I was going to collect all system 11's when I first got into pinball, but had no patience for it lol.

Good luck! That will be a great lineup!

I'm really excited about hopefully picking up a Roadshow soon.

I'm with you. I have zero interest in paying that much money for machines that seemingly lack quality control and ship with unfinished code that has SERIOUS issues.

I can't think of a single other hobby where people would pay this much money for such sub-par products.

You are pretty much my hero...

You have an incredible collection! Well done dude, you are awesome! Curious how long it would take you to play each one of your machines lol. Assuming you spent 10-20 minutes on each game I think that's close to 24hrs not including the time spent moving between each game. That is epic!

Nice RD. cant wait to play all your pins in a couple of weeks

Very nice! Never played that game, but I bet it's fun. That's a cool idea for a collection...

System 11s are like pizza or sex - even when they're bad, they're still pretty good.

Nice looking line up !

LTG : )

nice line up, why don't I see Atlantis in there? that's the best one of the group.

Winner winner chicken dinner
Sweet game room man!

There is much fun to be had with many older games. This looks like a great line-up too! Not sure if I'd prefer this or a collection of classic Stern games, but I'd rather play either of those than most recent games. Enjoy!!

Very cool collection!

nice.

and i see a gilligan in your lineup there. fantastic. i loved my gilligan...was sad to see it go.

You have the right idea, sir! There are some pretty awesome games in the Sys 11 collection.

I agree, I would not even think about spending close to $9k for one machine.

congrats on the new game rd. pool sharks is a fantastic system 11. I would love to have one. they don't come up for sale very often, at least I haven't seen any.

Sweet!

Come on now, give us a proper tour of your gameroom/lineup.

Cheers

actually it's half System 11 and half Bally. Kind of a frankenstein if you will.

I've been wanting to say this for awhile....Great collection! And you don't come across as a pompous ass for having it either! ( See other threads for details! )

Nice collection!

There was a pool sharks near my work on location for a bit, but it was broken often when I stopped by, and I did not stop by frequently. The games all had some critical issues or were broken pretty often, sadly.

Bottom line, I don't know anything about this game other than I played it a few times, and the mousin' around and the rollergames got my money most of the time.

Let us know how it compares to the rest of the System 11's, you will be an authority on them at this rate, if you are not already!

And I agree that the buyers who can't fathom spending less than $6K on a game or that somehow think a game from prior to the current LE era can't be fun are an unfortunate lot. Hopefully they are few and far between (or we will have a glut of pristine HOU games eventually when these collectors move on).

Things like this motivate me to work harder and get more pins!!!

Out of all the systems, I can say that system 11's have a higher percentage of pins that are really fun to play then any other system (system 9 excluded). I loved playing Pool Sharks at the bowling alley in my youth. Nice pickup.

Your right I've met Dave twice and he's a down to earth nice guy with an awesome collection and if you go to the New Zealand meet next year you get to play them

Again-nice collection,couldn't agree more.People spending that much money on machines that aren't even finished yet must have more dollars than sense.I to get just as excited over my "new" 25 year old machines.I live in a small town so the amount of machines I was exposed to was limited,so I still find myself discovering "new" games all the time.Of the 30 games on your list I have only seen 10 and own 3,so lots more "new" games to come.Here in oz I am paying around 3k a game and would rather have 3 "new" complete and tested games than 1 new game.Anyway I am collecting Williams/bally machines so don't have to worry about to many new models.I am using you as my role-model,i have just turned 40 and intend to buy 4 machines a year,so by the time i'm 60 I to will have over 90 machines but by then you will probably have hundreds.Anyway,keep on playing,regards sharpy.

I wish I could!

Incredible collection! So what's your favorite?

You are missing one of the best in Grand Lizard!! Love that game. I always assumed Atlantis was Sys 11 as well being from 1989. Learn something everyday

You shouldn't have a hard time finding those last 7 from the states.
I have seen each of the machines you need listed multiple times on California craigslist over the last year or so.

A worthy collection. It's the best pinball platform around in my opinion.

It kind of is. Atantis is unique for the fact that Williams already bought bally by this time. They were using up old inventory while also introducing the system 11 boardset. So Technically the processor is 6803 board, but others are system 11 and uses WPC type flipper mechs and what not.

Congrats Dave for this nice addition... could not agree more with your comments on prices. My whole 7-pin collection costed me less than a single $9k pin (which would cost around 9000 euros here).

I wish I had more space. Just saw a Zaccaria Robot listed at 490€ nearby: if you can't afford to bash the 2 trolls on MM, try this one: 5 pop-up trolls (eh, no, robots ) for 1/15 of the price. Also saw a DrWho... so many good pins are still affordable. Who says this is an expensive hobby?