Love of coin op

I started buying and selling machines when I was 13 years old. My first machine was Williams Official Baseball. I bought and sold everything while in high school (jukeboxes bowlers slots and pinballs) while working as a busboy at two restaurants. I then went to work for work at an amusement company in 1984. I saved my money and went into business on my own after purchasing a claw machine route. I actually got up to about 250 games on the street and then bought a bar when I was 32. I was finally hoping to realize a dream buy going to Asia and importing machines. Well we all know the story of the economic crash. I did make it to Taiwan and imported machines from Feloli which I sell now. I started with em and was a kid when all the Atari pins and all the new solid state pins came to be. I have been through hundreds of pinballs and a lot of the stuff commanding big money I owned at one time or another. I loved machines as a kid but not just pinball. I also enjoy mechanical and console slots , antique cranes ,art deco lighting and czech glass. I think my favorite pins are Funhouse, Mars and Eightball Deluxe. I grew up at a fun time and was a part of that whole 80's arcade thing. It was right in the boom hanging in the roller rink when the first Donkey Kong rolled in.