years ago in favor of the japanese style "candy" cabs.  Pinball has always seemed out of reach due to the high $$ involved. 

My first pinball was an oddity, Mario Brothers Mushroom World.  Turned out to be more of a novelty item due to the rarity.  Small size limited it to 2 sets of drop targets, 1 ramp and no out lanes. 

For all the years pinball has seemed out of reach I realized all the cash that was tied up in all the arcade stuff.  Selling off the cabs and games I just don't use anymore has allowed me to get some awesome tables.  And I anticipate a few more to be added to the collection in the near future.  Happy to be here.