Black Knight 2000
Williams, 1989
Congo
Williams, 1995
Gorgar
Williams, 1979
Johnny Mnemonic
Williams, 1995
Lord of the Rings
Stern, 2003
Spider-Man
Stern, 2007
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Williams, 1991If you had a roughly $6000 budget, what would you prefer, to purchase one NIB pin or three older quality pins of your choice? Games like JM, T2 and Gorgar just to name a few. Trying to figure out what's the best way to go with my budget. I would like to get the best value for my budget.
Thanks in advance.
Quoted from JosiahCox:I'd get a $3500 game and a $2500 one. You can get a couple of real nice games with decent staying power going that route over a single game that will probably devalue as soon as you open the box or over 3 games that you may tire of.
A TSPP and Congo mayhap?
There are plenty of excellent pins under $2000. WCS, Demo Man, HS2 aren't games I would get tired of just because they don't cost as much as some others. In a smaller collection I'd prefer the variety.
Add a little more and buy a NIB Mustang LE and don't look back.... no regrets!
I guess it depends. Have you played the game you're considering buying NIB? If so, do you love it and think you're going to keep it for a long time? Can you afford a "hit" regarding value if you buy a NIB and decide you don't like it? Are you good at repairing/maintaining games?
If you've played the game you're considering buying new and you think you're going to keep it for a long time and you're not sure yet about repairing/maintaining your games then a NIB is probably the way to go.
If you don't have a lot of time on the game you're thinking about buying NIB or you're not sure if you're going to love it and don't want to take the "pay to play" hit on resale or if you're ok with doing a bit of repair maintenance, then I'd buy multiple games.
One other thing to consider is if you spend $6000 on a NIB game, will it be a while before you can afford to buy another game? No matter how good a game is, it eventually gets old when it's the only game you have. Buying more than one now will give you choices.
As all others will tell you - once you buy one, they'll multiply.
Dave
In the middle of buying a house. Sucks...Had to sell a lot of pin gems to local pinheads to put down a bigger down payment and pay the taxman. The 6k budget and then some has gone to crap that isn't important to me but my wife. I'm never gonna build another house again. So many great pin deals these days and I can't build my collection back up till I close. Ugh. First world problems I know. 
Quoted from sed6:How much room do you have? More is always better.
30 Zizzles it is.
$6000 wouldn't buy you nib stern pro in the uk
$7994 would buy a Star Trek pro or Twd pro
It sucks living in the uk when it comes to buy machines
Buy my Avengers LE blue for $4650 and a great Williams game from the "B" pins out there... That's a better than new LE and a classic.
Grab the money and run. You'll spend double that easily in a year on pins soon enough (trust me, I did the math on my year here alone - it's exciting and yet depressing).
Oh, I thought it was $6K to add to my collection. For me it would be a Funhouse (I have practically everything else I need and have room for!)
For you, hard to tell. I'd go the three game classic route and get less expensive, less popular games to start your stable. Get the popular stuff later. I say get three Williams/Bally WPC games. They'll hold their value and are easy to work on.
BoP
DM (need a widebody!)
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You give me 6k and I will buy a Metallica Premium. Thing is, I already have a bunch of pins. Starting from scratch, I would buy 3 or 4 pins from different eras with that 6k.
I'd put a deposit down on TBL!
Quoted from pinnyheadhead:Best value would be a $4000-$4200 Opened Out of Box like IM, MEt or ST and add a JM or T2 that you mentioned for under $2000.
Gregg nailed it I was a big time iron man hater but after playing one a lot lately I would go for one and a t2 or somethin like that
down payment on Tron Prequel pin
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/tron-prequel-pinball
I could not own just one. I would go with the above stated 3 B/W cheaper level pins. You could probably luck into two B/W DMD games and then find a couple of decent System 11s if you wait long enough. I just saw a rollergames sell locally for like $600, you can find PinBot under $1000 as well as High Speed and a couple of other 11s as well.
Quoted from schudel5:12 EMs.
Only 12? We are talking 6k here...
Starting out from zero pins I would buy one just to start and plan on a budget of about 1800--2800
Then you could alway add more in the future.
well 12 fully working shopped out EM's. EM's are usually $500-600 each for nice working shopped ones.
Non working dirty. You can buy those $50-200 all day long.
Quoted from dung:6k?
BF - 2200
SST - 1800
Stargate - 1800
Some change left over for parts.
This is one of the best lists i've seen that I havn't posted myself. This looks exactly like something I would post. Especially since I like all 3 of those games a lot.
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